Seam Binding Ribbon

Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Hand-Penned Petals Two Ways

~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa project was this pretty floral design.

The stamping is from the Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set & Dies, with background leaves in Pear Pizzazz.

Basic Gray has been used to stamp the floral image and cut out using the coordinating Penned Flowers dies. This is coloured using Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens.

Using Stamping’ Blends, the ribbon is coloured to coordinate the cardstock. This is then made into a swoosh.

A circle is then cut from the Stylish Shapes Dies in Daffodil Delight.

Pearls are also coloured with Stampin’ Blends and these are then added to finish the project.

I then made another card using the same items, just in a different orientation. They were used for Mothering Sunday cards.

These are shown below. Is the portrait or landscape version your favourite?

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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HAND-PENNED PETALS PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SETPENNED FLOWERS DIESSTYLISH SHAPES DIESDAFFODIL DELIGHT A4 CARDSTOCKPEAR PIZZAZZ CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADBASIC GRAY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADVERY VANILLA A4 CARDSTOCKVERY VANILLA A4 THICK CARDSTOCKWATERCOLOR PENCILSWATERCOLOR PENCILS ASSORTMENT 2BLENDER PENSWHITE 1/4" (6.4 MM) CRINKLED SEAM BINDING RIBBONSTAMPIN' BLENDS DAFFODIL DELIGHT COMBO PACKPEARL BASIC JEWELSMINI STAMPIN' DIMENSIONALSSTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALSSTAMPIN' SEALTEAR & TAPE ADHESIVE

Finishing Up Friday – Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set & Dies

~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses leftover items from an online Stampin’ Up! training event from earlier in the year.

At the training event, we were crafting with the Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set and Splendid Stems Dies and creating projects together. So the leaves on this project were in my ‘use me’ pile.

The colour combination is Soft Sea Foam, Calypso Coral and Basic White. All of the stamping is in Black using Tuxedo Ink.

Using a Blending Brush, I have created a colour flare in the background with Soft Sea Foam Ink.

Next, the leaves are layered together.

A length of coordinating Seam Binding Ribbon sits across the project.

My sentiment is from the Go To Greetings Stamp Set and cut out using a shape from the Holly Berry Dies.

More Seam Binding Ribbon creates some loops on either side of the sentiment.

The sentiment is then raised up on Dimensionals.

Finally, some Fine Sparkle Adhesive Backed Gems in Calypso Coral are dotted across the project.

Which pre-made items are you going to use from your desk?

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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SPLENDID THOUGHTS BUNDLE (ENGLISH)GO TO GREETINGS CLING STAMP SET (ENGLISH)SOFT SEA FOAM A4 CARDSTOCKSOFT SEA FOAM CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADCALYPSO CORAL A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCKTUXEDO BLACK MEMENTO INK PADSOFT SEA FOAM 3/8" (1 CM) SEAM BINDING RIBBONBLENDING BRUSHESFINE SPARKLE ADHESIVE BACKED GEMSSTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALSSTAMPIN' SEALTEAR & TAPE ADHESIVE

Finishing Up Friday – Orange Flowers

~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses leftover pieces from this recent Card & (Your) Cuppa project.

To begin with, I shaped the edge of my cardstock pieces using the Very Best Trio Punch from the July-December Mini Catalogue.

Next, I stamped an image from the Flowers of Friendship Stamp Set and coloured the leaves with my Pear Pizzazz Ink Pad and a Blender Pen.

An additional large flower shape was cut out using the same Flowers & Leaves Punch. All of the flower shapes were then given some colour on the edges using a Mango Melody Ink Pad and Sponge Dauber.

The flower pieces were curled with a Paper Folder and layered together in pairs with a Glue Dot and stuck to each stem.

My sentiment is from the Go To Greetings Stamp Set stamped onto a shape from the Beautiful Shapes Dies.

This sits on a length of the Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon coloured with a coordinating Stampin’ Blend.

Finally, some Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins, also from the Mini Catalogue were added to the centre of each flower.

Which pre-made items are you going to use from your desk?

