A Grand Kid meets Hippest Hippos and more

  Welcome to my blog

and  thank you for joining me today!

Happy birthday Freddie

Making an ocean scene with a mixture of stamping, blending, die cutting, dry embossing & heat embossing

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic black, basic white, soft sea foam, starry sky, tahitian tide

Dies: hippo, layering diorama (4)

Embossing Folders: basic 3D, * seaside

Ink: memento black, soft sea foam, soft succulent, starry sky, versamark

Stampin' Up Blends: light smoky slate, color lifter

Stamp Sets: a grand kid, *hippest hippos, *magical mermaid

Accessories: white embossing powder

* = no longer available, when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

1. Start with a base card 14.5 x 21 scored at 10.5
2. back ground layer 12 x 8, stamp the seascape, then use the blends for the water and embossing folder for the waves
3. top layer 9.5 x 13.5, die cut the aperture then emboss
4. stamp the sentiments in versamark and heat emboss in white, then fussy cut
5. stamp the hippo and colour using the blends, die cut the hippo and extra pieces
6. adhere the 3 main pieces to the card base and the snorkel and googles to the hippo using liquid glue, attach the hippo and sentiments using dimensionals

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘

Happiest Hippos meets Artistically Inked

  Welcome to my blog

and  thank you for joining me today!

Happy Birthday Leah

Went with a cutesy card this year, just to let her know we love her.

She's not the girlie girl type but sometimes she surprises us.

Materials required for this card are:

Card Stock: basic white, mint macaron

Designer Series Paper: *rings of love

Dies: *hippo, floral gallery, layering diorama (3), stitched rectangles (8)

Embossing Folders: gingham

Ink: memento black, poppy parade

Stampin' Up Blends: color lifter, crumb cake, poppy parade, smoky slate, soft succulent

Stamp Sets: artistically inked, *hippest hippo

1. base card is 20.5 x 13.5 scored at 10.25, dry emboss the front of card 
2. hippo is stamped, coloured using blends and die cut
3. love you a ton sentiment is stamped and die cut
4. happy birthday is stamped and shaped.
5. the hearts are die cut
6. dsp is die cut with stitched frames and layering diorama

when using layering dies (1) is the smallest

Hope you liked today's card. If you would like more information on how to make it, please don't hesitate to contact me, I'd love to hear from you.

If you wish to buy any of the items used, go to contacting me at the top of the page for details on how to order.

Will be back again soon with more cards, in the meantime take care and have a great day.

Annette 😘