Countdown to Christmas 2023 – Week 8

November 25, 2023November 24, 2023 ~ Karen Young

Week 8 of my Countdown to Christmas 2023 series is this non-stamping project.

If you have lots of pretty papers sitting around, it’s a great stash buster.

The DSP I’ve used is the Joy of Christmas pack, on the current Last Chance Products list and retiring very soon.

Don’t forget that Last Chance products are only available while stocks last, so grab them while you can!

I used the sheets to create a split background and covered the join with a piece of the Gold Trim from the Online Exclusives range.

I’ve then used the sheets to create the Christmas tree. This is made from 3 triangles, cut from the DSP. They are folded in half and then glued together to create the pop-up effect. As there are only three triangles, the tree lays flat for posting.

Each triangle is given a coating of Wink of Stella for some festive shimmer.

These then sit on a snowball shape cut from the Decorative Circle Punch, backed with a Real Red shape cut from the 2 3/8 Circle Punch.

The project sits on a Basic White layer, onto a Real Red base card. The colours are taken from the colours in the DSP.

Finally, a Brushed Metallic Gold embellishment sits at the top of the tree.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – SAB Adorable Owls Stamp Set

January 23, 2023January 20, 2023 ~ Karen Young

For the first Card & Cuppa project of the year, it had to be something from the new SAB Brochure.

These Adorable Owls are, as their name suggests, simply adorable. This is a SAB Stamp Set, free with a qualifying order.

The background DSP is also a FREE SAB item. Make sure you check out the new January-April Mini Catalogue and SAB Brochure.

Using Early Espresso, the owl is stamped and then cut out with the Decorative Circle Punch. It is then coloured using Watercolor Pencils with a Blender Pen used to soften the lines.

Leaves are cut in Granny Apple Green using the Bough Punch and stuck to the DSP.

A ribbon swoosh made using the Twill Ribbon Combo Pack sits on top of th leaves.

There are several sentiments in the Stamp Set and this project combines some of them together.

These are then cut out and stuck to the owl piece. The owl is then raised up on Dimensionals.

Finally, some Iridescent Rhinestones are added to the project for a touch of sparkle.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Special Christmas Cards 2022 – Project 1

December 22, 2022December 21, 2022 ~ Karen Young

The first of the three projects from my Special Christmas Cards class is this pretty wreath.

These cards are those you make for the special people in your life. They have extra layers, take longer to create, and are those that you tend to give in person.

Along with the cards, which are a non-standard square, the attendees all made envelopes from DSP too.

This wreath uses the two punches, the Bough Punch and Decorative Circle.

Various shades of green in Shaded Spruce, Garden Green and Old Olive provide the greenery, along with Gold.

Using a Blending Brush and a Garden Green Stampin’ Pad, the leaves were given a little extra ink on the edges.

Each leaf shape was then stuck onto one of three layers, made from the Decorative Circle Punch shpaes. These were then stuck together using Dimensionals to create extra depth.

My sentiment from the Spruced Up Stamp Set is then stamped in Real Red onto another Decorative Circle shape and stuck to the front of the wreath.

A gold bow, made from the Gold Shimmer Ribbon is then stuck to the wreath using Glue Dots.

Finally, some Red Rhinestone Berry are added, along with some Iridescent Rhinestones accents.

Don’t forget that the July-December Mini Catalogue is only around for a short while longer. Make sure you grab any items from the Last Chance list while you can.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Crack Your Christmas Cards 2022 – Project 3

December 16, 2022December 10, 2022 ~ Karen Young

Another post that is more ‘Festive Friday’ than Finishing up Friday.

This project is the third from my annual Crack Your Christmas Cards Class.

It uses the same Spruced Up Stamp Set and coordinating Dies from the Class Kit as the previous projects. Along with the Ribbon Combo Pack and Seasonal Sequins.

My colour combination is three of the class colours, Real Red, Garden Green and Balmy Blue.

To begin, the background is stamped multiple times before a length of Ribbon sits on top of it to cover where the stamped pieces meet.

Next, parcels and snowflakes are stamped and die cut before being stuck to the edges of shape cut from the Decorative Circle Punch. I think this shape looks like a snowball at this time of year!

The whole shape is then stuck to the project using Dimensionals.

Finally, some coordinating Seasonal Sequins are added to the project to give a little bit of bling!

Don’t forget that if you want to get your hands on the Spruced Up Stamp Set and Dies at a great discount, they are on the Last Chance Products List and only available while stocks last.

Pop back tomorrow to see the 4th and final project from the class.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Countdown to Christmas 2022 – Week 6

November 12, 2022November 10, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This week’s Countdown to Christmas 2022 project uses non-Christmas products.

The Oceanfront Stamp Set, Bough Punch and Decorative Circle Punch combine to create this fun mistletoe project.

