Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Heartfelt Hexagons Bundle

November 20, 2023November 19, 2023 ~ Karen Young

At last week’s Card & Cuppa, I designed a project using the early release Heartfelt Hexagons Bundle.

This discounted bundle contains the Heartfelt Hexagons Stamp Set and coordinating Heartfelt Hexagons Punch.

Those of you who have been around a while will recognise it as a similar design to this previous project.

Using a colour combination of Parakeet Party, Garden Green and Granny Apple Green, 3 hexagons were punched in each colour.

Splats were added to some of the hexagons using the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set to create a touch of extra interest.

Next, the dotted hexagon outline image from the stamp set was stamped in Parakeet Party. I’m not sure that it shows us properly in the pictures, but it is there!

Then, the sentiment was stamped inside and punched out.

Each of the hexagons was then arranged with a small gap on the piece of Basic White. I think this was the hardest part as you only need 8 of the 9 punched pieces, and deciding which piece goes where can be a struggle.

All of the green pieces were then stuck down, with the overhanging pieces cut away.

A length of coordinating Metallic Woven Ribbon was then added across the centre of where the sentiment would sit.

Finally, the sentiment was raised up over the ribbon using Dimensionals.

I’m a big fan of these types of projects that use the same shape multiple times as they come together really quickly and easily. I have a plan to make some red and green ones for Christmas cards.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Christmas Card Club – July 2023

August 7, 2023August 4, 2023 ~ Karen Young

Today I’m sharing my first Christmas Card Club project of 2023.

Christmas Card Club is where those who have signed up make 2 of a pre-designed card using the class kit and instruction from a YouTube video tutorial. The projects are made in their own time with a new video released on the 25th of each month (July-November).

For July’s project, I chose to make some Christmas baubles.

Using the Bright & Beautiful 6×6 DSP for the baubles meant that I had many colours to choose from. As I wanted a green shade, I chose Pretty Peacock for my basecard and stamping layer.

First a splat design from the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set was stamped tone-on-tone on the background piece.

Next the lengths of Parakeet Party Metallic Woven Ribbon were added.

Then, punched circle shapes were covered with strips of the Bright & Beautiful 6×6 DSP, with the overhang carefully trimmed away. This leaves lots of scrap pieces to make some more baubles.

These were then stuck over the lengths of ribbon, with the central bauble raised up on Dimensionals.

Finally, a bunny ears bow was added to the top of the central bauble.

The process is then repeated for the second card.

If you want to join us and make a future Christmas Card Club project, make sure you have booked your place by the 9th of each month.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Layering Leaves

June 19, 2023June 16, 2023 ~ Karen Young

For last week’s Card & Cuppa project I wanted to make something neutral that would be suitable for anyone.

When I create projects like these I tend to use leaves or shapes. This time it was leaves, with the new Layering Leaves Stamp Set from the Annual Catalogue. This Stamp Set coordinates with the carryover Bough Punch.

I then chose shades of green with Garden Green, Parakeet Party and Mossy Meadow, with Basic White.

The design is one that I have used many times before, starting with stamping a ‘splat’ from the set diagonally across the page.

Next, the various leaves were stamped both tone on tone and onto Basic White, before being cut out with the punch. The larger Mossy Meadow leaves were cut out by hand.

A length of Garden Green Ribbon from the combo pack (listed below) sits across the project, with a length of the Parakeet Party In Color Metallic Wovoen Ribbon sitting on top of it.

The sentiment is stamped and punched out using the 2″ Circle Punch. If you’re wondering why you haven’t seen the punch in the Catalogue, it’s because it, along with some other circle punches are now Online Exclusives.

Using Multipupose Glue, the leaves are then attached, with some of then stuck to the back of the sentiment. As the sentiment is added using Dimensionals, this give the project more layers and depth.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Special Christmas Cards 2022 – Project 2

December 23, 2022December 21, 2022 ~ Karen Young

Today’s project is the second card from my recent Special Christmas Cards class.

For this annual class, I always make sure that one project is suitable for chidren (of all ages!). This Rudolph project is the card that fits the brief for 2022!

Shimmery White cardstock gives the project a sparkly touch.

Using bright colours of Poppy Parade and Parakeet Party, a stripey background is created.

A face is made using a circle cut from the Laering Circle Dies. Eyes are from the Tailor Made Tag Dies, these are the hole reinforcer pieces. The nose is from the Stylish Shapes Dies, with the antlers cut using the Deer Builder Punch.

By arranging multiple antlers together, these create larger ones.

Once the eye and mouth are in place, the inner of the eyes are then coloured using a black felt-tip pen, I’ve used a Stampin’ Write Marker.

A swoosh of coordinating In Color Metallic Ribbon is then added, before the face is attached using Dimensionals.

The nose is given some sparkle using Wink of Stella and also added using Dimensionals.

Finally, some Champagne Rhinestones are dotted across the project for even more sparkle.

The attendees also made an envelope from a piece of DSP for their card.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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A Sweet Sorbet Special Day

November 2, 2022November 1, 2022 ~ Karen Young

Today’s project uses the In Color Sweet Sorbet to make this ‘It’s Your Special Day’ card.

A Sweet Sorbet Special Day. Project designed by Karen at HIPPOFROG Designs

Along with Sweet Sorbet, I chose Basic Black and Basic White for my colour combination.

The sentiment is from another ‘sweet’ product, the Sweet Songbirds Stamp Set. This is the first item to be added to the Basic White piece.

