Hippo Birthday!

Hippo Happiness Bundle

Today’s card features the Stampin’ Up! Hippo Happiness Bundle. I chose this fun fold to showcase the hippo because of its clean and playful layout. Of course, I couldn’t resist the polka-dot paper from the Playing With Patterns DSP pack. I love polka-dots and it showcases my daughter’s favorite colors; so naturally it was a no-brainer for me!

Another fun aspect of this bundle are the dies! You can see one of them in white behind the hippo. Notice the stitching! There are 3 different shapes and multiple sizes. Perfect for accents and labels!

Card Instructions:

1.  Cut an 8 ½” x 11″ piece of Coastal Cabana Cardstock to 5 ½” x 5 ¼”. Score the 5 ½” side at 1″ and fold over; this is your card base.
2.  Cut a 4″ x 4″ square of Coastal Cabana
3. Cut a 5 ¼” x 4″ in Whisper White
4. Cut a 3 ¾” x 3 ¾” square of Whisper White Cardstock
5. Cut a 5 ¼” x ¾” piece of Playing with Patterns DSP in the polka-dot pattern
6. Cut a 2 ¼” circle out of Coastal Cabana using the circle punch
7. Ink the full hippo shape in Gray Granite and stamp off once. Without re-inking, stamp the image onto a scrap piece of Whisper White Cardstock
8. Ink the partial hippo shape in Gray Granite and stamp in full strength over the 1st image being careful to line up the images as best you can
9. Stamp the hippo face in Memento Black
10. Stamp the 3 balloons in the other colors on a scrap piece of Whisper White
11. Stamp the sentiment onto the 3 ¾” x 3 ¾” piece of Whisper White as shown
12. Die cut the white background piece, the hippo and 3 balloons using the coordinating dies
13. Adhere the polka-dot paper to the front of the small fold on the card base
14. Adhere the white cutout to the 2 ¼” circle using Stampin’ Seal
15. Adhere the hippo to the white cutout using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
16. Adhere the hippo circle to the 3 ¾” square piece using Stampin’ Seal as shown
17. Adhere the 3 ¾” piece to the 4″ square piece using Stampin’ Seal
18. Adhere the 5 ¼” x 4″ Whisper White piece to the card base using Stampin’ Seal
19. Line up the 4″ square piece on the card base making sure it is centered and flush to the bottom
20. Apply Stampin’ Seal to the very top of the 4″ square piece all the way across, making sure you don’t get adhesive on the card base
21. Fold the top layer down and adhere together
22. Wrap the polka-dot tulle ribbon around the 4″ square piece leaving enough of a tail at the start to tie a knot. Once tied, cut the ribbon off the spool and trim ends to length desired
23. Cut a 6″ piece of the Terracotta Tile ribbon and tie in a knot around center of polka-dot ribbon. Trim ends
24. Adhere 2 of the balloons using Stampin’ Seal and one using a Mini Stampin’ Dimensional
25. Stamp the balloon strings in Memento Black

Enjoy!

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