Hello Hippo cards for Dies R Us

Hello, I have made a series of hippo cards.  I was inspired by a local celebrity Fiona the hippo.  I only live a couple of miles from this adorable baby!  She has been quite famous and even has her own show, but if you are not aware of Fiona's story you can check it out here. Isn't she the cutest hippo you have ever seen?

 After a couple of experiments, I came up with a design I liked.  I started with the Frantic Stamper Stitched Rounded Rectangles as a base.  I layered a Tutti Designs Scalloped Stitched Nesting Circle  before adding the Cheapo Dies Hippo cut from a fine glitter paper.

For embellishments, I added sequins and ribbons.  I also inked all my edges to accentuate the embossing.

I used some new Dies R Us products that aren't dies.  First I used several Distress Oxide ink pads and a few different techniques to create backgrounds.  One of those techniques was inking my mat and spritzing with water and dragging my paper through the ink. I also used the Tutti Designs Poke Tools to poke out pieces and replace them with cuts of a different color.  Adding this detail really gives the hippo some character.

I made a few more cards, the distress backgrounds were so much fun to create.   This first one was the "drag" technique.

For this card I sponged the ink on the paper and spritzed lightly.  I used did this several times to create the pale background.

Here are my first two experimental cards.  On the first one I replaced all the detail cuts with another color of paper.  It was really time consuming so for future hippos, I just replaced the face details with another color.  I also tried a different sentiment  but decided the Hello die was the perfect one.  

Dies R Us Products:

Tutti Designs Scalloped Stitched Nesting Circle

Cheapo Dies Hippo

Tutti Designs Poke Tools

Frantic Stamper Stitched Rounded Rectangles

Karen Burniston Greetings

Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick

Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio

Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers

Distress Oxide Seedless Preserves

Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke

Distress Oxide Abandoned Coral

Frantic Stamper Life is Good

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia

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 For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://tictactoechallenge.com/tttc037-featured-designer-teresa-dewitt-pierce/ until 3/5x

 (sequins, circle, texture)

https://craftaholicsrus.blogspot.ca/2018/02/challenge-9-sequins.html until 3/6x

http://4craftychicks.blogspot.com/2018/03/4-crafty-chicks-392-just-add-sentiment.html until 3/7x

http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/02/challenge-142-anything-goes_23.html until 3/7x

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2018/03/198-anything-goes-sentiment.html until 3/12x

http://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.ca/2018/03/challenge-12-sponsored-by-limited-runs.html until 3/25x

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/challenge-46-something-new.html until 3/27 (new hippo die)x

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2018/03/dlart-march-2018-linky-challenge.html until 3/31x