Thursday, December 26, 2024

For the Books, Round 2

Last week I showed you card I made with a new set called For the Books.  See it here.

Today is my husband's birthday, and I originally bought this bundle (stamps and dies) because of him.  Jim is an avid reader (always has been), and he loves volunteering at our local library.  So when I needed to make his birthday card, I reached for this set:


 I thought it would be fun to make a card that looks like a room in the house.  I stamped the piles of books, colored them with Stampin' Blends, and fussy-cut them, stacking them on a little shelf.


This large book is cut from a die in the bundle.  It cuts and embossed the details all at the same time.  And the "pages" (the white at the bottom of the book) is another die - so clever!  I added a candle (from the die set, Sent Silhouettes) because it's a birthday card.  And check out that fun tassel - created from one of the dies.   


I had to fudge a little on the greeting - the stamp says "this one's for the books", but I masked out some of the words, substituting "another year" from a Paper Pumpkin stamp.  


Happy Birthday, Jim!  

And watch for For the Books, coming January 7th, with the release of the January - April 2025 Mini Catalog!


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