Finishing Up Friday – Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set & Dies

October 28, 2022October 27, 2022 ~ 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?

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

Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

To order any of the supplies shown below, head to my Online Store. Items available while stocks last.

Online Shopping Club Code Join my team Current Products Offers & Promotions Book a Class

Finishing Up Friday – Splendid Day Suite

September 23, 2022September 22, 2022 ~ Karen Young

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

Today’s card is inspired by the project on Page 64 of the July-December Mini Catalogue.

It uses Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake and Basic White.

Both the Stamp Set and Die Bundle, and the Splendid Day Specialty DSP are from the Splendid Day Suite.

I have stamped leaf images in my usual diagonal pattern across the project using Petal Pink and second generation stamping.

Then the sentiment is stamped and cut out using the Splendid Stems Dies.

A length of coordinating Petal Pink Soft Polyester Ribbon is stuck to the project.

Next, the pre-cut leaves, also from the Splendid Stems Dies are attached. The sentiment is then raised up on Dimensionals.

Finally a tiny bee, cut out from the DSP is added. This provides the project with a touch of sparkle.

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

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

Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

To order any of the supplies shown below, head to my Online Store. Items available while stocks last.

Online Shopping Club Code Join my team Current Products Offers & Promotions Book a Class

Last Week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa – Splendid Thoughts Bundle

September 12, 2022September 8, 2022 ~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa used the Splendid Thoughts Bundle from the July-December Mini Catalogue.

A muted colour combination of Crumb Cake, Petal Pink and Calypso Coral created a soft project, perfect for anyone in need of a paper hug.

Using the Splendid Stems Dies from the Bundle, various leaves were cut out in the colours.

Some of the coordinating leaves were stuck to the Crumb Cake strip. Other leaves were then layered behind the strip.

Coordinating Petal Pink Ribbon creates a swoosh. An Open Leaf Trinket is then looped onto a piece of Crumb Cake Baker’s Twine to hang down the card.

Using a sentiment from the Sending Thoughts Stamp Set, this was stamped and cut out using the Dies and sits on top of the ribbon.

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

Some of you may spot this is a revisit of a previous design.

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

Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

To order any of the supplies shown below, head to my Online Store. Items available while stocks last.

Online Shopping Club Code Join my team Current Products Offers & Promotions Book a Class

July Customer Thank You Cards

August 13, 2022August 9, 2022 ~ Karen Young

As these have all been received, I can share my Customer Thank You Cards for those who shopped with me during July.

The basecard is a FREE SAB item. This is the Pool Party card from the Cards & Envelopes pack. Don’t forget that SAB items are only available until the end of this month (while stocks last).

Using the Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set and Splendid Stems Dies Bundle from the July-December Mini Catalogue, the leaves and shapes were stamped and cut. My leaves use Mint Macaron Cardstock and Ink.

Then, very gentle use of a Blender Pen on the stamped leaves just soften the white every so slightly.

Coordinating Splendid Day Specialty DSP provides the strip that sits in the background. This DSP really lives up to the splendid name. It needs to be seen in person to appreciate the full beauty.

A sentiment from the Sweet Songbirds Stamp Set sits on the semi-circle shape that creates the pot.

Using Dimensionals, the pot and a few of the leaves are raised up to give some depth to the project.

Finally, Brushed Brass Butterflies are added, two small and one large.

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

Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

To order any of the supplies shown below, head to my Online Store. Items available while stocks last.

Online Shopping Club Code Join my team Current Products Offers & Promotions Book a Class

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

July 18, 2022July 15, 2022 ~ 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.

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

Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

To order any of the supplies shown below, head to my Online Store. Items available while stocks last.

Online Shopping Club Code Join my team Current Products Offers & Promotions Book a Class

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this:

Share this: