I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

 

The song, “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” always makes me grin.  It’s funny.  So when I saw the Hippest Hippos stamps and dies in the Sale-a-Bration catalog, I was thrilled!  

I designed this card for a Flowerbug Team swap. 1st layer is Gorgeous Grape: 2nd layer is Highland Heather

I sponged Gorgeous Grape and Pacific Point with blending brushes on Basic White cardstock and added a snowflake embellishment.   

I used the Snowman dies to cut the snowflake border out of white glimmer and ripped a strip of white glimmer for my snowy ground.  I added some rhinestones to some snowflake centers because you can never have too many rhinestones!  

My hippo was stamped on cardstock and colored with blends markers.  As a final touch, I printed the beginning of the song on my printer for my sentiment.

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Song lyrics by John Rox below

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door
That's the easy thing to do

I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh, what joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see my hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
A hippopotamus is all I want
Mom says the hippo would eat me up
But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
The kind I saw this summer at the zoo
There's lots of room for him in our two car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there
And give him his massage

I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh, what joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see my hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too

Candace

Whale Done Strippy Card

A masculine challenge inspired this fun card!  I used varying widths and lengths of Orchid Oasis, Soft Succulent and Soft Sea Foam strips to create the background.  

I stamped the whale in Orchid Oasis on Basic White cardstock and then punched it out with the coordinating punch.  

The sentiment is stamped on Soft Sea Foam Cardstock in the Orchid Oasis ink.   The sea weed is Evening Evergreen and is from the Delicate Edges dies.  

Wink of Stella added Sparkle to the whale and the water coming out of his spout.  My favorite embellishment, the rhinestones, added some under the sea sparkle! 

If you are interested in any of these product, please contact me at knottybirchstudios@gmail.com

Candace