Greetings everyone! It's me again, Jessie Scott (@chevy.scott on IG), Guest Designing for Gerda Steiner Designs!
Today I have another fun collaboration with Pear Blossom Press products to share. I had this crazy idea that this super hippo (one of the several mix and matches you can make with this cute Hippo in Disguise set) could be standing on a wall, overlooking his city ( from Skyline set)
For this design I used my OLO Markers to color a few Hippos. I always worry I'll mess up :-D but watch for the IG and Facebook posts coming soon to show what I did with these extras!). Which super hero hippo coloring is your favorite?
Now...... what to do... what to do! haha! I played with a couple layeredSkylineoptions and even had the brick wall stamp from theSkyline setas well. Once I figured out where my Hippo signal spotlight should go, I used a 1" circle punch and colored some vellum with yellow marker. I used a small "H" die cut to create the signal in the sky.
I ink blended a cloud stencil with white Distress Ink black paper to create a cloudy night scene for the Hippo signal. To get the beam, I masked off a triangle and inked on Mustard Seed Distress Oxide.
I decided to trim off the back layer of Skyline so there is a tall building in the right to have the spotlight coming from. I colored them all with the same OLO colors. I decided to have the brick wall replaced with a sentiment strip across the bottom of the card.
Here's the finished project!
Did we forget already that this card LIGHTS UP? haha
Lynn S – This is a custom sentiment I made in MS Word and printed out. There are so many free fonts out there. I love that you can make whatever your card needs!
Debbie – thank you so much! Can’t wait to see what you light up! ——— Gerda Steiner Designs, LLC replied: Thank you so much, Jessie!
Lynn S.
February 27, 2024
I absolutely love this. Can you please say where the sentiment came from? ——— Gerda Steiner Designs, LLC replied: Hi Lynn, just asked Jessie about this. Hope to hear back soon. :-)
Debbie Throckmorton
February 26, 2024
I know I already commented on this in Facebook, Jessie. But again great job and thank you for sharing the step by step of your creative process!! I still need to try out using a light kit with a card, such a nice surprise feature!!
I love this printable and rather than make it into a greeting card (which is so easy to do with a digital), I chose to enlarge it and make it a coloring sheet. I run a food pantry and many times our guests bring their children. This week I gave this coloring sheet out to all the kids and they had great fun coloring them up.
Jessica Scott
February 27, 2024
Lynn S – This is a custom sentiment I made in MS Word and printed out. There are so many free fonts out there. I love that you can make whatever your card needs!
Debbie – thank you so much! Can’t wait to see what you light up!
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Gerda Steiner Designs, LLC replied:
Thank you so much, Jessie!