I am having so much fun playing with the “Hippest Hippos” stamp set. I used the paper piecing technique to create this poka dot swim suit for this little hippo.

I used the Oceanfront stamp set to create sand and palm leaves. The sentiment is from the Paradise Palms stamp set. The little starfish dies are a free SAB (sale-a-bration) item with a qualifying purchase. It is part of the Hippo dies which contain 19 dies and not only cut out the hippo stamps but also have interesting shapes like sunglasses, water drops, snorkels, boat etc.

To make the swimsuit I stamped the hippo again on in colour paper and used a marker to draw in the sleeves and a extra panel down the tummy. I then fussy cut the swum suit out and glued it on top of the original stamped image on the card front.