My colour combination is Tahitian Tide, Granny Apple Green and Basic White, with a hint of Sweet Sorbet.

Using a similar technique to this previous project, I made a stamped strip to look like a wintry snowy scene.

A shape cut from the Decorative Circle Punch then sits in the centre of the project.

A shape from the Bough Punch is cut multiple times, and then stuck together at the top to create the mistletoe.

Next, a length of Sweet Sorbet Baker’s Twine is wrapped around the stems and tied in a bow to help join them together.

The mistletoe is then stuck to the central shape.

Finally, some Pearls are added as ‘berries’.

As I wasn’t using festive stamp sets for this project, I have deliberately left the card sentiment free.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Oceanfront Birthday

September 3, 2022August 30, 2022 ~ Karen Young

Can you imagine yourself sat here? It looks very relaxing.

I was using a few stamp sets creating backgrounds for future projects. After creating this one, I had a project in my mind that I just had to finish.

The project is made using the Oceanfront Stamp Set. By stamping the same image multiple times in Balmy Blue, the strip across the middle is created.

On top of the central strip, tiny ‘splats’ are then added, again in Balmy Blue.

For the sentiment, the shape is cut using the Decorative Circle Punch. Then grasses are stamped in different generations of Old Olive.

Next, ‘Happy Birthday’ from the Lovely & Lasting Stamp Set is stamped to one side.

The rocks are then stamped in Sahara Sand on a separate piece of Basic White cardstock and fussy cut.

A length of Baker’s Twine from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack is looped behind, and the sentiment piece, along with the rocks are raised up on Dimensionals.

I think I’ll be making a few more backgrounds in different colours with this stamp set.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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An In Color Thank You Using Items Already on my Desk

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 ~ Karen Young

Do you have a pile of pre-cut items already on your craft desk? Me too!

For this project, I challenged myself to use them.

Using the In Colors of Soft Succulent and Polished Pink, with Very Vanilla, the project came together with items I had already cut or stamped.

The Stitched Greenery Die provides the background, again in Soft Succulent.

A flower from the Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set, with the outline stamped in Smoky Slate, provides the main image. This image is then coloured using second generation stamping in the project colours. It is then cut out with the coordinating Penned Flowers Dies.

The flower sits on a shape cut from the Decorative Circle Punch.

Using the Beauty of Friendship Stamp Set the sentiment is stamped onto shapes cut from the Tailor Made Tags Dies. These are offset and poke out from behind the shape.

The flower and Decorative Circle piece are raised up on Dimensionals to create some extra depth.

Finally, some coordinating In Color Opal Rounds complete the project.

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Last Week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa – Decorative Circle Punch Flower

July 11, 2022July 7, 2022 ~ Karen Young

For last week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa project, I again decided to use punches in a slightly different way.

My colour combination is Sweet Sorbet and Parakeet Party, two of the new In Colors, along with Very Vanilla.

First, a sentiment from the Lovely & Lasting Stamp Set is stamped onto the background.

Using a Blending Brush, the edges are then coloured with Sweet Sorbet.

A strip of coordinating cardstock and ribbon are then added across this background piece.

The project uses the Decorative Circle Punch and the Fish Builder Punch, along with a circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies.

Again, using a Blending Brush, both sides of the Decorative Circle pieces are given some colour.

Next, they are scrunched to soften the fibres. This then allows the cardstock to be split in half to create two softer thinners layers.

These layers are then arranged, inked side up, and glued together to create the delicate Decorative Circle Punch flower. The circle piece, coated in Wink of Stella turns into the centre.

Fish Builder Punch shapes are given veins with a Bone Folder to create leaves.

Finally, some Iridescent Pearls are dotted across the project.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Introduction to In Color Class – Starry Sky

June 16, 2022June 15, 2022 ~ Karen Young

The third project from my annual Introduction to In Color Class is this scrunched Birthday Card for Starry Sky.

The new In Color of Starry Sky combines with Old Olive, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla for a grungey feel.

It is a similar design layout to the project on page 53 of the Annual Catalogue using the new Decorative Circle Punch.

The background piece is given a good scrunching before being stuck to the layer at an angle.

Next, the shapes are given different levels of scrunching and two of them are stuck down.

The centre shape has a piece of the the coordinating Metallic Woven Ribbon wrapped around it.

Two lengths of the ribbon are then stuck to the back, the ends tied and then frayed up to the knot.

A sentiment from the Sending Smiles Stamp Set is then cut out by hand and also stuck to one edge of the Crumb Cake shape.

Using Dimensionals and Mini Dimensionals, the whole shape, with the overhanging edge of the sentiment are stuck to the card to raise it up.

Finally, some coordinating Matte Decorative Dots are added.

This design has so many different ways in which it can be created, from grunge, Sponge Daubers, stamping, DSP, clean lines and more.

Why not make your own version? I’d love to see it.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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