Greetings of the Season

Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Season of Green & Gold DSP

~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa session was the final one of the year. We finished with this stripey Christmas card.

You will know that I love stripe projects because of how quick and easy they are to create. They are also great scrap busters too.

This design uses the fabulous Season of Green & Gold DSP from the Online Exclusives range.

The DSP is cut into strips and they are then glued onto a piece of cardstock at an angle. Once dry, any overhanging pieces are cut away.

A sentiment in Mossy Meadow, to coordinate with the colours in the DSP is then stamped. It comes from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set, also from the Online Exclusives range.

Both the sentiment and the backing layer are cut out using Circle Punches.

Finally, a swoosh made from Gold Trim from the Gold & Silver Trim Combo Pack is added, before the sentiment is raised up on Dimensionals.

I’ll now be taking a break over Christmas and New Year, but will be back in January with more projects and classes.

Join me at one of my classes. Head to my Class Timetable for full details.

Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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SEASON OF GREEN & GOLD 12"GREETINGS OF THE SEASON PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)1-3/4" (4.4 CM) CIRCLE PUNCH2" (5.1 CM) CIRCLE PUNCHMOSSY MEADOW A4 CARDSTOCKMOSSY MEADOW CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCKGOLD & SILVER 1/8" (3.2 MM) TRIM COMBO PACKMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUETEAR & TAPE ADHESIVESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS

Countdown to Christmas 2024 – Week 12

~ 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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CHRISTMAS FRIENDS CLING STAMP SET (ENGLISH)GREETINGS OF THE SEASON PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)SNOWY WONDER PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)1-3/4" (4.4 CM) CIRCLE PUNCH2" (5.1 CM) CIRCLE PUNCHNIGHT OF NAVY A4 CARDSTOCKNIGHT OF NAVY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADBALMY BLUE A4 CARDSTOCKBALMY BLUE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADEARLY ESPRESSO CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCKWATERCOLOR PENCILS ASSORTMENT 1WATERCOLOR PENCILS ASSORTMENT 2BLENDER PENSGOLD & SILVER 1/8" (3.2 MM) TRIM COMBO PACKMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS

Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Christmas Friends

~ 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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CHRISTMAS FRIENDS CLING STAMP SET (ENGLISH)GREETINGS OF THE SEASON PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)STYLISH SHAPES DIESEARLY ESPRESSO CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADOLD OLIVE A4 CARDSTOCKOLD OLIVE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADREAL RED A4 CARDSTOCKREAL RED CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCKWATERCOLOR PENCILS ASSORTMENT 1WATERCOLOR PENCILS ASSORTMENT 2BLENDER PENSMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS

Countdown to Christmas 2024 – Week 5

~ Karen Young

Week 5 of my Countdown to Christmas 2024 series uses the Greetings of the Season Bundle from the Online Exclusives range.

This card is in traditional green and red and uses a few of my favourite techniques. There’s a colour flare on the background, and a collage of various shapes.

First, the colour flare is added to the background using a Blending Brush and Cherry Cobbler.

Next, shapes from the dies are cut out in Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler. These are overlapped onto the background. As each of these shapes has a hole for tag, they are arranged to hide them.

The sentiment is from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set and is cut out using the Nested Essentials Dies.

This is stuck directly to the coloured shapes on one side, but raised up using Dimensionals on the other.

Finally, some gold sequins from the Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins add some festive bling.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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GREETINGS OF THE SEASON BUNDLE (ENGLISH)NESTED ESSENTIALS DIESCHERRY COBBLER A4 CARDSTOCKCHERRY COBBLER CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADOLD OLIVE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBLENDING BRUSHESNEUTRALS ADHESIVE-BACKED SEQUINSMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS

Countdown to Christmas 2024 – Week 1

~ Karen Young

Yes, it’s that time of year already. It’s time for my Annual Countdown to Christmas series.

Every Saturday, from now until Christmas, I’ll be sharing a Christmas project. They will be projects you can either copy or use as inspiration for your own festive crafting.

To start the ball rolling, Countdown to Christmas 2024 – Week 1 is this Christmas Card.

The first thing you will notice is that it’s not in traditional reds and greens. It’s black and white to coordinate with the penguins.

It’s also a great project for batch making and one that children can join in with too.

With Basic Black and Basic White cardstock, a Tuxedo Black inkpad, the Choose Happy Stamp Set, something to colour in the stars, beaks and feet (I used Stampin’ Blends), a sentiment, a shape for the sentiment, ribbon and adhesive, you’ll be able to make a lot of these in no time at all.

All of the items I used to create this design are listed at the bottom of the page.

To begin, the penguin and star images from the Choose Happy Stamp Set are stamped across the background. You can also stamp a whole sheet of cardstock and then cut them up to create 4 cards for a quicker process.

Then, I’ve coloured the stars with a Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend and the beaks and feet with a Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blend.

For the sentiment, I used the ‘happy’ from the Stamp Set and ‘Christmas’ from the new Online Exclusives Greetings of the Season Stamp Set. You can, however, use any sentiment you like.

These are cut out and layered using the Circle Punches, also from the Online Exclusives range.

Another item from the Online Exclusives range, the Gold Trim creates a swoosh for the sentiment to sit on.

I’ve added a little touch of extra sparkle to the stars using Wink of Stella.

The beauty of this design is that you can choose to add as many or as few accents and embelishments as you like.

Join me at one of my classes. Head to my Class Timetable for full details.

Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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CHOOSE HAPPY PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)GREETINGS OF THE SEASON PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)1-3/4" (4.4 CM) CIRCLE PUNCH2" (5.1 CM) CIRCLE PUNCHBASIC BLACK A4 CARDSTOCKTUXEDO BLACK MEMENTO INK PADBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCKSTAMPIN' BLENDS DAFFODIL DELIGHT COMBO PACKSTAMPIN' BLENDS PUMPKIN PIE COMBO PACKGOLD & SILVER 1/8" (3.2 MM) TRIM COMBO PACKWINK OF STELLA CLEAR GLITTER BRUSHMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS