Countdown to Christmas – Week 10

December 9, 2023November 28, 2023 ~ Karen Young ~ Leave a comment

Week 10 of my Countdown to Christmas 2023 series is the Bonus project from my Christmas Card Club.

Those who signed up for all 5 months of Christmas Card Club in advance were given a bonus 6th project.

The bonus project just had to be a stripe project using the Gorgeous Joy of Christmas DSP.

First, a diagonal line was drawn to create the angle for the stripes.

Before adding the stripes, the sentiment was stamped. I have used the Christmas Classics Stamp Set with Shaded Spruce and Cherry Cobbler ink. This is definitely my favourite Stamp Set of the season.

Once the stripes are stuck down in their parquet pattern the excess is trimmed away. Then, a length of Iridescent Ribbon covers the bottom edge of the strips.

Finally, a flat bow is made and added.

The DSP, Stamp Set and Ribbon are all on the Last Chance Products list so may not be available when this post goes live. Make sure you grab any items from the list while you can.

If you are looking for a quick and easy card to make then this is a great project. It’s also a good scrap buster too for those pieces of DSP you may have lying around.

Here are all of my Christmas Card Club projects, do you have a favourite?

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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NEW KIT ADDED: Painted Wishes Kit

December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 ~ Karen Young

Click on the pictures/links below for details of the latest kit to be added to the Kits Collection.

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Masks & Masking

December 4, 2023November 30, 2023 ~ Karen Young ~ Leave a comment

At a previous Card & Cuppa session I was asked about masks and masking, so last week’s class combined both techniques.

First it was using one of the Foursquare Decorative Masks and a Blending Brush to create the background in Fresh Freesia. The masks are like a stencil and you can apply colour in lots of different ways.

Next, using Masking Paper and the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set, we created a bunch of flowers.

The image was stamped onto Masking Paper twice and they were both cut out.

Then, the image is stamped onto cardstock once and then covered with one of the Masking Paper cut out shapes. Another image is then stamped next to the first, overlapping where needed. Once this has been stamped, the second mask is then used to cover the second image.

Finally, the third flower was stamped. When the masks are removed, you are left with a bunch of flowers. All of the flowers were stamped in Highland Heather to coordinate with the purple theme.

These were then coloured in using Watercolor Pencils, with the centre given a light coat of Wink of Stella. Fussy cutting was needed to cut the floral display out.

The Petal Park Stamp Set provides the leaves that were stamped in Shaded Spruce and cut out using the coordinating Petal Park Builder Punch. They were also coloured using Watercolor Pencils before being stuck to the flowers.

The whole piece was then raised up using Dimensionals.

Finally, some gold Festive Pearls are dotted around for a touch of bling.

As the design has quite a lot of detail, I’ve deliberately left it sentiment free. This makes it a great card for any occasion.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Countdown to Christmas – Week 9

December 2, 2023November 28, 2023 ~ Karen Young ~ Leave a comment

For week 9 of my Countdown to Christmas 2023 series, I’m sharing November’s Christmas Card Club project.

For November’s project, I chose to make this present card using traditional colours of Real Red and Very Vanilla, with Shaded Spruce stamping.

The background is embossed using the Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder.

Next, the parcel is made by adding two lengths of Gold & Vanilla Satin Edged Ribbon.

Sentiment layers are created using the Deckled Circles Dies and the Christmas Classics Stamp Set.

Loose Holly Gems & Sequins are then added to the sentiment. These were on the Last Chance Products list but have sold out and are now no longer available.

Finally, the sentiment layer was added to the parcel.

Christmas Card Club is where those who have signed up make 2 of a pre-designed card using the class kit and instruction from a YouTube video tutorial. The projects are made in their own time with a new video released on the 25th of each month (July-November).

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Masterfully Made DSP

November 27, 2023November 25, 2023 ~ Karen Young ~ Leave a comment

Last week’s Card & Cuppa used the beautiful Masterfully Made DSP to create this any occasion card.

This gorgeous DSP was the star of the show.

A coordinating Lost Lagoon base card and Basic White layer showed off the DSP really well.

Using the Double Oval Punch, the shape for the sentiment was cut out, then stamped with the ‘for you’ from the Heartfelt Hexagon Stamp Set. This was in Melon Mambo, another coordinating colour from the DSP pack.

There isn’t a Melon Mambo Baker’s Twine, so we created our own using the White from the Essentials Baker’s Twine and colouring it using a Melon Mambo Stampin’ Blend.

