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The Crafty Carrot Collective – Darling Dinos

The Crafty Carrot Collective – Darling Dinos

March 21, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

The Crafty Carrot Co are showcasing the Darling Dinos in our April Tutorial. Adorable for many occassion, these darling dinos were a must for my craft room. I show how you can easily merge this fabulous bundle with other products for a card of pure cuteness. Here I team the

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Crafty Carrot Collective Tagged With: Blending, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, Punching, The Crafty Carrot Co., Tips and Techniques

The Crafty Carrot Collective – Birthday Celebrations

The Crafty Carrot Collective – Birthday Celebrations

January 25, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

The Crafty Carrot Co are starting their creative year with some Birthday Celebrations. With the Crafty Carrot celebrating an amazing 8 Year Anniversary this month, the Birthday Celebration bundle seemed only right and fitting to use of rour first tutorial of the year. This is my sneak peek into what

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Crafty Carrot Collective Tagged With: Denim Technique, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, The Crafty Carrot Co., Tips and Techniques

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Annual Catalogue Favourites

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Annual Catalogue Favourites

July 4, 2024 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Stampin’ Fancy Friday where throughout June we shared our Annual Catalogue Favourites. The Stampin’ Fancy Friday challenge for June was to share our Annual Catalogue Favourites. There’s a clear favourite for me and I make no attempt to hide this. Attention Shoppers is such a fun bundle

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Filed Under: Artisan, Challenges Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Embossing, Paper Piecing, Stampin' Fancy Friday, Tips and Techniques

Around the World on Wednesday – Technique Challenge

Around the World on Wednesday – Technique Challenge

February 14, 2024 by Mikaela Titheridge 12 Comments

Today we go Around the World on Wednesday with a Technique Challenge. The Technique that I chose to use for this share was the Thumping Technique. I love Techniques and I’m sure if you’ve hopped over from Aurélie Fabre then you’ll have some fabulous inspiration. The Thumping Technique It would

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Filed Under: Artisan, Blog Hops Tagged With: Around the World on Wednesday, Die Cutting, Stamping, Techniques, Tips and Techniques

Artisan Design Team – Light the Sky

Artisan Design Team – Light the Sky

December 31, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

The Artisan Design Team have recently been creating with the Light the Sky Bundle. Here are the projects that I designed and shared. My first card focused on adding colour Inking up each firework with one colour and using the Rock and Roll Technique to add another. A Blending brush

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Filed Under: Artisan Tagged With: Artisan Design Team, Artisan Design Team 2023, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, Tips and Techniques

Artisan Design Team – Reverse-Masked Background

Artisan Design Team – Reverse-Masked Background

December 29, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

The Reverse-masked background technique was a recent Artisan Design Team Tip I shared. Using the Quiet Meadow bundle, my focus was to create a fabulous background. Die cutting a shape from scrap paper, I placed this over a matting layer I’d later add to my cardbase. Blending through this aperture

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Artisan Design Team Faux Linen Tip

Artisan Design Team Faux Linen Tip

July 21, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 4 Comments

My Artisan Design Team Faux Linen Tip was shared by Stampin’ Up! on their Socials this week. This is a technique that I’ve not visited for a very long time and wanted to share. A technique that looks beautiful with a repeat pattern that helps give the illusion of a

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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

Artisan Design Team Partial Embossing Tip

Artisan Design Team Partial Embossing Tip

March 29, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

My Artisan Design Team Partial Embossing Tip was shared a few weeks back and proved quite popular. This is a technique that I’d not done for many years and really wanted to share. A technique that can be achieved with a variety of Embossing Folders to achieve a different look

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Filed Under: Artisan, Techniques Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Colouring, Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Partial Embossing, Stampin' Blends, Tips and Techniques

Around the World on Wednesday – Casing the Catalogue

Around the World on Wednesday – Casing the Catalogue

January 12, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge 12 Comments

The Around the World on Wednesday Team are Casing the Catalogue for this month’s hop. A warm welcome to this month’s Hop and for those who’ve hopped over from my dear friend Emma Goddard I know you’ll have been inspired. This month we are casing the catalogue and switching up

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Filed Under: Blog Hops Tagged With: Around the World on Wednesday, Die Cutting, Fussy Cutting, Partial Die Cutting, Thank you Cards, Tips and 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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