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Monday, 19 December 2011

Hippo Birthday

I needed a birthday card for a wee boy so I took Kathy's December sketch from the Sketch File as my starting point. It's a fairly loose interpretation - I treated the embossed word blocks as four of the five strips in the sketch and added the recipient's name as the fifth.

I did try putting a circle behind the hippo but it looked better without.

Stamps: Heloise Hippo (High Hopes)

Paper: Red, white, navy

Ink: Brilliance by Tsukineko (Graphite Black)

Other:
Typeset decorative strip die (Tim Holtz Alterations/Sizzix)
Copic markers
Tracing Wheel
Corner Chomper (We R emory Keepers)
Birthday embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

Thanks for stopping by - hope your Christmas preprations are all under control!
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5 comments:

  1. Karen19 December 2011 at 14:15

    Awe...such a happy hippo & perfect for a liitle boy x

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  2. Effie19 December 2011 at 17:54

    That's one cute hippo!

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  3. Deborah20 December 2011 at 16:00

    Aw, it's adorable. Bet little Rhys will love it.

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  4. salamanda21 December 2011 at 22:11

    Fab card for a boy and great colour combo

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  5. mckinkle23 December 2011 at 10:36

    What a super card! Very inspiring indeed! I really should use my EF much more than I do!

    Great use of Kathys Sketch File!

    Keryn KWSF DT

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