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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FLOWERS OF FRIENDSHIP CLING STAMP SETFLOWERS & LEAVES PUNCHGO TO GREETINGS CLING STAMP SET (ENGLISH)VERY BEST TRIO PUNCHBEAUTIFUL SHAPES DIESMANGO MELODY A4 CARDSTOCKMANGO MELODY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADPALE PAPAYA A4 CARDSTOCKPUMPKIN PIE A4 CARDSTOCKVERY VANILLA A4 CARDSTOCKVERY VANILLA A4 THICK CARDSTOCKPEAR PIZZAZZ CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADPALE PAPAYA STAMPIN' BLENDS COMBO PACKBLENDER PENSSPONGE DAUBERSWHITE 1/4" (6.4 MM) CRINKLED SEAM BINDING RIBBONADHESIVE BACKED SEASONAL SEQUINSGLUE DOTSSTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALSSTAMPIN' SEAL

Finishing Up Friday – An Artisan Butterfly

~ Karen Young

This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses leftover items from two previous Card & (Your) Cuppa projects.

The previous projects are here and here.

I chose to create a monochrome project with Mint Macaron and Basic White using the leftover pieces.

First, I stamped my sentiment from the Art Gallery Stamp Set in the top right corner.

As one of the pre-cut items in my stash was the ornate piece from the Artisan Additions Dies, I stuck this over Mint Macaron cardstock to create the pretty bottom section for the card.

A length of the Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon then covers the join.

Another item from my stash was the detailed pre-cut butterfly from the Brilliant Wings Dies. This sits on a solid butterfly shape, only glued down the centre to show the wings.

Finally, the butterfly is raised up on Dimensionals for a more 3D effect.

I’m continuing to make a dent in my pre-cut butterflies!

Which pre-made items are you going to use from your desk?

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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ARTISAN ADDITIONS DIESBRILLIANT WINGS DIESART GALLERY PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SETMINT MACARON A4 CARDSTOCKMINT MACARON CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCKWHITE 1/4" (6.4 MM) CRINKLED SEAM BINDING RIBBONMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUETEAR & TAPE ADHESIVESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS

Last Week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa – Dragonflies in Shades of Blue & Green

~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa project was this group of dragonflies in shades of blue and green.

When I was designing the project, I couldn’t decide whether to use blue or green for my dragonflies, so I chose a few shades of blue and green instead!

There’s Starry Sky, Orchid Oasis, Pool Party, Mint Macaron, Soft Succulent and Soft Sea Foam, along with Very Vanilla.

The Twigs & Sprigs Embossing Folder provides the background.

Each dragonfly is cut out using the Dragonflies Punch, with the larger one cut out twice in Soft Sea Foam.

My top dragonfly has a light coating of Wink of Stella and is layered onto the other one by just applying glue down the centre. This allows the wings on both shapes to be seen.

A length of coordinating Seam Binding from the July-December Mini Catalogue goes across the centre of the project.

The dragonflies sit on shapes cut from the Beautiful Shapes Dies and the All That Dies. They are then stuck to the project using Dimensionals.

Each of the small dragonflies glued down in colour order from green to blue.

The Lovely You Stamp Set provides the sentiment and is also attached using Dimensionals.

Finally, some Elegant Faceted Gems are placed across the project.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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DRAGONFLIES PUNCHLOVELY YOU CLING STAMP SET (EN)ALL THAT DIESBEAUTIFUL SHAPES DIESTWIGS & SPRIGS EMBOSSING FOLDER & DIESOFT SUCCULENT A4 CARDSTOCKSOFT SUCCULENT CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADMINT MACARON A4 CARDSTOCKORCHID OASIS A4 CARDSTOCKPOOL PARTY A4 CARDSTOCKSOFT SEA FOAM A4 CARDSTOCKSTARRY SKY A4 CARDSTOCKSOFT SEA FOAM 3/8" (1 CM) SEAM BINDING RIBBONWINK OF STELLA CLEAR GLITTER BRUSHELEGANT FACETED GEMSMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALSTEAR & TAPE ADHESIVE

Finishing Up Friday

~ Karen Young

Welcome to my new weekly series – Finishing Up Friday.

The idea behind Finishing Up Friday is to use those pre-stamped, pre-cut and half-made items that are already on my desk, instead of starting to create something new.

These are items such as projects I’ve started making and then changed my mind on during the process, to extra shapes that I’ve cut for class projects etc. All of these bits and pieces get put in a pile and I tend to forget about them, so I’m on a mission to actually use them!

I showed you this project last week and have decided to start a weekly series.

