Delightful Wishes

Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Floral Two-Step

~ Karen Young

At last week’s Card & Cuppa class I combined two requests I had received for projects.

I had been asked for floral and also two-step stampin’, so this project combines both of those things.

My colour combination is Fresh Freesia, Pool Party and Gorgeous Grape. It’s a great combo.

First, the swirled circles from the Swirled Designs Stamp Set are stamped on the background. This stamp set is in the Online Exclusives range. About a third of the background was left as white space to avoid it looking too busy.

Next, the flowers are stamped. These are from the Delightful Wishes Stamp Set and are two-step stampin’. We stamped the more detailed outline first, then the more blocky image was stamped second generation in the same colour.

Pool Party leaves, from the same stamp set were then stamped at various angles.

Next, Wink of Stella was added to the centre of each of the flowers.

A sentiment from the Simply Said Stamp Set was also stamped. This had a swoosh of Baker’s Twine, coloured with a Stampin’ Blend added to it.

Finally, the sentiment piece was then raised up on Mini Dimensionals.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Delightful Wishes

~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa project was this sentiment free design, perfect for any occasion.

It uses the Delightful Wishes Stamp Set from the Annual Catalogue.

For this project, the attendees were able to choose if they wanted to use Basic White and Iridescent Pearls (as above), or Very Vanilla and Antique Pearls (see below).

This is a two-step stampin’ Stamp Set, so there are various images that fit together to make the design.

For this design, a combination of Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Pecan Pie and Lemon Lime Twist are used to create the card.

First, the less detailed flower image is stamped second generation in two corners onto the background piece.

Next, the more detailed flower image is stamped first generation aligning with the first image.

The stem is then lined up and stamped, followed by the leaves.

‘Splats’ are then dotted around the project in Lemon Lolly.

This process, minus the ‘splats’ is then repeated onto a punched circle which is layered onto a larger punched circle. These punches can be found in the Online Exclusives range. It is attached to the project with Dimensionals to ‘hide’ where the two images meet.

Finally, the Pearls are added.

Which version do you prefer, white or vanilla?

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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October Card Making Class – Project 2

~ Karen Young

My second project from this month’s Card Making Class was this fun grafitti wall.

I last taught a grafitti wall project way back in 2019. This is my updated version.

Azure Afternoon and Blueberry Bushel, with Basic White were my main colours, with Cajun Craze for the wall colouring.

To begin, all of the stamping needs to happen. The With You in Mind Stamp Set provides the sentiment stars. For the two different paint splatters, I used the flower centres from the Delightful Wishes Stamp Set and the ‘splats’ from the Beautiful Butterflies Stamp Set.

Once all the stamping was completed, the piece was then embossed using the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder. This gave the effect of the wall having been written on.

The wall was then coloured around the edges using a Blending Brush and a Cajun Craze Stampin’ Pad, leaving the centre plain to allow it to stand out more.

Finally, all that was needed was for the project to be assembled. When I’m using Embossing Folders, I like to use Tear & Tape to make sure everything sticks together well.

I think you’ll agree it’s a perfect project for men, teenagers, or those who are difficult to create for. It was also the quickest project to make from the class, so a great design to make if you need to rustle up a card in a hurry.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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August Card Making Class – Project 4

~ Karen Young

This is the 4th and final project from my monthly Card Making Class. August’s class theme was Fabulous Florals.

For this design, I used the Delightful Wishes Stamp Set and coordinating Dies from the Annual Catalogue.

I chose a fresh colour combination of Lemon Lolly, Granny Apple Green, Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie and Summer Splash, along with Basic White.

First, a background is stamped in Lemon Lolly. This is stamped off to provide a subtle effect as the foreground is rather busy.

Next, three flowers are stamped using two-step stampin’, and the leaves too.

Then, the sentiment pieces were stamped too.

Circles were cut from the Stylish Shapes Dies, with all of the other cut pieces using the Delightful Wishes Dies.

Each flower and leaf was layered onto a circle and the top and bottom circles were then stuck to the project.

The central ‘wishing’ was stuck to the centre flower and this whole piece was attached to the card using some carefully positioned Mini Dimensionals.

Next, the second part of the sentiment was also attached using Dimensionals.

Some Antique Pearls add a finishing touch.

Here are all four project from the class. Do you have a favourite?

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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