HAPPY HANDY HIPPO DAY - WEEK 5

Good morning everyone

I hope you have all had a good weekend .. .. and that the weather was kind to you.  Did anyone manage a BBQ or two?!?!?

I am here today with what is probably my favourite Handy Hippo make yet .. .. I just love this image so very much.  It is going to be such a well used and well loved stamp in my collection!!

In fact it has been so popular with Handy Hippo customers that it has gone out of stock in the short time between me saying I would like to feature the stamp this week .. ..  and showing it here today!!  Yet there were loads in stock when I selected it!!

When it comes back in stock (which won't be too long I'm sure) I will give you a shout because I am sure you will love it as much as I do!!

As always I have a legendary Handy Hippo magic button .. .. and if you click on it you can see all the lovely goodies I used for this creation. They have been automatically added to a shopping basket and you can remove anything you do not need (or add anything else you can't resist).  But of course the lovely Santa and Snowman image will be missing due to popular demand :-(

Those eagle eyed crafters amongst you will have noticed that my little gems in the centre of those gorgeous snowflakes are red .. .. but my shopping list will show clear gems .. .. this is how I changed their colour.

Firstly a look at the gems as they come out of the packet

I then coloured my gem with the "fat" end of my Promarkers. 

For my card I used the colour "Ruby"

.. .. and then I got carried away and played with lots of Promarker colours!!!

Some colours needed to have several layers so I would leave one layer to dry and then add another .. .. whereas some of my

more juicy colours only needed one coat.

This is a fabby way of making a huge pack of clear gems go a long, long way.  Much better having one huge pack that you can alter than lots of different colours hanging about the craft pod.  Plus they have lovely sticky pads on the back .. .. a bit like double sided sellotape cirles .. .. but using a bit stronger glue!!

Edited to say:  you do need to allow your gems time to dry .. .. it isn't an instant drying process .. .. and if using some of the "less juicy" promarkers then let each layer dry before adding another.

A little word of warning on the little wooden snowflakes as well .. .. they are selling like hotcakes too .. .. it would seem that the whole blogging world has gone storming into Christmas mode!!  I'm thinking I need to catch up with you all!!!

I hope you have enjoyed my share today.

Just a quick catch up to all my regular readers to say that my lovely Sister and I had a fantastic day at the wedding fayre yesterday.  Thank you for all the good wishes.

A full catch up tomorrow .. .. but for today .. .. well a huge clean up of my craft pod is in order, and in fact the whole mucky house needs the same treatment !!!!  Shame on me!!  Call myself a wife!!! 

I can't believe divorce proceedings haven't been instigated as not many folks would put up with me!!  It must be true what they say .. .. love is blind!!  LOL!!!

Have a brilliant Happy Hippo Monday!!

Love


(and all the lovely friendly people at Handy Hippo)