Be A Unicorn - Hippo Happiness Video Tutorial ~ Rick Adkins

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a super cute card for you using the Hippo Happiness Bundle and it's another version of one of the cards you can make using my 6 x 6 One Sheet Wonder cards that I made yesterday. If you missed that post you can click here and check it out. The Hippo Happiness bundle is a fun little bundle to play with and allows you to create so many different fun little cards for any occasion or person no matter their age. Here's a look at my card.

Tips & Tricks:

I made two different versions of this card using the same design. I just changed up the paper from the Flowers for Every Season Designer Series Paper. And I have two different looking easy cards that were made in just minutes. Again this is another card that you could make instead of one of the 3" x 4" cards I made yesterday. If you wanted to make three completely different cards from one sheet of 6" x 6" piece of Designer Series Paper. This card uses the same supplies just cut in a different way.

One thing to remember when you are using the same size strips of Designer Series Paper to make a card. You have to start from the ground up just like building a house. You have to have your foundation set before you can move on to the walls and roof. I started by taking one of my strips and placing it where I wanted it at on the bottom of the mat. I found that the Multipurpose Liquid Glue worked great for this because I had a little more wiggle room to get everything lined up just right.

Once I had the three strips of Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper lined up on my mat I then could wrap about 14" or so of the Magenta Madness 2020-2022 In Color Ribbon around this layer and tie it into a flat knot. Then I could place Stampin' Dimensionals behind it and place it on my Thick Whisper White card base. Which by the way I still cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored it at 5 1/2", but I turned it on it's side to make a side folding card.

To save time in the video I had already took a piece of Whisper White cardstock (about 3 1/2" x 3 1/2") and precut it with one of the dies from the Hippo & Friends Dies. This samed me a little time in the video but you could totally stamp first then die cut if you wanted to. To get the two different shades of Magenta Madness Ink I just inked up the first layering stamp for the horse and stamped off onto a scrap piece of paper. Next I took the second horse image and stamped it full strength lining the images up and stamped it down. Then I added her little face with Tuxedo Black ink (every little horse or unicorn needs a face). Then I added the horn with So Saffron Ink. I then stamped the "when in doubt be a unicorn" sentiment in Magenta Madness Ink at the top of the die cut.

I then added my cute little unicorn to the front of my card with a couple Stampin' Dimensionals so that it was popped up not only on the card but over the ribbon as well. To finish off my card I added three of the stars from the All The Trimmings Embellishments from the August-December Mini Catalog. These little embellishments can be used for so much more than just the holidays. So, don't count them out, for your everyday crafting needs, they are perfect for that little special embellishment.

The Hippo Happiness Bundle includes the Hippo Happiness Stamp Set and the Hippo & Friends Dies. The Hippo Happiness Stamp Set allows you to make greeting cards, tags, and more with the darling critters. The stamp set helped designed and inspired by my friend Robin Cardin (My Pink Stamper) for her 1 Million Dollar sales achievement contains 27 photopolymer stamps. The matching Hippo & Friends Dies helps you create custom die-cut elements like frames, animals, and more for your projects. Pair the dies with the coordinating Hippo Happiness Stamp Set for more creative options. The Hippo & Friends Dies contain 25 dies with the largest die measuring 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" (8.9 x 8.9 cm).

Video Tutorial:

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Project Recipe:

I have created a little graphic for you to save to your Pinterest board to help you remember the key items you will need to recreate this card. If you want to check out all my other Project Recipes you can do so on my Recipe Board here.

Before I go I have a couple other examples of projects using this bundle that were created by the Stampin' Up! Concept Artists.

Images by Stampin' Up!

Image by Stampin' Up!

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