This week’s Finishing Up Friday project uses an image from the Dragonfly Garden Stamp Set that I had stamped multiple times and already coloured with Watercolor Pencils. The colouring lines were softened with a Blender Pen.

I have just added a sentiment, also from the Dragonfly Garden Stamp Set using Basic Gray.

Then, I was able to create a flat (Dior) bow using the Soft Sea Foam Seam Binding Ribbon from the July-December Mini Catalogue.

The whole piece was then mounted onto a coordinating Soft Sea Foam layer and So Saffron basecard.

Finally, I added a few Iridescent Pearls for a touch of bling.

Which pre-made items are you going to use from your desk?

Don’t forget to pop back next week to see my next Finishing Up Friday project.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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DRAGONFLY GARDEN CLING STAMP SETBASIC GRAY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADSO SAFFRON A4 CARDSTOCKSOFT SEA FOAM A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKWATERCOLOR PENCILSBLENDER PENSSOFT SEA FOAM 3/8" (1 CM) SEAM BINDING RIBBONIRIDESCENT PEARL BASIC JEWELSGLUE DOTSSTAMPIN' SEAL

Mountain Air Stamp Set for a 90th Birthday

~ Karen Young

A very special gentleman turned 90 a few days ago. Here is the card I made for them.

My colour combination is Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry and Basic White.

It uses the Mountain Air Stamp Set from the Annual Catalogue with Garden Green Ink for the main stamping.

By using the different images from the Stamp Set and one colour, I was able to layer them to create depth. Starting with the mountains in the background and finishing with the foreground trees.

A few birds were then added to the sky.

Using a Stampin’ Blend, a length of Crinkled Seam Binding is coloured to match the Crumb Cake layer before being tied in a knot and added to the project.

Stamping tone-on-tone with Crushed Curry creates the sun. The ’90’ comes from the Alphabest Stamp Set. After some fussy cutting, it is stuck to the card using Dimensionals.

Finally, a few Brushed Metallic Dots are added.

Without using different generations of stamping or stamping off, the colours have a ligher and darker feel due to the way I layered the images. I really like the effect that using the one colour with the Mountain Air Stamp Set creates here.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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MOUNTAIN AIR PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (EN)ALPHABEST PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SETGARDEN GREEN A4 CARDSTOCKGARDEN GREEN CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADCRUMB CAKE A4 CARDSTOCKCRUSHED CURRY A4 CARDSTOCKCRUSHED CURRY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKWHITE 1/4" (6.4 MM) CRINKLED SEAM BINDING RIBBONSTAMPIN' BLENDS CRUMB CAKE COMBO PACKBRUSHED METALLIC ADHESIVE BACKED DOTSSTAMPIN' SEALTEAR & TAPE ADHESIVESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS

Last Week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa – Splendid Day Suite Collection

~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa project used items from the Splendid Day Suite Collection.

This fabulous new collection is in the July-December Mini Catalogue and contains a Stamp Set and Die Bundle, Specialty DSP, Ribbon and Embellishments.

For this project, I’ve used all of the items in the Suite, except the embellishments.

My colour combination of Soft Sea Foam, Fresh Freesia and Basic White is taken from the DSP.

This DSP is really difficult to photograph, so you’ll have to trust me when I say that it is simply gorgeous in the flesh.

Strips of the Specialty DSP create the background, with the foil side of some sheets and the non-shiny side for the others.

In the class packs there were strips from three sheets of the DSP. Even with this small number of sides to choose from, it was difficult to decide which pieces to use and where!

The strips were then joined by shapes cut using the coordinating Splendid Stems Dies from the Suite.

A length of the gorgeous Seam Binding Ribbon sits behind the sentiment.

The sentiment is from the Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set and cut out using the Lasting Label Punch. This punch is not part of the set!

Using Dimensionals, the sentiment is raised up to give some extra depth.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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SPLENDID THOUGHTS BUNDLE (ENGLISH)SPLENDID DAY 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) SPECIALTY DESIGNER SERIES PAPERLASTING LABEL PUNCHFRESH FREESIA A4 CARDSTOCKFRESH FREESIA CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADSOFT SEA FOAM A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKSOFT SEA FOAM 3/8" (1 CM) SEAM BINDING RIBBONMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALSSTAMPIN' SEAL