Etched Autumn Archives - HIPPOFROG Designs

The final project from my recent Card Making Class for this month was this autumnal Birthday Card.

It is a version of this project I taught at a Card & Cuppa Class in September.

This time, I’ve used Pecan Pie for my stamping, plus Crushed Curry and Very Vanilla as accent colours.

Using the Etched Autumn Stamp Set from the Online Exclusives range, the image is stamped onto two pieces of cardstock.

The first piece is then coloured with Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen.

I have found the key to achieving a more natural look with the colouring is to just scribble randomly in patches across the leaves. Don’t overthink where the colours will be, just go for it. Your Blender Pen then performs the magic and pulls the colours together for you.

Next, a few leaves are coloured on the second piece and fussy cutting is needed to cut them out.

A sentiment from the Choose Happy Stamp Set is stamped onto a punched circle and layered onto another punched circle.

The cut out leaves are then stuck to the back of the sentiment. Finally, the whole piece is raised up on Dimensionals.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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My Card & Cuppa attendees asked me for a card that would work for a Wedding Anniversary and sympathy for a bereavement. I knew right away which Stamp Set I was going to use.

When the September Online Exclusives released, the Etched Autumn Stamp Set jumped straight into my basket. I could see how versatile it would be.

For this project, I chose autumnal Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso, along with Basic Beige.

The image was stamped and then coloured using Watercolour Pencils. I wasn’t too precise with how I coloured, just putting patches of various green, red, yellow, orange and brown across the leaves. They were then all pulled together with a Blender Pen. The result is a lovely autumnal feel.

For the sentiment, I used the Choose Happy Stamp Set to make a Birthday Card, rather than an Anniversary or Sympathy card. This was stamped onto a shape cut out using a Circle Punch from the Online Exclusives range. It was then layered onto another punched circle, this time the new punch from the Annual Catalogue.

A length of Linen Thread creates a swoosh before the sentiment is added using Dimensionals.