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Torn Paper, Watercolor Pencil and Rounded Flower Techniques, w/ Inky Antics Hippo Stamp

492 views · Published 1 February 2017 · 15:55 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: Crafting For Almost Everyone · 2017 · Howto & Style

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I wanted to make a card for our great niece and a friend, but the card for my friend was on a memory card that disappeared, so I apologize, that card won't be on video.  
  The card base is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" so the card is an A2 size card.  I used 140 lb hot press watercolor paper for the hippo that is from Inky Antics in a set called Water Animals.  I used a variety of watercolor pencils, all were brands I really like and detailed them in the video.  I use a blender pen from Stampin' Up to wet my watercolors.  I cut out my hippo and adhered it to the inside of the card.  I didn't like the water, so cut it off.  I used a black Sharpie and went around the edges of the hippo before adhering it, so that the sides of the thick paper can't be seen.

I took my card base and started about one third from the top, and tore it toward me angling it down so that one side is longer than the other.  I cut a piece of paper that matched the purple card base and lined it with another piece of paper that was 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 and adhered it to the top front of the card.
  I put the sentiment "Hippo birthday to you" inside the card and attached the hippo beside the sentiment and added some music notes that came in the hippo set.  I used black detail embossing powder and heat set it for the sentiment.  I took a 1/4" strip of paper that matches the polka dot paper on the front of the card and attached it inside the card on the bottom, laying it over a matching glitter washi tape.  I used a white washi tape for the outside of my envelope and used a stamp I had made from DiscountRubberStamps.com.  I paid $4.95 for the stamp and designed it and chose my own font.  You are welcome to make one just like it if you want.

  I used a flower punch from McGill Creativity and punched some purple flowers out of glitter paper.  I had a piece of fun foam on my work surface, and rubbed the petals of the flower with the rounded cap of a gel pen to make the petals more 3-d.  I added a rounded glitter embellishment from Michael's to the center of the flowers.  I put tear tape on the backs of the glitter flowers and attached three of them to the top of my card.  Since this card was for a teen, I wanted it to have some fun and frisky elements to it.  She loves purple and I thought she'd get a big kick out of the hippo.

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