Textured Timber Archives - HIPPOFROG Designs

This project for Week 8 of my Countdown to Christmas 2024 series was a hoot to make – sorry!

Can you believe we are already 2/3 of the way through this year’s series?

The background is a tree trunk from the Textured Timber Stamp Set, part of the Online Exclusives range, stamped in Pecan Pie.

This is then given a touch more colour and definition using a Stampin’ Blend in the same colour.

Next, a hole is punched out of the trunk using the 2″ Circle Punch from the Online Exclusives range. A piece of Early Espresso cardstock then sits behind.

Using the Christmas Friends Stamp Set and Dies from the Mini Catalogue, the owl is created and cut out.

It is coloured using a Blender Pen for the feathers and Stampin’ Blends in Daffodil Delight and Poppy Parade for the beak, feet and Santa hat. Wink of Stella is added to the white parts of the hat.

The Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blend is used to colour a piece of White Baker’s Twine from the Essentials Pack.

Ths is added to the project and a bunny ears bow added afterwards.

A sentiment from the Christmas Everywhere Kit is stamped onto a separate piece of cardstock.

The owl and the sentiment are then added with Dimensionals.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last week’s Card & Cuppa project used another new product from the Online Exclusives range, the Textured Timber Stamp Set.

To make this card more neutral and suitable for anyone, I chose a colour combination of Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow and Very Vanilla. Old Olive and Garden Green are also used for some of the leaves.

First, the trunk is stamped down the side, along with some second generation ‘splats’ from the Layering Leaves Stamp Set.

On another piece of cardstock, the stump piece is stamped and then cut out by hand.

Both the trunk and stump section were given a touch more life using the brush end of the Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend. By using it on the knots and following along some of the lines, it makes the pieces more realistic.

Leaves, again from the Layering Leaves Stamp Set were stamped onto Mossy Meadow, Garden Green and Old Olive cardstock and punched out.

These were then layered under and through the stump piece.

A sentiment from the Heartfelt Hexagon Stamp Set was then added on top of a length of coordinating Crumb Cake Baker’s Twine, from the Essentials Pack.

This whole stump section was then raised up on Dimensionals.

Finally, some Iridescent Pearls, coloured with the Dark Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend are then added.