It's Sale-A-Bration time at Stampin' Up! These gorgeous Hippos and the co ordinating Hippo Dies are two of the rewards that you can earn for free with a $90 purchase.
These guys are so cute! I stamped lots of images in Memento Black Ink and coloured them with Smoky Slate Blends Markers.
For the first card a cut out one of each of the images with the matching dies and mounted them on circles cut from the Stylish Shapes Dies.
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Although Sale-a-bration goes until the end of August the various Sale-a-bration rewards are only available until sold out. As these Hippos have been super popular, if you would like your own set I suggest ordering ASAP.
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I coloured the background with one of the Butterflies and Flowers Layering Masks, that is sadly discontinued now. As this card is longer than standard I had to mask the top half of the card first and then move the mask to cover the bottom of the card. I used a small amount of tape to hold the mask in place.
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The tiny flower and umbrella were cut from the Hippo Dies from card scraps.
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For the second card I used another of my coloured Hippos. The background of this card was masked with a mask from the Basic Borders Dies and Blending Brushes. I masked some of the clouds on to the card base with Crumb Cake ink.
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The waves were cut from another of the Basic Borders Dies. I used some of the Snowfall Accents Puff Paint. I hope it looks like white caps on the waves.
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The boat was cut from Crumb Cake and the sunglasses are Sweet Sorbet. I couldn't decide on a greeting for this card so I left it blank.
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Please contact me with any questions, I'm always happy to talk card making and Stampin' Up!
Happy stamping,
Rachel
