Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Natural Botanicals Rainbow

February 23, 2026February 22, 2026 ~ Karen Young

As we’ve had so much rain lately, I decided to brighten things up at last week’s Card & Cuppa class with this rainbow project.

It uses tone-on-tone with a colour combination of Basic Beige and Very Vanilla.

A strip of cardstock was held across the project while the leaves were stamped across the background. This was to avoid losing leaves behind the centre strip.

The leaves are from the Natural Botanicals Stamp Set. They were then coloured using Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen.

It was fun seeing this rainbow of leaves come to life during the colouring phase.

Next, a strip of Very Vanilla is stuck across the project to hide the masking. Any excess is then cut off.

Then, the sentiment from the Simply Said Stamp Set is stamped, again tone-on-tone and stuck onto the Vanilla piece. Once again, the excess is removed.

Finally, a couple of Antique Pearls are added to either side of the project.

This is a great design to replicate and you could use different colours and stamp sets.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Countdown to Christmas 2025 – Week 8

November 22, 2025November 20, 2025 ~ Karen Young

For week 8 of my Countdown to Christmas 2025 series, I’m sharing the 3rd project from my Christmas Card Making Day.

This bright, tone-on-tone project is a fun design for all the family.

It is similar to this project I designed for one of my recent monthly Card Making Classes. The attendees enjoyed the project, so I recreated it for Christmas.

Using the A Little Cheer Stamp Set, each of the stripes are stamped tone-on-tone with Poppy Parade, Shy Shamrock and Darling Duckling.

The strips are then attached to the layer.

Each of the images is then stamped onto a separate piece and cut out using the coordinating A Little Cheer Mini Punch Pack. The A Little Cheer Stamp Set and Punch Bundle can be found in the Online Exclusives range.

A shape cut out using the Sign Design Punch, also from the Online Exclusives range, is then stamped with the sentiment. The three tiny images are then carefully stuck to this piece.

This then has a length of Baker’s Twine from the Black & White & Gold Pack looped behind it, before being attached to the project using Dimensionals.

This type of design is a great one for using up any scraps of cardstock or DSP you may have in your stash.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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October Card Making Class – Project 3

October 22, 2025October 21, 2025 ~ Karen Young

The third project from my recent Card Making Class for October was this striped design.

If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know that I love a design with stripes. So I thought I would include one for the class.

I chose shades of purple, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape, along with Basic White.

Each of the stripes is stamped tone-on-tone using images from the Blooming Phrases Stamp Set and the Terrific Toadstools Stamp Set. Blooming Phrases from the Online Exclusives Range and Terrific Toadstools from the Annual Catalogue.

The leaves and flowers are cut out using the Charming Day Dies and the Delightful Wishes Dies. Wink of Stella was added to the flowers for a touch of sparkle.

Once the stripes were stuck to the background piece, three lengths of Basic White Baker’s Twine from the Essentials Pack were added.

The sentiment uses the With You in Mind Stamp Set and is cut out with the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch.

Leaves are stuck straight onto the striped piece, with the flowers stuck onto the sentiment.

Finally, this sentiment piece is then stuck to the project using Dimensionals.

Designs like this one are really easy to replicate as you can use any colours, images, shapes, sentiments and embellishments you chose.

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

Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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April Card Making Class – Project 1

April 16, 2025April 10, 2025 ~ Karen Young

This cute Birthday card was one of four projects from my April Card Making Class.

The theme was ‘All creatures great and small’ and the attendees made four projects relating to the theme.

For this design, I used the Darling Dinos Stamp Set. This set is on the Last Chance Products list, so make sure you grab yours (there are matching dies too) while you can.

Tone-on-tone stamping in Granny Apple Green creates the background.

Four circles are then cut out using a Circle Punch from the Online Exclusives range.

The three dinosaurs are stamped in Basic Gray and coloured using Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen.

I chose three different colour ways for my colouring to give each dinosaur a different look. One is red, yellow and orange tones, another uses greens and blues and the final one is pink and purple.

Using both Basic Gray and Granny Apple Green, the sentiment is stamped in both colours.

Each circle is then stuck to the project with the sentiment circle raised up on Dimensionals.