Artisan Additions Dies

Wedding Congratulations

~ Karen Young

Here is the card I made some friends for their recent wedding.

As I helped design and make their wedding stationery, I knew their colour scheme, so wanted to match it.

We have Fresh Freesia, Gray Granite and Basic White.

They liked the Gray Granite as it was on this card I made them for their engagement.

There were lots of hearts on their stationery, so I have stuck with that theme, but used different products.

To begin with, I chose to design a square card.

I used Blending Brushes to create a masked strip down the centre of the background piece, with the colours joining together, as they are in marriage.

Across the card, I then stamped some tiny hearts in Versamark with an image from the Penguin Place Stamp Set. I embossed these using Clear Embossing Powder and a Heat Tool.

You can’t see the hearts very well in the pictures, but you can see them in the right light.

For the hearts, I die cut shapes using the Artisan Additions Dies and stuck these onto matching cardstock. The hearts were then cut out using the Heart Punch Pack.

These were raised up on Dimensionals.

A simple sentiment sits across the bottom, similar to their thank you card design.

Finally, a few of the pretty Heart Pearls add some more hearts to the card.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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ARTISAN ADDITIONS DIESHEART PUNCH PACKART GALLERY PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SETPENGUIN PLACE PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)FRESH FREESIA A4 CARDSTOCKFRESH FREESIA CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADGRAY GRANITE A4 CARDSTOCKGRAY GRANITE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCKVERSAMARK PADHEAT TOOL UKBASICS EMBOSSING POWDERSBLENDING BRUSHESHEART PEARLSMINI STAMPIN' DIMENSIONALSSTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALSTEAR & TAPE ADHESIVE

Finishing Up Friday – An Artisan Butterfly

~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses leftover items from two previous Card & (Your) Cuppa projects.

The previous projects are here and here.

I chose to create a monochrome project with Mint Macaron and Basic White using the leftover pieces.

First, I stamped my sentiment from the Art Gallery Stamp Set in the top right corner.

As one of the pre-cut items in my stash was the ornate piece from the Artisan Additions Dies, I stuck this over Mint Macaron cardstock to create the pretty bottom section for the card.

A length of the Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon then covers the join.

Another item from my stash was the detailed pre-cut butterfly from the Brilliant Wings Dies. This sits on a solid butterfly shape, only glued down the centre to show the wings.

Finally, the butterfly is raised up on Dimensionals for a more 3D effect.

I’m continuing to make a dent in my pre-cut butterflies!

Which pre-made items are you going to use from your desk?

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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ARTISAN ADDITIONS DIESBRILLIANT WINGS DIESART GALLERY PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SETMINT MACARON A4 CARDSTOCKMINT MACARON CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCKWHITE 1/4" (6.4 MM) CRINKLED SEAM BINDING RIBBONMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUETEAR & TAPE ADHESIVESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS

Last Week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa – Artisan Additions Meets Brilliant Wings

~ Karen Young

For last week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa project I a new product from the Annual Catalogue, the Artisan Additions Dies.

Artisan Additions. Project designed by Karen at HIPPOFROG Designs

These dies are stand-alone type dies and each has a different design element. One of the three dies is this very pretty intricate rectangle piece.

I chose to use three purples, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather and Fresh Freesia, along with Basic White.

The Brilliant Wings Dies provided both the solid butterfly shapes and the more intricate outline pieces. By just sticking the centre of purple butterflies to their coordinating outline, this allows the wings to be popped up.

Before they were stuck together, they were given a coating of Wink of Stella for a touch of sparkle.

Artisan Additions. Project designed by Karen at HIPPOFROG Designs

Each butterfly is stuck to the project using Dimensionals to provide extra depth.

A sentiment from the Art Gallery Stamp Set is stuck across the centre butterfly using Dimensionals.

Finally, some of the new Iridescent Pearls, also from the new Annual Catalogue are placed into the four circular places on the die-cut shape.

Artisan Additions. Project designed by Karen at HIPPOFROG Designs

I can’t wait to use these pretty Artisan Additions Dies again.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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ARTISAN ADDITIONS DIESBRILLIANT WINGS DIESART GALLERY PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SETFRESH FREESIA A4 CARDSTOCKGORGEOUS GRAPE A4 CARDSTOCKGORGEOUS GRAPE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADHIGHLAND HEATHER A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCKWINK OF STELLA CLEAR GLITTER BRUSHIRIDESCENT PEARL BASIC JEWELSMINI STAMPIN' DIMENSIONALSMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUE