March Card Making Class – Project 4

March 27, 2026March 18, 2026 ~ Karen Young

Today I’m sharing the 4th and final project from my recent Card Making Class.

The theme for March’s class was Backgrounds and more, so I chose a project where the attendees could grunge as much as they liked.

For this design, I used various shades of brown to create the grunge effect and used Basic Beige instead of Basic White or Very Vanilla to achieve a more muted look.

All of the background stamping used the Swirled Designs Stamp Set from the Online Exclusives range. Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso are all used and stamped onto Basic Beige cardstock.

Then, Blending Brushes, Sponge Daubers, Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie ink are used to add some extra colour across the piece.

Lengths of coordinating Crumb Cake Baker’s Twine from the Essentials Pack were then added.

The Fabulous Sayings Stamp Set, a Product of the Month (POTM) offering provides the sentiment. This is raised up on Dimensionals.

Do you have a favourite project from the class?

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Floral Two-Step

March 23, 2026March 18, 2026 ~ Karen Young

At last week’s Card & Cuppa class I combined two requests I had received for projects.

I had been asked for floral and also two-step stampin’, so this project combines both of those things.

My colour combination is Fresh Freesia, Pool Party and Gorgeous Grape. It’s a great combo.

First, the swirled circles from the Swirled Designs Stamp Set are stamped on the background. This stamp set is in the Online Exclusives range. About a third of the background was left as white space to avoid it looking too busy.

Next, the flowers are stamped. These are from the Delightful Wishes Stamp Set and are two-step stampin’. We stamped the more detailed outline first, then the more blocky image was stamped second generation in the same colour.

Pool Party leaves, from the same stamp set were then stamped at various angles.

Next, Wink of Stella was added to the centre of each of the flowers.

A sentiment from the Simply Said Stamp Set was also stamped. This had a swoosh of Baker’s Twine, coloured with a Stampin’ Blend added to it.

Finally, the sentiment piece was then raised up on Mini Dimensionals.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Swirled Designs Stamp Set

February 2, 2026February 1, 2026 ~ Karen Young

Last week’s Card & Cuppa project was this abstract Birthday card in pinks and purples.

It uses two In Colors – Petunia Pop and Pretty in Pink, along with Fresh Freesia and Basic White.

The background images are all from the Swirled Designs Stamp Set from the Online Exclusives range.

Each image is stamped multiple times on the background to create the design.

A Blender Pen is then used to colour the flowers a bit more. This pulls the colour from the other stamping and just fills them in slightly.

The Banner Sayings Bundle (Banner Saying Stamp Set & Three Banner Punch) provide the sentiment detail. These are also from the Online Exclusives range.

Using a Stampin’ Blend, a length of Baker’s Twine from the Essentials Pack is coloured to coordinate with the colour scheme.

The sentiment piece is attached to the project using Mini Dimensionals.

Finally, some rhinestones are added for a touch of bling.

This is a really quick and easy card to make and also easy to replicate with different colours and stamp sets.

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Swirled Designs

December 8, 2025December 5, 2025 ~ Karen Young

As it is now December, it is time to make Christmas cards at my Card & Cuppa sessions.

For this hanging baubles design, I used the new Swirled Designs Stamp Set from the Online Exclusives range.

This set created the baubles in Poppy Parade and the starry background in Daffodil Delight.

The hanging strings, bows and sentiment all came from the A Little Cheer Stamp Set. This is also in the Online Exclusives range, but is also in the Last Chance Products category. They are all stamped in Secret Sea, one of this year’s In Colors.

Once everything was stamped, the baubles were cut out using the 1 7/8″ Circle Punch from the Annual Catalogue. The Triple Banner Punch created the shape for the sentiment.

Both the outside baubles were then attached straight to the project. Using Dimensionals, the centre bauble, with the sentiment attached was then added.