A strip of the Perfectly Penciled DSP then sits across the bottom of the project, with a thin strip of coordinating cardstock across the join.

On top of this is a length of In Color Metallic Woven Ribbon, also in Sweet Sorbet.

Another section of the DSP is cut out using the Beautiful Shapes Dies to provide the pretty flower.

This is then given a touch of colour using Stampin’ Blends and sits on a shape cut from the Stylish Layers Dies.

Finally, a touch of Wink of Stella is added to the flower to give an extra touch of sparkle.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Bottled Happiness Bundle

October 31, 2022October 30, 2022 ~ Karen Young

After using an ‘A’ Stamp Set for my first back to in person Card & Cuppa Class, for last week’s class I reached for ‘B’.

This is the fabulous discounted Bottled Happiness Bundle (Bottled Happiness Stamp Set and Vintage Bottle Punch).

I chose the new In Color blue and purples of Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky and Tahitian Tide for my colour combination, plus Basic White.

As the Stamp Set has two-step stamping, everything comes together really quickly.

First, we stamped the flowers in Tahitian Tide and then lined up the leaves and flower centres and stamped those in Starry Sky.

The bottle and sentiment are then stamped in Orchid Oasis onto a separate sheet.

Using the coordinating punch, the bottle is cut out and then the sentiment with the Double Oval Punch. It just fits.

I could have stamped the bottle directly onto the project, but I wanted to bring it forward, so stuck that down in front.

A bow is then added in coordinating In Color Metallic Woven Ribbon.

The sentiment sits across the project on Dimensionals.

For a touch of sparkle, Wink of Stella is dotted in the centre of each of the flowers.

Finally, some small Brushed Brass Butterflies are placed around the bouquet.

This is a really quick project that would look great in a variety of different colours.

I made versions of this project for my recent customer Thank You cards. Some had different colour layers and some different ribbon. All were without the Brushed Brass Butterflies as sadly I didn’t have enough!

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Christmas Card Club 2022 – August

September 5, 2022August 30, 2022 ~ Karen Young

Due to the Bank Holiday, there wasn’t a Card & (Your) Cuppa session last week.

So, I’m sharing the third project from this year’s Christmas Card Club instead.

This project uses a returning item from last year, the Wonderful Snowflakes in the July-December Mini Catalogue.

The colour combination for this month’s project is Tahitian Tide and Orchid Oasis – two new In Colors, plus Basic White.

To create texture for the background, a length of the Metallic Mesh Ribbon is stuck down the centre.

A tag and the hole reinforcer from the Tailor Made Tag Dies are assembled and a piece of coordinating Metallic Woven Ribbon is looped through the hole.

Next, the Snowflake is stuck to the tag, along with a circle shape cut using the Stylish shapes Dies stuck on top.

Sentiment pieces from the Spruced Up Stamp Set are stamped and cut before being stuck across the circle.

The tag is then stuck to the project using Dimensionals.

Finally, some Iridescent Rhinestones are dotted across the project to add some extra Christmas sparkle.

If you like this project for August, and the previous projects from June and July, why not join me for Christmas Card Club in September. Booking closes on 9th August.

There are only three more Christmas Card Club projects left.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Old Design Meets New Framed Occasions Stamp Set

August 27, 2022August 26, 2022 ~ Karen Young

Today I’m sharing a project design I’ve used quite a few times before, but with a new stamp set.

This is the Framed Occasions Stamp Set from the Annual Catalogue, plus of course, the Rectangle Postage Stamp Punch.

My previous versions of this project can be seen here, here and here.

For this version I chose a colour combination of Sweet Sorbet, Pale Papaya and Pear Pizzazz, with Basic White.

Each shape is stamped with an image or sentiment from the Framed Occasions Stamp Set. This isn’t all of the stamps in the set, there were five (three sentiments and two shapes) I didn’t use!

The Pear Pizzazz leaves are coloured with a touch of Wink of Stella, along with a dots in the centre of the Sweet Sorbet flowers.

On this project, the sentiment is one of the panels and is raised up on Dimensionals.

This panel sits on a length of coordinating In Color Metallic Woven Ribbon.

Iridescent Rhinestones are dotted around the project as a finishing touch.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Christmas Card Club 2022 – July

August 6, 2022August 3, 2022 ~ Karen Young

This is the second project from this year’s Christmas Card Club.

Inspiration for this project is taken from page 13 of the July-December Mini Catalogue.

July’s project uses the FREE SAB Gold & Silver 6×6 DSP, plus some of the new In Colors for 2022-2024. Additional colours are Garden Green, Daffodil Delight and Basic White.

Don’t forget that SAB runs until the end of August and items are only available while stocks last.

For this card, all of the die-cut shapes are from the Spruced Up Outlines Dies. The sentiment is from the coordinating Spruced Up Stamp Set. These are available as a Bundle with a discount, so be sure to take advantage of the offer.

Using the piece of SAB DSP, this creates a look of wallpaper. A length of In Color Metallic Ribbon hides the join.

Each outline shape has matching inner pieces. To give the look of wrapping paper, each present has an inner cut from In Color 6×6 DSP.

The tree and presents are then arranged, with the front most one on Dimensionals.

A length of In Color Baker’s Twine creates a ‘bunny ears’ bow off to the side. Check out this video for more details on how to tie this bow.

Finally, a star, with Wink of Stella coating tops the tree, with others across the project.

If you like this project for July, and the previous project from June, why not join me for Christmas Card Club in August. Booking closes on 9th August.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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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.