Hippo Hooray

Hey hey, happy Friday!  I managed to get a couple of cards made yesterday on my day off so I have something to share today.

I went through the retiring list yesterday and thought I'd have some fun with retiring stamps for a while.  I almost never get rid of any stamps, once they're in my collection they stay there, but I know I tend to play with the new and current stuff more often.  It's still fun to play with my older stamps though.

These are triple challenge cards, starting with the Global Design Project theme:

I chose the rainbow paper first and the cute little hippo just seemed like a good match for it.  Next up is the Retro Rubber challenge:

I've had Hippo Happiness in my collection for a year and a half, so it counts as retro...not as retro as my Paris card since that stamp set is about 15 years old ;)  Speaking of that card, it was chosen as the winner for that challenge, thanks RRCB team!  I did try to contact you about being a guest designer for a future challenge but I didn't get a response.  My email has been a little funny lately.

Anyway, for today's cards I also used this week's Try Stamping on Tuesday challenge:

I did the card with the rainbows at the top first, and then thought maybe I should have put the pattern on the bottom so I decided to make another card.  I took the DSP left over from the first card and trimmed it...and then realized I'd automatically done 4" across instead of 4.25" like I had intended.  Oops!  Oh well.  So which do you like better, rainbows on top or rainbows on bottom?  Also this punny challenge solidified my choice to use the hippo, you know I love me a good pun :)

Anyway, I'd better get moving this morning.  Hubs and I are both off work so we're going to go explore a couple towns not too far from here over the weekend.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Hippo Happiness
Ink:  Petal Pink, Magenta Madness, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Pool Party, Thick Basic White, Sunshine & Rainbows DSP Stack
Accessories:  Hippo Friends dies, Dimensionals