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Monday 5 February 2024

Stack of Books for a Birthday

Hi all.  This is a masculine card for a family member.  I saw a card by Deb Hallett over on YouTube and I was so taken by the look of the pile of books and as I don't have any dies like this I went over to the Globleland site on Amazon and ordered a similar set of dies.  There is a frame of books, a pile and a single book in the set, and I also used an Inkylicious Bubble 2 Stencil which is having its first outing as well as the book die.


I started by die cutting the stack of books twice from pieces of white card, and stuck them together to make them more substantial.  I chose some different colours of Distress Inks and first I watercoloured the book pages using some paler grey and brown tones, and then started with three or four stronger colours of red, light blue, darker blue, green and brown for the covers using a waterbrush to add the colour from my glass mat.  I finished by adding a bit of pencil to sharpen edges and I also added some gold and silver pen to some of the book spines and the two bookmarks hanging out of the books, and made some pencil marks to represent a bit of writing here and there.  I also added the name on one and then happy and birthday on another couple of the books.  I finished by adding a piece of background white card on which I dry embossed the Bubbles 2 Stencil, and then attached the book stack over the top adding some foam tape to the back for dimension and then added the sentiment banner clear embossed with WOW Metallic Gold Embossing Powder.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I'll see you again soon.






I am entering the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - Week 766 Bingo Grid/Anything Goes.
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.
Simply Clean and Simple Challenge - Feb. 2024 Anything CAS Goes.
NBUS Challenge - No. 59 Where we use our Never Before Used Schtuff.
 

16 comments:

Darnell said...

I can see why you wanted this die, Pat, especially when you can have such fun coloring the covers and personalizing the spines like you did. Very clever! Love the e/f, too, and the flag sediment! Thank you for inspiring everyone at NBUS! It also fits perfectly on the I.D.E.A.S. PB with your watercoloring and pencil artwork, so I'll add it, if you don't mind? Hugs, Darnell

Liz said...

Super card, Pat. I love the image of the pile of books and the lovely embossing background.
Liz xx

Susan said...

Love the way you coloured the stack of books and added the recipient's name to one book spine, and "happy birthday" to two of the others. It's a great die (I'm a retired librarian so of course I love it!!).

brenda said...

Works very well for a masculine card Pat, it's lovely to see you at Allsorts challenge, many thanks for joining in and following the bingo grid.

B x

Aquarius said...

The book die was certainly a good buy for you and I'm sure you will find it very useful for both male and female cards. So many people like to read and a card featuring books is a good choice for making something a bit different.

Rainey's Craft Room said...

A lovely card design. Thanks for sharing at Allsorts this week.
Lorraine

Marjan said...

That's what we do, don't we? We see something and order it :) I'm sure you will get a lot of fun out of this lovely pile of books, it look wonderful against that bubble embossed background. The gold and silver details on the books spines and even bookmarks too are nice !

Ellibelle said...

What a great card for any book lover, thank you so much for sharing at Allsorts challenge!
Ellie
Ellibelle's Corner

Vicky Hayes said...

I love this card Pat and it's perfect for a book lover as Ellie says. Love the way you coloured the books and added your own personalised touches. Vicky x

Christine Alexander said...

the perfect card for a book lover and such a great die xx

Loll said...

LOVE your stack of books and so great when you can personalize the sentiment on the spines. Great purchase and a fabulous birthday card for Andy! xx

Stamps and Paper said...

Great card Pat, I expect you had fun coloring the books..great die find and a very useful die....

Anne

Sarn said...

Fab card for any book lover. What a great die (thanks for the details). xxx

Cathy said...

Fun card Pat, I love how you personalized the covers with a birthday message, Cathy x

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

What a wonderful card Pat, I love the bubble EF, a great background to the wonderful stack of fabulously coloured books. Thanks for the name of the company of them too. A new name to me. Hope you're well. x

Mrs A. said...

Fabulous card and what a great stamp to use for someone who likes reading. Hugs Mrs A.