A Hippo Birdie To You!

Yup. That's adorable. And punny. And you know how much I enjoy a quality pun. Or a lesser quality pun, at that! HA! Over the weekend I pulled out this slightly older Avery Elle stamp set to play. You know... just for fun! WHAT?! Yup. I totally did that.



Oh, my LOU, this was fun to do, you guys! For reals, though! So, this is a whole lot of one layer stamping and inking. The very first thing I stamped? The hat. No. For reals. I stamped the hat and then masked it to stamp the hippo and then added the glasses with the hat mask still on. I then removed the hat mask and colored the image in all of it's adorableness. You GUYS! It's a little hipster hippo! WITH A BIRDIE! I can't even....



I used Wink of Stella over the Spectrum Noirs to add a bit of sparkle to the birdie and then used Glossy Accents on the glasses because, well, glasses. I then created a mask of the bottom of the hippo and layered that with a straight edged mask to ink the grass. I used a few colors of ink from Simon Says Stamp and Ranger Distress inks. Finally, I added some adorable die cut clouds from Spellbinders to finish off the fluffy cute sky! Yup. Fluffy cute. It's a thing. It's a thing now, anyway.

I am linking this fun little card up to the Avery Elle Masking Challenge!

Have a Happy!

Hipster Coasters for some Moxie Fab fun

Hello, friends!  I have a fun little gift idea to share with you today.  I know... yesterday an album, today a 3-D project, what is going on around here?!  HA!  No worries, I have a very cute card on deck for tomorrow.  I promise!

This one is for the Gift Challenge in the Moxie Fab World that Cath posted as part of the 350 Cards and Gifts Challenges!  I actually have two fun projects in that issue - a tag and a card set.  You should totally check it out!  Just sayin'.  Anyway, I thought I'd have some fun with some super fab hipster stamps and decided to make these cute coasters!


Teeeee!!!!! I kinda love 'em. LOL! Here is the complete supply list for them.

Cardstock: (white) Staples
Clear stamps: (glasses, mustache from What's Up! set, bowtie from Hipster-Potomus set) Avery Elle, (be, you from Simply You set) Technique Tuesday
Die: (Banner from Holiday banners set)Simon Says Stamp
Embossing Powder: (white) Stampendous!
Ink: (watermark) Tsukineko, (white dye ink) Hero Arts
Coasters: Michael's Stores

That's all for today! It's busy busy time! I hope you are having an absolutely delightful week full of smiles, and if not... smile. Right now. It will add one to your week to help it get filled up with smiles mighty quick! YAY!

Have a Happy!

Simon Says: Hipsters are Cool

Okay, I should actually say that I have no idea what Simon's opinions are on Hipsters. But seeing as Simon seems pretty hipster, himself, I think he'd go with cool. But not. Like... totally in the cool way. Just sayin'.


So. Yeeaaaah.... moving on. It's an ANYTHING GOES challenge week over at Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog this week and the Design Team is having TONS of fun playing with Mama Elephant and Avery Elle Stamps!


Ummmm... I love this stamp set with all of my heart. Well...at least the parts that aren't being used up for my husband, family, dogs, ice cream, etc... you know. Just sayin'. Seriously, though. CUTEST.EVER!!!! And it just combines with those Memory Box cloud dies SO WELL! LOVE!!!


He's not REALLY a snob! He's totally misunderstood! Wait... nope. He's probably really a snob, but it's okay because it totally works for him. Just sayin'.

Anyway... one lucky winner this week will win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! YAY!


Be sure to head over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to see the SUPER cute inspiration the team has come up with for you this week and then link up your own NEWLY CREATED creation!!! Remember - it has to be new and you can enter up to 5 times!



To see the fun products I've used on my card, check out the links below! I've added a few other Avery Elle and Mama Elephant favorites for you to check out, too! YAY!

Have a Happy!

Jingle Out!

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Hipster Hippo Wants You to Be Mine!

Does that even make sense?  I don't think that makes sense.  Meh.  No worries.  Most of my titles don't make much sense anyway.  HA!

But...for reals... Hipster. Hippo.

How could that be bad?  I mean, for REALS, folks!  It can't be.  It simply cannot be bad.  Just sayin'.


Yup. Totally lovin' it. Totally. The hippo is one of the brand new Avery Elle stamps!!! I got mine from I {heart} Papers on Friday and couldn't WAIT to ink that sucker up! TOO MUCH CUTENESS!!!!

I added some fun brads from Eyelet Outlet along with stickers from SRM Stickers to make my card super fun! LOVE!


I colored him with Spectrum Noir markers...I'm starting to do this whole coloring thing a bit more often... not sure about my actual skills with it, but, alas, I do believe it's coming along. I plan to take a coloring class at CKC Manchester in April, so THAT will be super fun!

So, there you have my Hippo Hipster Valentine card. It makes me enormously happy. Enormously. Just sayin'.

Have a Happy!!!

Jingle Out!