Last Week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa – Inspired by Wimbledon 2021

July 5, 2021July 2, 2021 ~ Karen Young

Every year, around this time, I design a project inspired by Wimbledon for my Card & (Your) Cuppa Class.

Inspired by Wimbledon 2021. Project designed by Karen at HIPPOFROG Designs

These projects are normally in Wimbledon colours. However, as we now have a Strawberry Bundle (Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set and Strawberry Builder Punch), it seemed appropriate to make a strawberries and cream project for this year.

Using the Stitched With Whimsy Dies and cutting around the outside edge, the Gorgeous Grape picnic blanket takes shape. I then added a grid pattern using my Simply Scored.

Inspired by Wimbledon 2021. Project designed by Karen at HIPPOFROG Designs

After this was attached, it was time to create the bowl of strawberries.

Layering circles in Very Vanilla and Daffodil Delight are stuck together and have their edges curled using a Paper Folder.

The strawberries, in Poppy Parade and Real Red have a touch of extra colour and shading added with a Sponge Dauber. Next, the stalks complete them.

These are added to the bowl, with the three front ones raised up on dimensionals.

A sentiment, from the Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set, part of a Bundle, is tucked behind the bowl.

Inspired by Wimbledon 2021. Project designed by Karen at HIPPOFROG Designs

Finally, some Opal Rounds add some sparkle.

If you want to see some of my previous Wimbledon projects, here are links to the 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 designs.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs
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Triple Ripple

June 9, 2021June 8, 2021 ~ Karen Young

This card is all about repitition, with this triple ripple effect.

Triple Ripple. Project designed by Karen at HIPPOFROG Designs

It uses the Hand-Penned Petals Bundle (Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set & Penned Flowers Dies) from the Annual Catalogue.

Firstly, the flower image is stamped in Gray Granite multiple times, plus one on another piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock.

The separate flower is cut out with the dies, and then coloured using both packs of Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen.

Next, using my colours of Calypso Coral and Crushed Curry, the ripples are cut using the dies from the bundle.

Triple Ripple. Project designed by Karen at HIPPOFROG Designs

A sentiment from the Blossoms in Bloom Stamp Set is added to the top Very Vanilla Ripple.

Next, the ripples are stuck together and attached to the project.

For the focal flower background, I used the Stitched With Whimsy Dies. This was fussy cut around the edge to create the whimiscal shape.

The focal flower is stuck onto this shape which is raised up on Dimensionals.

Triple Ripple. Project designed by Karen at HIPPOFROG Designs

Finally, coordinating Artistry Blooms Sequins are dotted around the card.

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In Bloom Bundle meets In Color

March 17, 2021March 12, 2021 ~ Karen Young

Have you seen the fabulous new Bundles in the January-June Mini Catalogue.

For this project, the new In Bloom Bundle meets In Color, to create a pretty floral card.

My colour combination is Seaside Spray and Rococo Rose In Colors, with Pear Pizzazz and Very Vanilla.

As these cards were for Mothering Sunday, I made two. One in Seaside Spray and the other in Rococo Rose, with accents in the other colour.

Another new product in the Mini Catalogue is the pretty Stitched With Whimsy Dies. This is the wavy embossed outline shape you can see on the Very Vanilla background piece.

In the background, I used a Sponge Dauber and ink in the opposite colourway. This adds a slight hint of colour for the leaves and flowers to sit on.

The Pierced Bloom Dies are a set of 25 Dies. Some co-ordinating with the In Bloom Stamp Set as part of the Bundle. Other dies in the set work on their own, such as the bow shape.