Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Gears & Textures

For last week’s Card & Cuppa project I designed an abstract card.

At last week’s Card & Cuppa for Children class, one of the young attendees said they liked rainbows, so I decided to create a very colourful project.

You will notice that this project is the design for my adult session, not the one I run for children. Pop back later in the week for that one!

This card uses 6 colours, plus Basic White. Four colours for the background, Lemon Lime Twist, Balmy Blue, Calypso Coral and Highland Heather. Then we have Lemon Lolly and Basic Gray for the sentiment.

All of the stamping, apart from ‘Happy Birthday to you’ are from the Gears & Textures Stamp Set.

Each of the images are stamped onto the background in four colours before a slight flare of colour is added using Lemon Lolly and a Blending Brush.

Next, the round image is stamped and cut out, along with a layer using the Circle Punches. The sentiment from the Exciting Times Stamp Set is then added.

Picking three of the colours, strands of Baker’s Twines from the Essentials Pack are then coloured using Stamping Blends.

These are stuck across the centre of the project.

The layered sentiment sits over the top using Dimensionals.

Finally, three coordinating gems from the Moody Palette Glossy Dots are added.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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ICYMI – Cutest Crew

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ICYMI – Purple Butterflies

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa for Children – Cutest Crew

Last week I held my first Card & Cuppa for Children Class of Summer 2026.

As I had a mix of those who had been to these sessions before and some new faces, I designed this cute bright bird project.

It uses the Cutest Crew Stamp Set from the Online Exclusives range, and is a version of this project from July’s monthly Card Making Class.

First, the footprints were stamped on the bottom half of the card in Early Espresso. We used a piece of cardstock to mask the top section.

Happy Birthday was then stamped in top corner in Basic Gray.

Two shapes, one in Granny Apple Green and one in Basic White were cut out using the Rounded Rectangle Punch.

The birds are stamped onto the white rectangle shape and then coloured using a Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen.

A strip of Granny Apple Green is stuck across the project.

Next, the green rectangle shape is cut in half and stuck to the top and bottom of the birds to create a layer.

The bird piece is then raised up over the strip using Dimensionals.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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PAPER PUMPKIN: September 2026

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Last Week’s Card & Cuppa – Purple Butterflies

Last week’s Card & Cuppa project is this trio of purple butterflies.

I had been asked for a purple project, so my colour combination is Fresh Freesia and Gorgeous Grape, with Lost Lagoon for the accent colour.

This project uses a couple of Two-Step Stampin’ Stamp Sets, All Aflutter and Greenery Lane.

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To begin, the large leaves from the Greenery Lane Stamp Set were stamped in Lost Lagoon to create a background. The smaller leaves were then placed around these, with the infill in second generation stamping.

Then, the tiny flower was added five times in Fresh Freesia.

Next, the butterflies from the All Aflutter Stamp Set were stamped twice onto a separate piece in the purples. Once in first generation, then again in second generation. They were then cut out using the coordinating All Aflutter Punch.

This gave us six butterflies, three slightly lighter than the others. Three were then chosen for the final project. I chose one dark and two lighter ones for mine.

A sentiment from the Banner Sayings Stamp Set and Triple Banner Punch is then stamped, layered and added to the bottom.

Each of the butterfly wings curled using a Paper Folder and then stuck to the project using Mini Dimensionals. These are placed to cover where the large and small leaves join each other.

Finally, small Iridescent Pearls are stuck in the centre of each of the five tiny flowers.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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ICYMI – Sweet Foliage

In case you missed last week’s Card & Cuppa project.

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Happy crafting

Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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PRODUCT OF THE MONTH: August 2026

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