Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Beautiful Butterflies & Blending Brushes

October 20, 2025October 16, 2025 ~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa project was all about butterflies and blending.

My colour combination was a subtle Highland Heather and Pool Party mix, with Lemon Lime Twist and Smoky Slate accents.

The background was coloured using a Blending Brush and Lemon Lime Twist.

Next, a separate sheet of Basic White Cardstock was randomly coloured, again using Blending Brushes and Highland Heather and Pool Party Stampin’ Pads.

Using the Beautiful Butterflies Dies from the Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies combo, the butterfly wings were cut from the coloured piece. As the piece was randomly coloured, each butterfly is unique.

Butterfly bodies were cut out from a Basic White strip. Using Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends, these were coloured.

It was then time for assembly. The bodies were stuck to the butterflies using a thin line of glue.

The wings were curled using a Paper Folder and were then stuck to the background, again using a thin line of glue down the centre.

Finally, a sentiment from the coordinating Stamp Set was stamped and raised up onto the central butterfly using Mini Dimensionals.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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June Card Making Class – Project 1

June 18, 2025June 17, 2025 ~ Karen Young

At the weekend I held my monthly card making class. Here is the 1st project from June’s session.

The theme for this month was ‘It’s all new to me!’ This meant the projects featured products that were new to me from the new Annual Catalogue, along with some Online Exclusives too.

A new Bundle containing the Loveliest Tree Stamp Set and Loveliest Tree Dies was the focus of this project.

It has a classic colour combination of Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Very Vanilla.

Leaves from the stamp set were stamped onto the background and coloured using a Blender Pen.

Next, the tree and sentiment were stamped onto separate pieces.

The Blender Pen was also used on the trunk and branches before a Blending Brush and ink coloured the canopy.

Using the Dies, the tree was cut out. A Die from the Beautiful Butterflies Dies was then used twice, once to cut the sentiment and again for the layer behind it.

To create the layer behind, the piece was simply cut in half and attached to the back.

This then sat on Mini Dimensionals over a length of coordinating Baker’s Twine from the Essentials Pack.

Finally, the tree was attached using a combination of regular and mini Dimensionals.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Beautiful Butterflies Bundle and Stampin’ Blends

June 16, 2025June 15, 2025 ~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa project used the Beautiful Butterflies Bundle and Stampin’ Blends to create this pretty Birthday Card.

My colour combination was Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo and Calypso Coral, with Pecan Pie and Basic White.

The background was created using ‘splats’ from both the Beautiful Butterflies Stamp Set and the Elements of Texture Stamp Set.

Next, the various butterfly shapes were cut out using the Dies from the Bundle in Basic White cardstock.

They were then coloured using Stampin’ Blends. The body in Pecan Pie and the wings in Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo and Calypso Coral. For the ‘half’ butterfly, this was coloured on both sides before being folded in two.

Each butterfly was then given a light coating of Wink of Stella.

For the two main butterflies, the back piece was curled before the middle layer was folded to create a spine and attached. Next, the body piece was stuck to the centre to complete the butterfly.

Only using glue down the centre gives the project a more 3D feel.

These two butterflies were stuck to the project using Mini Dimensionals.

The folded butterfly was attached to the sentiment and stuck to the project.

Finally, Rhinestones were added for an extra touch of bling.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Beautiful Butterflies Bundle

March 3, 2025March 2, 2025 ~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa was full of butterflies.

We used the new Beautiful Butterflies Bundle from the Mini Catalogue to create this design.

I was also asked for pinks and purples, so my colour combination is Blackberry Bliss, Petunia Pop, Highland Heather and Petal Pink, along with Basic White.

First, we used the Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder to create the background. The raised elements were then coloured using Blending Brushes.

On a separate piece of cardstock, the three butterflies were stamped and then cut out using the Dies from the Bundle.

We cut a few more extra pieces out around the antennae and bottom of the body to help with the final look of flying.

They were coloured using Stampin’ Blends, with a touch of Wink of Stella added afterwards.

A sentiment, also from the Stamp Set is stamped and given a banner-cut end.

Using a Paper Folder, the wings on each butterfly are curled. One of the butterflies is then stuck to the sentiment on one edge before this piece is attached using Tear & Tape.

The other two butterflies are stuck to the embossed background using Glue Dots near the body. As the wings have been curled and aren’t stuck down, they look like they are flying.