Countdown to Christmas 2025 – Week 11

December 13, 2025December 11, 2025 ~ Karen Young

We have now reached the penultimate week of this year’s Countdown to Christmas series.

Week 11 brings you a project that could be used as both a Christmas Card and a piece of Christmas Decor.

I really like the various layers on this project and think it would look great in a box frame.

This is the second project from my Special Christmas Cards session as part of my Christmas Card Making Day.

The main products used are the fabulous Christmas Greenery Dies and the large Merry Christmas Stamp Set from the Mini Catalogue. These items are now on the Last Chance list, so make sure you grab them while you can.

To begin, 4 holes were punched using a punch from the Hole Punch Assortment pack.

Next the Merry Christmas was stamped in Secret Sea. Lengths of the Black & White & Gold Baker’s Twine were threaded through the holes.

Leaves were cut in three different shades of green, Granny Apple Green, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow. Cutting everything out three times takes a while, but it is defintely worth it.

All of the pieces were then given a touch of extra colour and shading using a Blending Brush and Old Olive Ink.

Berries are cut out in Real Red and given a coat of Wink of Stella.

Everything was then layered together, first some leaves were stuck directly onto the background. The rest were stuck to the back of the sentiment piece and then the whole piece was raised up on Dimensionals.

Finally, the berries were added in clusters across the project.

Using the paler Soft Sea Foam for the main card and sentiment layer helps to bring everything together.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Countdown to Christmas 2025 – Week 4

October 25, 2025October 24, 2025 ~ Karen Young

For week 4 of my Countdown to Christmas 2025 series, I’ve created a favourite style.

A regular design I make at this time of year is a present. It’s a great design where you can use any stamp set and good for using up any scraps.

I’ve used traditional Christmas colours of Real Red and Old Olive with Basic White.

First, presents from the A Little Cheer Stamp Set from the Online Exclusives range are stamped.

Next, strips of cardstock are added across the background to create the look of a present.

The sentiment, also from the stamp set is stamped on to shape cut from the Labeled With Love punch. Another is cut out as a layer. Both of these have one edge removed to make a shorter tag. A hole is then punched using the Hole Punch Assortment Punches.

Through these holes, a length of the Black & Gold & White Baker’s Twine, also from the Online Exclusives range is threaded through.

The tag is then attached to the project using Dimensionals.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – In Color 2025-2027

August 11, 2025August 8, 2025 ~ Karen Young

Over the past five Card & Cuppa sessions, I’ve been introducing the attendees to each of the new In Colors for 2025-2027.

Last week’s project combined them all together.

This design uses all of the new In Colors, Cloud Cover, Darling Duckling, Secret Sea, Strawberry Slush and Timid Tiger. They are combined here with Basic White.

Don’t forget that select In Color 2025-2027 products are currently on offer.

Using the Loveliest Tree Stamp Set, the leaves were randomly stamped onto the background in the darkest of the colours, Secret Sea.

The leaves were then coloured using Stampin’ Blends in the the other colours.

Strips of the colours were then added across the centre.

A shape from the Nested Essentials Dies was cut out twice. One was then stamped using the Tags of Thanks Stamp Set. The Tags of Thanks Stamp Set is on the Last Chance Products List, so make sure you grab this really versatile sentiment set while you can.

Both shapes had a hole punched in the top using the coordinating Hole Punch Assortment.

Next, a length of Baker’s Twine from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack was coloured using a Stampin’ Blend. This was threaded through the punched holes.

I chose Darling Duckling for my centre strip, card layer, tag layer and the colouring of the Baker’s Twine to coordinate everything.

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

Do you have a favourite from this year’s In Colors?

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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June Card Making Class – Project 3

June 25, 2025June 18, 2025 ~ Karen Young

Today I’m sharing the third project from my recent monthly Card Making Class.

This month’s theme was ‘It’s all new to me!’ and some products that are new to me are the Tags of Thanks Bundle and Blooming Phrases Stamp set from the Online Exclusives range.

The monochromatic design is inspired by this project on the Stampin’ Up! website.

Using the Blooming Phrases Stamp Set, the background flowers were stamped tone-on-tone in Pool Party. A touch of Wink of Stella was added to a few of the flowers

For the tags shape, I used the Labeled with Love Punch and stamped the sentiment from the Tags of Thanks Stamp Set. The holes were then punched out using one of the coordinating punches from the Hole Punch Assortment.

A length of white Baker’s Twine from the Essentials Combo Pack was coloured using Pool Party Stampin’ Blends before being tied in a bow to join the two tags.

Finally, some Rhinestones were added to the project for some extra bling.

This is a great design that could be replicated in any colour and with any sentiment.