A Rainbow of Hippos

Oh, hi!  So, my intent for this card was to finish it in time for one of the challenges that My Favorite Things had going for World Card Making Day . . . but I'm a little late to the party.  Admittedly, my muse decided to take a vacation without me, so I haven't done much stamping lately.

On a good note, the challenges from WCMD definitely gave me the boost I needed to get back into the swing of things.  For instance, these very colorful Hippos.

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So, why is there a rainbow of Hippos?  Because the first challenge that My Favorite Things had for WCMD was to create a card with a rainbow; either literally, or using the colors of the rainbow.  And I thought that a bunch of colorful Hippos would be ever so cute.

So, I started by drawing a line with a pencil so I could get those guys (sort of) in a row.

Then I stamped one of the Hippos from the Happy Hippos stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a piece of Neenah Solar White card stock.  I did a little bit of masking so some would be in front of the others.

Once they were stamped, I colored them up with the following Copic Markers:

Red - R24, R27, R29, R59
Orange - YR04, YR07, YR09, YR18
Yellow - Y13, Y15, Y17, Y19, Y38
Green - G07, G14, W4
Blue - B02, B04, B06, B18
Purple - V12, V15, V17, V09
Nostrils and . . . toenails? Do hippos have toenails? - C5
Ground - E42, E43

After they were colored, I stamped the sentiment in Smokey Gray VersaFine ink.  I adhered the stamped panel to a piece of gray card stock and then adhered that onto a white card base. Viola!  All done!

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