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Lighter Than Air – Hot Air Balloon

Lighter Than Air – Hot Air Balloon

February 1, 2024 by Mikaela Titheridge 3 Comments

The Lighter than Air suite is adorable both in imagery and in colour. As much as I love the Hot Air Balloons from the Hot Air Balloon Bundle (162755) I wanted to see what else I could create. Starting with a Bubble Bath card base, I added a matting layer

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Filed Under: All Star Tutorial Bundle, Techniques, Tutorial, Tutorial Bundles Tagged With: Blending, Die Cutting, Sponging, Tutorials

Global Design Project #GDP369 – Colour Combo

Global Design Project #GDP369 – Colour Combo

November 15, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge 3 Comments

This week’s Global Design Project #GDP369 is a colour Combo challenge. Three fabulous colours for a challenge we hope you’ll play along with. Each month the Global Design Project offer a Colour Challenge. The winner is invited for the following month’s Colour Challenge, to be Guest Designer and this month,

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Filed Under: Casual Crafter, Techniques Tagged With: Blending, Blending Brushes, Colour Challenge, Global Design Project, Sponging, Techniques

Happy Forest Friends are Happier than Happy

Happy Forest Friends are Happier than Happy

July 5, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

These cards were  shared during a recent Facebook Live, giving inspiration using the Happy Forest Friends Suite. Having completed my In Person Happy Forest Friends Stamp-a-Stack the weekend before, I wanted to show yet more inspiration. I decided to create three cards using the stamp set and not the papers.

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Blog Hops Tagged With: Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Heat Embossing, Masking, Punching, Sponging

Brewed for you – Beer or Wine

Brewed for you – Beer or Wine

July 4, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

I shared this card during a recent Facebook Live using the Brewed for you set. Seeing firstly Beer, I was on a mission to try and create a feminine alternative. The flowers within the Bottled Happiness Stamp Set are delicately pretty and the perfect accent to this card. Having Heat

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Blog Hops, Home Decor Tagged With: Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Sponging

Stamp Together for Summer with a Lighthouse Horizon

Stamp Together for Summer with a Lighthouse Horizon

June 15, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge 12 Comments

This past week had me Stamp Together to create a Summer Wreath project using the Eden and Lighthouse Dies. This is a project from a series that I have been running throughout the year. We used the Eden Dies to create a subtle white wreath for the backdrop to this

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Blog Hops, Home Decor Tagged With: Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Sponging, Wreath

All Star Tutorial Hop – Heart & Home

All Star Tutorial Hop – Heart & Home

June 8, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge 1 Comment

The All Star Tutorial Design Team have been playing with the Heart & Home Suite as part of this month’s Tutorial Bundle. This blog hop is to share even more inspiration using this amazing suite of products. These projects are NOT the projects you will find in the Tutorial Bundle

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Filed Under: All Star Tutorial Bundle, Techniques, Tutorial, Tutorial Bundles Tagged With: All Star Tutorial Bundle, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, Sponging, Tutorials, Video Tutorial

You Can Create it with New Horizon and Butterfly Brilliance

You Can Create it with New Horizon and Butterfly Brilliance

June 2, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

You Can Create it this month with our Quarterly Papercraft kit and New Horizon Papers. I team these papers up with the Butterfly Brilliance. This month’s kit we are creating with the New Horizon Papers and I decided to use them in a way that really wasn’t obvious. When the

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Casual Crafter, You Can Create It Tagged With: Die Cutting, Papercraft Kit, Splattering, Sponging, YCCI

All Star Tutorial Hop – Flowering Fields

All Star Tutorial Hop – Flowering Fields

May 11, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge 8 Comments

The All Star Tutorial Design Team have been playing with the Flowering Fields Suite as part of this month’s Tutorial Bundle. This blog hop is to share even more inspiration using this amazing suite of products. These projects are NOT the projects you will find in the Tutorial Bundle itself.

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Filed Under: All Star Tutorial Bundle, Techniques, Tutorial, Tutorial Bundles Tagged With: All Star Tutorial Bundle, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, Sponging, Tutorials, Video Tutorial

Global Design Project #GDP339 – Flowing Flowers

Global Design Project #GDP339 – Flowing Flowers

April 20, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge 4 Comments

This week’s Global Design Project theme is Flowers, so I decided to submit this Flowing Flowers card I had created. Having been prepping for an upcoming class using this Set, I had everything out on the desk to play with. Changing up the colours I wanted to create with varying

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Filed Under: Casual Crafter, Techniques Tagged With: Die Cutting, Global Design Project, Heat Embossing, Sponging, Stamping, Techniques

Sweet as a Peach Wreath Card

Sweet as a Peach Wreath Card

April 12, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Today I’m sharing a card I made a while ago using the Sweet as a Peach bundle. It’s such a shame that this beautiful bundle is about to retire as I’ve enjoyed being creative with these products. I’ve used one of the striped papers from this suite and the flowers

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Cards, Techniques Tagged With: Die Cutting, Sponging, Stamping, Wreath

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This quarter's Piccadilli Players hop is all about This quarter's Piccadilli Players hop is all about Seasons from around the globe. 

For me I share the beautiful rich colours of Autumn through the wonders of @stampinupofficial Radiant Sunflowers and rich Cajun Craze. Bright popping sunflowers, warm rich colour palette, autumn is a season of great change and one I love. 

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Today I share a Monochomatic contemporary card tha Today I share a Monochomatic contemporary card that's Black and White and designed for the Stamping Fancy Friday Challenge this month. 

Created using the Spooktacular Designer Series Paper, Extraordinary Life and Fern & Flora Dies from @stampinupofficial  Layering up elements for a contemporary collage, helped create this Anniversary Card. 

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I share a Timemless Design that's Elegant and Vint I share a Timemless Design that's Elegant and Vintage as part of today's Stamping Station Hop. 

Designed using the beautifully vintage Bloom Bouquet Designer Series Paper from @stampinupofficial along with their Bordered in Beauty Dies. A delicate little card with flowers created from the Fern & Flora Dies in Hydrangea Hue. 

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I may have been quieter than normal with my crafti I may have been quieter than normal with my crafting but I recently designed a series of cards for Die Cutting Essentials Magazine using the Fern & Flora Bundle by Stampin' Up!

I adore the botanical feel of these dies and what you can create with them. This wreath card screams whispy fresh air combined with richness, I just loved creating it. Would you welcome a botanical card like this for your birthday?

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This week's Global Design Project #GDP563 is a Gar This week's Global Design Project #GDP563 is a Garden Harvest Challenge. 

Pairing up two new bundles from @stampinupofficial Radiant Sunflowers and Painted Pumpkins for this autumn themed card. Rich autumn colours and autumn themed images for a card of gratitude. 

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This week's Global Design Project #GDP562 is a Ske This week's Global Design Project #GDP562 is a Sketch Challenge. 

From this sketch layout I could see a layering hillside that I recreated using torn Moonlight Flora Designer Series Paper from @stampinupofficial With this I teamed it up with a wholesome house from the Welcome Noel Die Set that I coloured with Stampin' Blends. 

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