This then sits behind the sentiment in a swoosh, with the sentiment raised up on Dimensionals.

It was a really quick and easy project and is a great one if you have a stash of DSP.

You can also add embellishments, Wink of Stella and more as you would like, depending on the DSP and the occasion.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Countdown to Christmas 2023 – Week 8

November 25, 2023November 24, 2023 ~ Karen Young

Week 8 of my Countdown to Christmas 2023 series is this non-stamping project.

If you have lots of pretty papers sitting around, it’s a great stash buster.

The DSP I’ve used is the Joy of Christmas pack, on the current Last Chance Products list and retiring very soon.

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I used the sheets to create a split background and covered the join with a piece of the Gold Trim from the Online Exclusives range.

I’ve then used the sheets to create the Christmas tree. This is made from 3 triangles, cut from the DSP. They are folded in half and then glued together to create the pop-up effect. As there are only three triangles, the tree lays flat for posting.

Each triangle is given a coating of Wink of Stella for some festive shimmer.

These then sit on a snowball shape cut from the Decorative Circle Punch, backed with a Real Red shape cut from the 2 3/8 Circle Punch.

The project sits on a Basic White layer, onto a Real Red base card. The colours are taken from the colours in the DSP.

Finally, a Brushed Metallic Gold embellishment sits at the top of the tree.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Chance Products (21 Nov 2023-03 Jan 2024)

November 21, 2023November 20, 2023 ~ Karen Young

From 21st November 2023- 3rd January 2024, get up to 60% off products from the September-December Mini Catalogue.

Items are only available while stocks last, so don’t miss out.

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Heartfelt Hexagons Bundle

November 20, 2023November 19, 2023 ~ Karen Young

At last week’s Card & Cuppa, I designed a project using the early release Heartfelt Hexagons Bundle.

This discounted bundle contains the Heartfelt Hexagons Stamp Set and coordinating Heartfelt Hexagons Punch.

Those of you who have been around a while will recognise it as a similar design to this previous project.

Using a colour combination of Parakeet Party, Garden Green and Granny Apple Green, 3 hexagons were punched in each colour.

Splats were added to some of the hexagons using the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set to create a touch of extra interest.

Next, the dotted hexagon outline image from the stamp set was stamped in Parakeet Party. I’m not sure that it shows us properly in the pictures, but it is there!

Then, the sentiment was stamped inside and punched out.

Each of the hexagons was then arranged with a small gap on the piece of Basic White. I think this was the hardest part as you only need 8 of the 9 punched pieces, and deciding which piece goes where can be a struggle.

All of the green pieces were then stuck down, with the overhanging pieces cut away.

A length of coordinating Metallic Woven Ribbon was then added across the centre of where the sentiment would sit.

Finally, the sentiment was raised up over the ribbon using Dimensionals.

I’m a big fan of these types of projects that use the same shape multiple times as they come together really quickly and easily. I have a plan to make some red and green ones for Christmas cards.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Countdown to Christmas 2023 – Week 7

November 18, 2023November 17, 2023 ~ Karen Young

This very quick and simple design is the project for week 7 of my Countdown to Christmas 2023 series.

It uses the Shining Christmas Specialty DSP from the Online Exclusives range.

This paper has foil embossed images on one side and a regular design on the back of each sheet. It’s a DSP that does all of the hard work for you. When a DSP is this pretty, all you need to do is chop it into card size pieces.

Here, I’ve teamed it with a Thick Basic White base card and coordinating Mossy Meadow layer.

A sentiment from the the Christmas Classics Stamp Set sits across the top on a Mossy Meadow layer.

Finally, some Festive Pearls create the look of holly berries.

This design is really quick and easy to create and great for posting. You could easily create a batch while sitting in front of the TV.

With one sheet giving you enough for 6 cards, that is 72 cards from just one pack!

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Nature’s Prints Coordination

November 13, 2023November 12, 2023 ~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa project was this any occasion card. It used items that coordinate with the Nature’s Prints Stamp Set.

A colour combination of Calypso Coral, Petal Pink, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla gave the project a pastel feel.

The background was made using the Fern 3D Embossing Folder. This was then given some extra tone-on-tone definition using a Small Blending Brush and a Petal Pink Stampin’ Pad.

Next, the various images and the sentiment were stamped and cut out using the coordinating Natural Prints Dies.