Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Blooming Phrases

November 3, 2025November 2, 2025 ~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa project used the Blooming Phrases Stamp Set from the Online Exclusives range.

This set has lots of small flower and leaf images, along with some fabulous sentiments.

For this project, I used Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo and Granny Apple Green. I paired these with Very Vanilla to create a more vintage feel.

With the ‘celebrate’ sentiment, the design is suitable for a wide range of occasions.

First, a section across the centre was masked off diagonally. Next, the images were stamped multiple times across the whole piece.

When the masking was removed, it left a blank space in the centre for the sentiment to be added.

Two lengths of Linen Thread were then attached to the top and bottom of the masked section.

Finally, some Antique Pearls were added to complete the project.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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October Card Making Class – Project 3

October 22, 2025October 21, 2025 ~ Karen Young

The third project from my recent Card Making Class for October was this striped design.

If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know that I love a design with stripes. So I thought I would include one for the class.

I chose shades of purple, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape, along with Basic White.

Each of the stripes is stamped tone-on-tone using images from the Blooming Phrases Stamp Set and the Terrific Toadstools Stamp Set. Blooming Phrases from the Online Exclusives Range and Terrific Toadstools from the Annual Catalogue.

The leaves and flowers are cut out using the Charming Day Dies and the Delightful Wishes Dies. Wink of Stella was added to the flowers for a touch of sparkle.

Once the stripes were stuck to the background piece, three lengths of Basic White Baker’s Twine from the Essentials Pack were added.

The sentiment uses the With You in Mind Stamp Set and is cut out with the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch.

Leaves are stuck straight onto the striped piece, with the flowers stuck onto the sentiment.

Finally, this sentiment piece is then stuck to the project using Dimensionals.

Designs like this one are really easy to replicate as you can use any colours, images, shapes, sentiments and embellishments you chose.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Terrific Toadstools Stamp Set & Punch

September 15, 2025September 11, 2025 ~ Karen Young

At last week’s Card & Cuppa class, I chose to create a monochromatic-style project.

I like creating designs that are in shades of the same colour, in this case, blue.

My colour combination was Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy. These colours are next to each other on the Colour Coach, a great tool available from Stampin’ Up!

First, the background was given a touch of colour using a Blending Brush and Azure Afternoon ink. This was in the area behind where the toadstools would sit.

Next, the toadstools and stalks from the Terrific Toadstools Stamp Set were stamped onto a separate piece. They were then cut out using a combination of fussy cutting and the Terrific Toadstools Builder Punch.

A sentiment from the Blooming Phrases Stamp Set, from the Online Exclusives range was then stamped onto a long strip.

This was stuck to an Azure Afternoon strip across the project.

The toadstools were all assembled and the three larger ones were stuck to the project using a Dimensional at the head end and glue at the base. Glue Dots were then used to attach the smaller two.

Finally, three Iridescent Pearls were coloured in a Stampin’ Blend and stuck to the project.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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August Card Making Class – Project 2

August 15, 2025August 12, 2025 ~ Karen Young

The second project from August’s Card Making Class was this Thinking of You card.

With the theme of Fabulous Florals, this Blooming Phrases stamp set from the Online Exclusives range certainly hits the brief.

A colour combination of Highland Heather, Fresh Freesia and Shaded Spruce work together to create this delicate project.

‘Thinking of you’ was stamped in the corner.

Using the end ‘wiggle’ of another sentiment, each stem was then stamped. Some were made longer with a bit of masking, careful lining up and stamping twice.

Next, the flowers were added, before the mammoth task of stamping each leaf individually.

Once all the stamping was completed, the Brass Butterflies added a finishing touch.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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June Card Making Class – Project 3

June 25, 2025June 18, 2025 ~ Karen Young

Today I’m sharing the third project from my recent monthly Card Making Class.

This month’s theme was ‘It’s all new to me!’ and some products that are new to me are the Tags of Thanks Bundle and Blooming Phrases Stamp set from the Online Exclusives range.

The monochromatic design is inspired by this project on the Stampin’ Up! website.

Using the Blooming Phrases Stamp Set, the background flowers were stamped tone-on-tone in Pool Party. A touch of Wink of Stella was added to a few of the flowers

For the tags shape, I used the Labeled with Love Punch and stamped the sentiment from the Tags of Thanks Stamp Set. The holes were then punched out using one of the coordinating punches from the Hole Punch Assortment.

A length of white Baker’s Twine from the Essentials Combo Pack was coloured using Pool Party Stampin’ Blends before being tied in a bow to join the two tags.

Finally, some Rhinestones were added to the project for some extra bling.

This is a great design that could be replicated in any colour and with any sentiment.