Hippo Birdie 2U!

I woke up in a strange and unusual mood today.  Perhaps it was because I couldn't have my first cup of coffee on my swing...

Seriously??!!  It's only October 5th!!

So I combined a very elegant color combination from Just Add Ink:

And the challenge from CASology:

And I came up with this fairly strange and unusual card!!

I'm thinking that is how they sing "happy birthday" in a zoo!!

• Stamps: The Alley Way Stamps Tropic Topic, Alphabet Soup, Trees Company (the bird and music notes) and Party Animal (the hat)
• Paper: Stampin' Up Summer Starfruit, Basic Gray
• Ink: Memento black, copics
• Accessories: Cuttlebug border folder, MME Twine