For the Books is a lovely little stamp set, kinda hidden on page 52 of the January - April 2025 Mini Catalog. I only noticed it because one of the dies - the BIG book - caught my attention. And we are a family of readers, so I did a double-take and picked up the bundle.
I was trying to think of a card I could make focusing on the large book from the die, and here's what I came up with:
I have to admit...I needed to get a little creative with this one. I wanted to use the book, but didn't know where I was going with it. My mind was racing around greetings I could use (in my opinion, the stamp set is a little limited in the greetings category, although all the books are fun!), and I perused my stash of stamps until I came up with one from Crafting with You - "Life is better when you're crafting". But I could change that...
Mini Alphabet dies to the rescue! And since I needed to cut out the word "reading", and since the Mini Alphabet die is just one big die with ALL the letters, I thought, how about incorporating the entire alphabet? And that's what I did.
Somehow I got ALL the letters to fit (although, yes, Q-R-S is a little tight 😡) but I was able to place them even with the Radiating Stitches die-cut in the middle.
Although you won't believe me from these photos, the colors are Lost Lagoon and Soft Sea Foam (for the letters). And it's such a pretty color combo! Then I added the book cut with the For the Books dies in Pretty Peacock.
I am totally in love with that tassel! One of the dies in the set; so cute!
But wait! There's more:
I turned this card into a gift card holder. Of course when I actually gift it, there will be a Barnes and Noble gift card inside (not a Starbucks - but hey, it was the only used up gift card I had 😁).
I can't wait to gift this one...someone's going to have fun picking out their next read!
