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    Creative Circle Blog Hop ~ Birds

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK. Thanks so much for stopping by for the Creative Circle Blog Hop with the theme of Birds Liz Holloway designed a beautiful 3D Bird House which the Design Team can use to house our cards. I used the svg files with our ScanNCut for the structure and decorations  I used thick card for the base and decorated my bird house with the Fresh Florals DSP. I applied Versamark along the edges with a dauber and copper heat embossing powder. Looking at the result, I would add a bit of sponging to blend and soften the metallic edges and the DSP a bit more…

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    Waterfront Scene ~ Top 10 Winners Blog Hop for Kylie Bertucci’s International Highlights

    Welcome to the Top 10 Winners’ Blog Hop for Kylie Bertucci’s International Highlights and thanks for stopping by You may have arrived here from Prepare To Dye by Sarah Fleming or started here at Mitosu Crafts UK with me Jay Soriano, you will find the Top 10 list at the bottom of this post to continue along the hop  Thanks again for voting for my Party Pandas Pop Up Card for me to join Kylie and the other winners on today’s hop The theme is the same as the highlights ~ All About Love and I have created a scene using the Waterfront Stamp Set from the Spring/Summer Occasions Catalogue This…

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    Last Day for Lots of Lavender & Sale-A-Bration 2018

    Hi and welcome back to Mitosu Crafts, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay here sharing Barry’s Mother’s Day card using the FREE Lots of Lavender stamp set from Sale-A-Bration 2018  The Lots of Lavender stamp was used to create the background and topper at the same time. This was achieved by placing both Whisper White cardstock on top of each other and stamped the design The bottom card was then coloured with Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy and Berry Burst inks using the matching stamps before matting the topper on Melon Mambo card to hide any missed stamping The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments set punched with the Classic…

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    Party Pandas Card Idea for Paper Craft Crew Challenges #PCC286

    Welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK and thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay here sharing my Design Team card inspiration for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge #PCC286. This challenge will be running for 2 weeks so you will have plenty of time to join in I have used the Party Pandas and Lots of Lavender stamp sets which you can earn for FREE when you place a qualifying order from our Online Shop. There are lots of other FREE items during Sale-A-Bration but HURRY as it ends this Saturday 31st March 2018 The fun Party Panda bursting out of the Vellum was coloured with Watercolour Pencils then fussy cut. I…

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    Card Making & Papercraft Class in Basingstoke ~ 24th April 2018

    #createwithmitosu #stampinupuk #inbasingstoke #basingstokecraft Thank you for stopping by. Do you like learning something new, get more creative, crafting in a group of like minded people or playing with Stampin’ Up!® products? Create with Mitosu and join our Basingstoke Craft Group at our next Card Making and Papercraft class Tuesday 24th April 2018 Shaftesbury Room 7pm – 9pm Christ Church Chineham Basingstoke Hampshire RG24 8LT All levels of crafters are welcome, 18-80+ The class is £15 per person and booking is essential. Contact us to book your place in advance to avoid disappointment as there are limited space and we can prepare enough materials for everyone. Please note that a…

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    Card Idea with Blossoming Basket from Sale-A-Bration 2018

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping. It’s Jay here sharing a card idea using the FREE Blossoming Basket stamp set & the Basket Weave Dynamic TIEF from Sale-A-Bration 2018 Cardbase 29cm x 10.5cm Bermuda Bay 14cm x 10cm Peekaboo Peach card 10cm x 7cm Vellum 10cm x 7cm The flower basket design was stamped with Tuxedo Memento on Whisper White and coloured with Stampin’ Blends. Fussy cut with the Paper Snips then added a little bling with the Clear Wink of Stella The Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers will be available to order again in June but Stampin’ Up! has other colouring tools which are available to order…

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    Celebrating Party Pandas from Sale-A-Bration 2018

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts, thanks for stopping. It’s Jay here sharing another card idea using the FREE Party Pandas stamp set with the Celebrate You Thinlits from Sale-A-Bration 2018 I have used the same layout as the projects we designed for our Made In Basingstoke Workshop event last year Very Vanilla Cardbase 21cm x 14.8cm Foil Frenzy Specialty DSP 9.5cm x 13.8cm Vellum 8.5cm x 12.8cm Whisper White Layer 6cm x 10.3cm The Panda was stamped with Tuxedo Memento then coloured with the Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack. The Color Lifter helped to get the soft edges of the shadows The ‘confetti’ design were stamps in 2nd…

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    Lots of Lavender for Paper Craft Crew Challenge #PCC285

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. Wow, it’s been a week since my last post?! We have been busy generating more interest for our Basingstoke craft group and designing for our card class that the blog has been neglected a little Well it’s Wednesday and time for my Design Team card inspiration for the Paper Craft Crew Challenges #PCC285. This week it’s a colour challenge consisting of the pastel colours below With only over a week left of Sale-A-Bration, I have used the FREE Lots of Lavender stamp set and sentiment from another SAB set Happy Wishes for my simple card idea. Make sure to…

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    Party Pandas for Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge #PCC284

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here with my Design Team card inspiration for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge #PCC284 I used the Party Pandas set for my project, which you can earn for FREE during the Sale-A-Bration period until 31st March 2018 when you place a qualifying order from our UK Online Shop Island Indigo Cardbase 10.5cm x 29cm Basic Gray Cardstock 10cm x 14cm Whisper White Thick Banner 3.8cm x 13.3cm Whisper White Thick Tag 6.5cm x 10.3cm I used the Simply Scored Board to create lines on the bottom part of the card instead of using DSP…

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    Party Pandas Pop Up Card for Kylie Bertucci’s International Highlights

    Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts in the UK. It’s Jay Soriano here with my project for Kylie Bertucci’s International Highlights The theme is to celebrate LOVE, which can be for partners, friends, family or even pets! You can also VOTE for your Top 5 favourite projects back at Kylie Bertucci’s blog ~ http://bit.ly/VoteformeKyliesHighlightsMarch With Mother’s Day just passed in the UK, my inspiration came from family love. I created this Hexagonal Base Pop Up Card using the Window Box Thinlits Dies with the FREE Sale-A-Bration set Party Pandas and Celebrate You Thinlits Dies The family of pandas are celebrating their loved one’s special day, presenting their glimmer hearts which were…