Cards with books on them

This is the second card I've made this weekend with this stamp set - In A Book (D2049 from Close to My Heart). This one used only the stamp set - nothing extra! And no surgery on any of the images. But I did use a bit of paper piecing to get a more realistic look to the lady's shirt. Some intricate cutting, but worth the effort for the look it gives. I have several friends that are perfect recipients of this card. Who would you send it to? I am entering this card in the current Time Out…

Followed sketch for inspiration. Took a pre-printed DP and tore down the middle. Sponged Distress Oxide Vintage Photo on torn edge and around the outside. Adhered to Kraft card base. Stamped and colored image with Copics and fussy cut. Popped up with foam tape. Stamped and sponged sentiment and also popped up with foam. Added enamel dots in similar colors as the book image. Will give this to my niece who loves to read.

Are you ready for a SUGAR RUSH?! The day we have all been waiting for is finally here! Have you made your list? You've been waiting all week to bring home these new goodies and TODAY at 2 PM EST will be your chance to be one of the FIRST to get to play with all of the NEW and amazing paper crafting goodness. But while we wait for those hours to tick by we have a little more inspiration to share with you today. You'll find links below to help you navigate if you happened to have missed any of…

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Hi everyone, here are my Pop-Up Book Cards I recently designed. I first made this version below during a recent Facebook live. The clever inside workings of this card allow 3 pages to pop up when t…

I made this card to send to my mom and also for the 2020 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

If there’s a stamp set featuring books, I can guarantee I’ll purchase it. The stamp set featured on today’s card is one of those sets that had to belong in my collection. It’s Sugar Pea Designs, Beautiful Books. Books and reading are right up there with stamping and paper crafts as favorite pastimes for me. The only difference is that I’ve been reading and collecting books a lot longer than I’ve been stamping. This is one… Continue reading

Hope you’re having a fabulous Saturday and so glad you took a little time out of your day to stop by my Saturday Coffee Café! Today I’m featuring a wonderful new set from STAMPlorations: Good Books and Coffee which arrived in the STAMPlorations store just in time for the upcoming Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop (March 24-31)! I started with some newspaper print pattern paper for the background and paper pieced the coffee cup with it. Then, I colored in the books adding gold ‘pages’ with a…