Another Hippo

Wow, has it really been that long since I posted?! I have been a little bit busy, but I found a little time today to make another Hippy Hippo card! :)

I just love lavendar and green together, so after coloring this hippo with my lavendar prismacolor pencils, I dug out some almost amethyst and lavendar lace and glorious green (or maybe it's garden green). I have been wanting to try my hand at the tilt card I saw on Charmaine's blog using Melanie's cutesy cute hippo, so here is my version. Charmaine's tutorial is here! She makes it really easy to see how it is done. Mine only tilts slightly though, because I did not have those terrific dimensionals (used recycled foam from trimming stamps, and you really need somehwat of a hexago shape I think to get it just right). Anyway, mine kinda tilts to the one side but not the other so much *wink*

After cutting the hole, using the sticky foam, pennies, etc from the tutorial, then I trimmed my white cs down, sponged the edges with almost amethyst, adhered it to my glorious green and SU dp layer, added some photo corners and liquid pearls. I laid that aside until it was *cough* dry (see note below), and layered my two shades of purple to my white cs base. I stamped the Hippy Birthday sentiment to the left and added a pretty prima for balance.

Note: Do not move the card until your liquid pearls dry completely. It slipped from my hand and landed smack dab on my shirt, so the pearls aren't perfect anymore . . . a little wrinkly they are. Thank God they were ALMOST dry! :) LOL

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed another hippo from me and a chuckle or two! :) Kel