Hippo Bird-Day

I love the MFT Happy Hippos stamp set. Such adorable images and fun sentiments. The sentiment I used on my card today makes me smile every time I see it!

I began this card by die cutting a Polaroid frame twice from white card. On one of the inside squares, I stamped a scene using the Hippos stamp set, then coloured it with alcohol markers.

I created masks for the hippo and bird, then blended on some clouds with the MFT cloud stencil. 

On one of the polaroid frames, I stamped the fabulous sentiment, then layered the two frames together for some dimension.

From MFT patterned paper, I die cut three stepped up chevrons and added them to the card base across the middle. 

I layered the stacked polaroid frames on to the card base at an angle, then adhered the scene inside them.

To finish the card, I added three enamel dots in coordinating colours.

Thanks for joining me today,

Gemma

MFT Happy Hippos

MFT Mini Cloud Stencil

Mama Elephant Polaroid Fun

MFT Stepped Up Chevron

Llama Love

Hi there, happy Monday to you :)

Have you noticed how Llamas are the trend at the moment in stamping? ....well I didn't think

 I'd need to jump on that band-wagon but the MFT set Llama Love is just such fun. 

What colour is a Llama??.... I just went for a dirty cream colour but I think they come in most colourways!! 

He was a challenge to colour and I ended up giving his coat a woolly texture too.

This card was for my, very well travelled, Brother in Law so I went with a more masculine 

style and used the Stepped Up Chevron border in primary colours to

 break between the kraft and cream card.

I have sponged Natural dye ink through the Wonky Chevron stencil 

to add some pattern to the Kraft card, an alternative would be to use the matching 

stamp design which I've linked to below.

I went back to my favourite design technique of stamping un-coloured images

 behind my focal point, and then added a pop of colour with a green cactus. 

Now to the sentiment... well that just goes so well with his

 expression and really makes me giggle :)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope your day goes by without any Prob-llama's!! 😉

Jenny x