January Release Countdown Teasers Day 2: Roman Hippos

Welcome back to day 2 of the January Release Countdown Teasers.

Today we're introducing a set called Roman Hippos.

Hippo Hooray Have A Great Birthday

Instructions

• A6 white card base (4" x 5.5" approx.) portrait
• Stamp building in black ink on to 10 cm x 13.5 cm white card and mask
• Die cut rectangle aperture from mylar sheet (or your preferred medium) to create stencil
• Position custom made stencil centrally on top of stamped building and secure in place with washi tape
• Create background using ink blending technique with blue ink, cloud stencil and mini ink blending tool
• Remove stencil and mask, colour building with markers and add white highlight detail with gel pen
• Manually draw additional background detail using markers, then adhere to card base using foam sheet cut to size
• Stamp hippo in black ink on to separate white card, colour with markers and add white highlight detail with gel pen
• Cut out hippo with scissors and adhere to card using foam pads
• Stamp sentiment in black ink

All Roads Lead Home Welcome Back

Instructions

• A6 white card base (4" x 5.5" approx.) portrait
• Stamp hippos in black ink on to 10 cm x 13.5 cm white card, masking first hippo prior to stamping the second one
• Remove mask, colour image with combination of markers and pencils and add white highlight detail with gel pen, then attach to card base using foam sheet cut to size
• Manually draw grass detail using markers
• Stamp speech bubble and sentiment in black ink on to separate white card, cut out using scissors and adhere to card using foam pads 
• Stamp second sentiment in black ink
• Watch colouring video for this card here

All Roads Lead Home Welcome Back

Instructions

• A6 white card base (4" x 5.5" approx.) portrait
• Stamp Colosseum in black ink on to 10 cm x 13.5 cm white card, draw a square frame around image using black pen and ruler
• Colour image with markers and adhere to card base using foam sheet cut to size
• Stamp hippos in black ink on to separate white card, colour with markers and add white highlight detail with gel pen
• Cut out hippos with scissors and adhere to card using foam pads
• Stamp sentiment in black ink

Please check in on our fantastic Design Team for more countdown teasers today:

• Keren Baker
• Lisa Tilson
• Michelle Short

Thank you for looking and happy stamping!

Clearly Besotted Supplies

• Roman Hippos stamp set
• Pop Up Psst stamp set
• Cloudy Days stencil

Other Supplies

• Neenah Solar White 110lb card stock
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
• VersaFine Onyx Black ink pad
• VersaColor ink pads
• Copic Sketch markers
• FaberCastell Polychromos pencils
• Uni-ball Signo white gel pen
• Mylar sheet 190 micron
• Ranger mini ink blending tool
• MISTI stamping platform