Countdown to Christmas 2024 – Week 12

December 21, 2024January 16, 2025 ~ Karen Young

The final project for my Countdown to Christmas 2024 series reminds me of the poem ‘Twas the night before Christmas’.

It’s the final design from my recent Christmas Card Class.

Our cute mouse is from the Christmas Friends Stamp Set. Greetings of the Season Stamp Set provides the sentiment, and the Snowy Wonder Stamp Set the snow.

First, the sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy.

Next, using Early Espresso, the mouse is stamped and then coloured using Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen.

This circle is layered onto a Night of Navy circle. these are cut out with Circle Punches from the Online Exclusives range.

Small strips of Balmy Blue ink are then stamped tone on tone with the snow to create a background.

Finally, a swoosh of Silver Trim is added before the mouse is attached using Dimensionals.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my Countdown to Christmas 2024 series. Do you have a favourite project?

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Christmas Friends

December 16, 2024December 15, 2024 ~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa project used the fun Christmas Friends Stamp Set.

This set is in the Mini Catalogue, but is currently on the Last Chance Products list, so grab it while you can.

The moose is one of four in the set and is stamped in Early Espresso. It is then coloured using Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen.

A sentiment from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set is added to the bottom of the background in Old Olive and Real Red.

Strips of coordinating cardstock are stuck across the centre of the project.

Using the Stylish Shapes Dies, the moose is cut out and layered onto an Old Olive shape cut out using the same Die. A border is created by cutting around the edge of the moose square.

Finally, the moose is raised up on Dimensionals.

I couldn’t decide which design to make as my sample, so I made all four!

Do you have a favourite?

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Countdown to Christmas 2024 – Week 11

December 14, 2024December 12, 2024 ~ Karen Young

We’ve reached week 11, the penultimate week of my Countdown to Christmas 2024 series.

This project is one of the 4 designs from my recent Christmas Card Making Day.

It uses the snowflakes, sentiment and star shape from the Sweetest Star Stamp Set and Punch Bundle, along with the branch from the Christmas Friends Stamp Set.

All of these items are from the Mini Catalogue. Most of these products are now on the Last Chance Products list at my Online Store.

Using Crumb Cake and Old Olive, the background images were stamped.

Next, the star was cut out of Poppy Parade cardstock and the sentiment was then stamped onto it in Cherry Cobbler.

A length of Gold Trim from the Gold & Silver Trim Combo Pack was looped at the top of the star to look like a tree decoration.

Finally, the star was attached to the project using Dimensionals.

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Countdown to Christmas 2024 – Week 8

November 23, 2024November 22, 2024 ~ Karen Young

This project for Week 8 of my Countdown to Christmas 2024 series was a hoot to make – sorry!

Can you believe we are already 2/3 of the way through this year’s series?

The background is a tree trunk from the Textured Timber Stamp Set, part of the Online Exclusives range, stamped in Pecan Pie.

This is then given a touch more colour and definition using a Stampin’ Blend in the same colour.

Next, a hole is punched out of the trunk using the 2″ Circle Punch from the Online Exclusives range. A piece of Early Espresso cardstock then sits behind.

Using the Christmas Friends Stamp Set and Dies from the Mini Catalogue, the owl is created and cut out.

It is coloured using a Blender Pen for the feathers and Stampin’ Blends in Daffodil Delight and Poppy Parade for the beak, feet and Santa hat. Wink of Stella is added to the white parts of the hat.

The Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blend is used to colour a piece of White Baker’s Twine from the Essentials Pack.

Ths is added to the project and a bunny ears bow added afterwards.

A sentiment from the Christmas Everywhere Kit is stamped onto a separate piece of cardstock.

The owl and the sentiment are then added with Dimensionals.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Countdown to Christmas 2024 – Week 3

October 19, 2024October 18, 2024 ~ Karen Young

Week 3 of my Countdown to Christmas 2024 series uses a new Bundle from the current Mini Catalogue.

This is the Christmas Friends Stamp Set and Dies Bundle. The polar bear is just one of the four friends you’ll find in the set.

First, a snowy scene was created using the Falling Snow Stamp Stamp, also from the Mini Catalogue. This large background stamp is stamped in Balmy Blue.

The polar bear and sentiment are stamped in Gray Granite. These are cut out using the dies, along with the Basic Beige circle, Garden Green and Old Olive greenery and a Real Red bow.

Onto the circle, the images are stamped in Garden Green, with a little bit of additional shading added using a Blending Brush.

Colouring of the polar bear is with Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen.

A length of Trim is then added across the project before all of the pieces are attached, with the polar bear and sentiment raised up using Dimensionals.

Don’t forget to book your place on my Christmas Card Making Day by 30th October. Full details can be found here.