Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Celebrate with Cheerful Daisies

April 1, 2024March 28, 2024 ~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa project was a little bit different to my usual style.

For this project, I used the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set with White Ink to create this pretty project.

I used both Crumb Cake and Copper Clay for the brown tones, plus Daffodil Delight for the daisy centres.

Using White Ink requires a slightly different thought process to the stamping. You need to ensure that you stamp the white first to avoid cross contamination with other colours. Also, as it is a pigment ink, the pad feels slightly ‘sticky’ to stamp with, but you quickly get used to that.

Once the daisies were stamped onto the background, plus one onto a separate piece, the centres were then added. They were given gentle taps of Wink of Stella in the centre for some sparkle.

A sentiment from the Softly Said Stamp Set from the Online Exclusives range sits across the separate daisy.

Stamping onto Crumb Cake with pigment ink meant the images became brighter as they dried. They looked rather dull to begin with.

The sentiment is punched out using the Modern Oval Punch. Plus another oval from Copper Clay to create the layer.

This layer is made by cutting the shape in half and sticking each side to the edges.

A length of In Color Jute Trim is looped behind the sentiment, before the whole piece is raised up on Dimensionals.

Finally, some white sequins from the Adhesive-Backed Sequins Trio are dotted across the project.

The attendees thought this design would also look good on Basic Black cardstock. I may have to try it out. Watch this space!

All of the items used in this project will be carrying over to the new Catalogue in May. If you want to see the retiring items, then head to the Last Chance List.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – New Year, New Stamp Set

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 ~ Karen Young

Last week was my first Card & Cuppa class of the year, so I decided to use a new stamp set.

This is the Softly Said Stamp Set and it is an Online Exclusive product, available at my Online Store. The design is inspired by the project shown on the product page there.

For my version of the design, I chose to use Moody Mauve, Flirty Flamingo, Petal Pink and Basic White as my colour combination.

Along with the Softly Said Stamp Set, I also used the Cheerful Daisies Bundle (Stamp Set and Dies) from the Annual Catalogue.

The daisy outlines were stamped tone-on tone for the background. Another daisy was stamped separately in Petal Pink and cut out with the dies.

Using Blending Brushes and Flirty Flamingo ink, a piece of cardstock was coloured and the leafy shape was then cut out from this, again with the dies.

A sentiment from the Softly Said Stamp Set is then stamped with the ends cut using the Banners Pick a Punch.

Everything was then layered, with the sentiment raised up on Dimensionals.

Finally, some Iridescent Rhinestones gave a touch of sparkle.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Cheerful Daisies

October 30, 2023October 27, 2023 ~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa project used the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set.

A colour combination of Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight and Very Vanilla created the pretty design.

It also uses just the one Stampin’ Pad. To begin, the sentiment was stamped into the top corner.

Using Grid Paper, we masked the top section off to allow us to use the stamp set to create the daisy covered bottom.

Each daisy was coloured using the Watercolor Pencils. I used a combination of Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry and Early Espresso for mine. They almost have a more sunflower look about them.

As the stamping is in Early Espresso, I didn’t use a blender pen to hide my pencil marks as the brown would have bled into the yellow and made a darker, dirty colour.

The smaller daisy was also stamped separately and coloured. It was then punched out with the Circle Punch from the Online Exclusives and layered.

Next, a length of the Gold Trim, also from the Online Exclusives was stuck across the project along the dividing line.

Finally, the focal daisy was raised up on Dimensionals.

This is a really quick and simple project and can be replicated using other stamp sets, sentiments, embellishments and more.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Cheerful Daisies Bundle

June 12, 2023June 11, 2023 ~ Karen Young

At last week’s Card & Cuppa project it was the turn of a new Bundle, along with a new colour too.

Items from the new Cheerful Daisies Bundle (Stamp Set and Dies) and Pecan Pie combined to create this pretty monochrome Birthday card. These are new products from the Annual Catalogue.

This project is a version of one of my most popular lockdown projects. So I have CASE-d myself with a monochrome twist.

If you’re not sure what CASE-ing is, then check out my video here that gives a quick overview.

Using one of the three Basics Embossing Folders from the Online Exclusives range, a background was created. It was given a vintage look with a Blending Brush and was then offset against the Pecan Pie layer.

Various images from the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set were stamped and shapes were cut out using the coordinating Cheerful Daisies Dies.

The daisy sitting under the sentiment is again given a hint of colour using a Blending Brush.

A swoosh of ribbon from the Trim Combo Pack is then added. This is another Online Exclusive product and the other ribbon in the pack we used on the last Card & Cuppa project. It sits under the sentiment and coordinates really well with the warmth of Pecan Pie.

Finally, some Brass Butterflies are dotted across the project.