Hippest Hippos – Let’s Flirt!

Have you had a chance to get your hands on those ever so cute Hippos from the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration Brochure?  Not yet?  Well, the stamp set, Hippest Hippos and coordinating Hippo Dies, can be yours free with a qualifying purchase.

I couldn’t resist using them for the current Alphabet Challenge – Letter G: “G” is for “Giggle”!  That “Flirty Wink” just makes me smile.

I chose the current Tuesday Morning Sketch (#664) and as I used the coordinating dies, the Happy Little Stamper Dies Challenge for July.

Here is the result: 

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Blackberry Bliss cardstock.
• Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Pinwheel patterned piece of paper from the Hostess Design a Daydream Designer Series Paper pack.
• Banner: (3½” x 1⅞”) Pool Party cardstock die-cut with that sized Banner from the retired Banners Framelits Dies set.
• Cross Strip: (4” x ¾”) Pool Party cardstock.
  • The sentiment, Love comes in all shapes and sizes, from the Count on Me stamp set was stamped into Versamark ink and then into Blackberry Bliss ink and then heat-set with Clear Embossing Powder using the Clear Color Embossing Technique.
  • Three Blackberry Bliss cardstock Hearts were die-cut with one of the dies in the dies set.
• Focal Images – Hippos: Basic White cardstock.
  • The two Hippos were stamped with Basic Gray ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends.
  • Winking (She) Hippo: Light Smoky Slate, Light Petal Pink and retired Light Pink Pirouette for her nail polish; Flower: Dark Blackberry Bliss and Light Old Olive.
  • Happy (He) Hippo: Light and Dark Smoky Slate and Light Petal Pink.
  • Eye, nose, ear and mouth details on each Hippo were defined using the Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker.
  • The Hippos were then die-cut with the coordinating dies.

All of the elements were adhered to the card base in the mirror image as I liked the Winking (She) Hippo better on the right side.  Both of the Hippos were popped up with Dimensionals.

What a fun little card!

Thanks for spending some of your time with me.  Cheers,  Jolanda.

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The new Holiday Catalog has arrived and Sale-a-bration is in full swing.  Lots of lovely new things.