Soft Seedlings

An Autumnal Feel with Soft Seedlings

~ Karen Young

There is definitely an Autumnal Feel in the air now. Plus, the leaves are turning and starting to fall.

I chose to capture this change in the seasons with this Any Occasion Card made with the Soft Seedlings Stamp Set from the July-December Mini Catalogue.

For this project, I stuck with the Regals Collection and chose Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Old Olive for my colour combination.

Firstly, I masked off a strip and used my Blending Brushes to create the pretty background.

Next, the leaf image from the Soft Seedling Stamp Set is stamped in Cajun Craze over the top.

A sentiment, also from the same stamp set is stamped and cut out using the Double Oval Punch.

Just a thin strip of Cajun Craze cardstock is used to sit behind it.

Finally, the sentiment is raised up on Dimensionals.

This is a really simple design and the leaf image makes this a great masculine card too.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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SOFT SEEDLINGS CLING STAMP SET (ENGLISH)DOUBLE OVAL PUNCHCAJUN CRAZE A4 CARDSTOCKCAJUN CRAZE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADCRUSHED CURRY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADOLD OLIVE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADVERY VANILLA A4 CARDSTOCKVERY VANILLA A4 THICK CARDSTOCKBLENDING BRUSHESMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALS

Leaf Fall Embossing Folder Thinking of You

~ Karen Young

If you are like me, you will find that sympathy cards are the most difficult type to make.

Sadly, I recently needed to make one for a friend.

I chose the new Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder from the July-December Mini Catalogue as my main focus.

Using Old Olive and a touch of Crushed Curry onto Very Vanilla, I came up with this simple design.

By pre-inking the embossing folder with my Blending Brushes and inks, I was able to achieve a soft look.

Once embossed, I then softly added a bit more colour and depth to some of the leaves, again using my Blending Brushes.

My sentiment is from the Soft Seedlings Stamp Set. It is stamped in Old Olive, then cut out and layered.

This design was for a man and obviously sympathy, but it could easily be recreated in different colours with embellishments for different occasions.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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LEAF FALL 3D EMBOSSING FOLDERSOFT SEEDLINGS CLING STAMP SET (ENGLISH)OLD OLIVE A4 CARDSTOCKOLD OLIVE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADCRUSHED CURRY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADVERY VANILLA A4 CARDSTOCKVERY VANILLA A4 THICK CARDSTOCKBLENDING BRUSHESMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUE

Happy Mail for Mini Catalogue July-December 2022

~ Karen Young

With the arrival of the new Mini Catalogue for July-December and the second SAB of the year, it was time for some more happy mail.

I send happy mail to those who request a mail copy of the catalogues. The happy mail is usually a card or bookmark made using new product.

My colour combination is this notecard is Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie.

I have used the new Soft Seedlings Stamp Set for both the image and sentiment.

The leaf image is inked up using Sponge Daubers to create the variegated look. As this is a Distinktive Stamp Set, the detail is fabulous.

A length of the the Old Olive Ribbon from the Twill Ribbon Combo Pack sits across the project.

The sentiment is then cut out using the Double Oval Punch and sits over the ribbon using Dimensionals.

If you would like a copy of the Mini Catalogue, then please get in touch. I can post to UK Mainland locations.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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SOFT SEEDLINGS CLING STAMP SET (ENGLISH)DOUBLE OVAL PUNCHOLD OLIVE A4 CARDSTOCKOLD OLIVE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADPUMPKIN PIE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE NOTE CARDS & ENVELOPESOLD OLIVE & SAHARA SAND TWILL RIBBON COMBO PACKSPONGE DAUBERSSTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALSSTAMPIN' SEAL

Last Week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa – Aspen Trees Dies

~ Karen Young

With the new Mini Catalogue and SAB offering, last week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa project used the new Aspen Trees Dies.

This masculine project used the dies to create the tree backgroun and some of the leaves. Other leaves came from the Poppy Moments Dies and the Forever Flourishing Dies.

I chose Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Garden Green and Basic White for my colour combination.

The leaves were arranged behing the sentiment, taken from the new Soft Seedling Stamp Set, also in the Mini Catalogue.

Lengths of the Ribbon Combo Pack, in Sahara Sand and Old Olive sit behind the sentiment.

Finally, the whole piece, including the background cutout is raised up on Dimensionals to give some extra depth through the trees.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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ASPEN TREE DIESSOFT SEEDLINGS CLING STAMP SET (ENGLISH)FOREVER FLOURISHING DIESPOPPY MOMENTS DIESMOSSY MEADOW A4 CARDSTOCKMOSSY MEADOW CLASSIC STAMPIN' PADGARDEN GREEN A4 CARDSTOCKOLD OLIVE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCKBASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCKOLD OLIVE & SAHARA SAND TWILL RIBBON COMBO PACKMULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUESTAMPIN' DIMENSIONALSTEAR & TAPE ADHESIVE