Yellow, Black & Gray

So, I guess I really like this color combination.  Especially when using Happy Hippos by My Favorite Things.  I dunno . . . there's just something about those colors.

This little creation is a somewhat simple card for my husband's birthday.  Normally, I would have a few more layers and die cut the hippo and, most likely, the balloons, too.

But, as I had been a tad bit obsessed with learning how to color pleats, which I am still practicing by the way, his birthday snuck up on me pretty quickly, hence the simplicity of it all.

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I stamped that cute little dude first, and created a small mask for his hand (wait, do hippos even have hands??) and then stamped the balloons.

I colored them up with my Copics:

Hippo - W0, W1, W2
Balloons - Y11, Y13, Y15
Shadow under Hippo - C1

I die cut a circle with my ever-so-trusty Classic Circles by Spellbinders.  I used a black pen to add the stitching around the circle. Then, I mounted that on a slightly larger yellow circle and used foam tape to adhere it to the patterned paper.

Even though it's pretty simple, I'm really happy with how it turned out.

What about you? Do find that you have a specific color combination that you use when you're in a pinch?

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