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Around the World on Wednesday – Watercolour Smooshing

Around the World on Wednesday – Watercolour Smooshing

December 13, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 8 Comments

Today we go Around the World on Wednesday with Watercolour Smooshing. I love the irregularity of Watercolour Smooshing and watercolouring. It can give a wonderful appearance. If you’ve joined from the lovely Aurélie then I’m sure you’ve already been spoilt to some great inspiration. I hope to inspire you further

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Filed Under: Artisan, Blog Hops Tagged With: Around the World on Wednesday, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, Smooshing Technique, Techniques, Watercolouring

Nautical Card using Watercolour Stripes and Beauty of the Deep

Nautical Card using Watercolour Stripes and Beauty of the Deep

August 1, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

A nautical card with a masculine vibe created using Beauty of the Deep and a spot of watercolouring. Blue stripes somehow screams nautical to me, so taking a half sheet of our Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper, I set to adding stripes of Blue Ink. Using the widest Water Painter, I

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Filed Under: Blog Hops, Techniques Tagged With: Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, Masculine Cards, Techniques, Watercolouring

Watercoloured Beauty of the Deep

Watercoloured Beauty of the Deep

July 28, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 4 Comments

Create a quick watercolored Beauty of the Deep Thank you Card with the elegance of Gold Heat Embossing. Starting with a Pretty Peacock Card base, I used tone on tone ink to stamp the large coral image around the edges of the card base. Cutting a sheet of Fluid 100

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Filed Under: Blog Hops, Techniques Tagged With: Heat Embossing, Techniques, Watercolour

Masculine card with Beauty of the Deep

Masculine card with Beauty of the Deep

July 25, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 3 Comments

Beauty of the Deep has been a Bundle I’ve been creating with a lot of late and I love it. Masculine cards can often be troublesome yet this bundle has been easy to create with. Using a card designed by Jennifer Frost as inspiration, I set to work creating this

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Filed Under: Blog Hops, Techniques Tagged With: Blending, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, Make and Take, Masculine Cards, Techniques, Vintage

Inked Botanicals for a Masculine Birthday Card

Inked Botanicals for a Masculine Birthday Card

July 24, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 1 Comment

Inked Botanical Papers aren’t just florals but create the perfect backdrop for a Sea Themed Masculine Birthday Card. Brenda Nelson of Stamp with Brenda and Hattie from Honeybee Stampers Summer Camp focused on the Inked Botanicals. I recreated my Masculine Birthday card using the Inked Botanicals Designer Series Papers to

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Filed Under: Blog Hops, Techniques Tagged With: Blending, Designer Series Paper, Make and Take, Techniques

Masculine Birthday Card using Beauty of the Deep

Masculine Birthday Card using Beauty of the Deep

July 24, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This weekend I had the honour of being Guest Designer for the Summer Stamp Camp with the Nelsons. Fellow Artisan, Brenda Nelson of Stamp with Brenda and Hattie from Honeybee Stampers invited me to Demonstrate during their event. I had designed a Masculine Birthday Card using Beauty of the Deep.

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Filed Under: Blog Hops, Techniques Tagged With: Blending, Designer Series Paper, Make and Take, Techniques

Stamping Sunday – Bish, Bash, Bosh Ripped Tips

Stamping Sunday – Bish, Bash, Bosh Ripped Tips

July 16, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 5 Comments

Welcome to our all NEW Stamping Sunday blog hop where this month we bring you Ripped Tips with Bish, Bash, Bosh. I show you how you can effectively use up scraps of cardstock to produce a torn seascape scene. Gathering various shades of Blue, I set to carefully ripping each

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Filed Under: Blog Hops Tagged With: Scraps, Stamping Sunday, Techniques, Tips and Techniques, Tripped cardstock

Team Birthday Challenge with Circle Sayings

Team Birthday Challenge with Circle Sayings

July 8, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our latest Team Challenge is all about Birthdays and with male cards being the most difficult, I set to work on this. I’d wanted to team up the Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper with the Circle Sayings bundle since I received it. The beautiful ombre paper screamed ‘Beach vibe’ to

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Filed Under: Birthday, Techniques Tagged With: Blends Alcohol Pens, Blends Pens, Designer Series Paper, Die Cutting, Masculine Cards, Punching, Techniques

Cheerful Daisies #simplestamping

Cheerful Daisies #simplestamping

June 23, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Another Cheerful Daisies card from my recent Papercraft class and one that offers #simplestamping. This might look like I’ve used a patterned paper but actually, this background is fully stamped. The Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set offers two images of the same flower, a line drawn image and a solid. This

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Filed Under: Techniques Tagged With: #simplestamping, Techniques

Team Challenge Tic Tac Toe using Textured Floral

Team Challenge Tic Tac Toe using Textured Floral

June 22, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

I used Textured Floral for my entry into this week’s Team Challenge. Hosted by our very own Mo Rootes, we were set a Tic Tac Toe challenge. Deciding to go across the middle on a diagonal, I set to creating this Birthday card. Using the Basic Essentials Embossing Folders from

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Filed Under: Techniques Tagged With: Dry Embossing, Flowers, Techniques

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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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