How you doing? I've been out for a little while, but now I'm back with a new and to me, very exciting project for this weeks DT inspiration for Make it Crafty! Today I want to show you my very first book card! This is one of the most fun and exciting projects I have done so far, you can even make more of the book pages and make it a good present box. I just made my first one, but am already working on another, with more space within it. ;) You'll see in a couple of weeks!
Anyway, here's my book card! As you can see I used Chantelle at the Races digi stamp for it, which you can find here.
Here she is, Chantelle at the Races. I have coloured her with Distress Ink pads and played around with gel- and glitterpens on parts of her. On the flowers on her dress and the hat I used a pink gel pen and then a glitter pen and her shoes are glittered with a glitterpen. I have put on Platinum stickles around the image and used Frantage Enamel Shabby white on it. I also chalked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
Distress Inks:
Hat and dress: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick Scattered Straw (Feathers)
Face and skin: Scattered Straw, Spun Sugar, Squeezed Lemon, Worn Lipstick
Hair: Squeezed Lemon, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey
Here's flowers from WOC, I put on a little Diamond stickles and painted a little white acrylic paint on them. The swirl is from Craft-Too.
A close up at the other flowers.. As you can see I have used gauze behind the image and decorations. The little butterfly charm is bought from China and the ribbon is from Slöjd-detaljer.
Here's a close-up at the Magnolia heart tag I made out of Maja Designs Sofiero Collection. The key charm and sentiment charms is also from China. I've put on some acrylic on them as well. The ribbon I think I have gotten in a swap i participated in. Here you can also see a corner made of clay, the mold and clay are from Martha Stewart.
Here's a close-up at the congratulation sign. The frame is made with a mold from Martha Stewart and the letters are stickers I bought on Kreatima in Stockholm. I've also put on a lot of Crackle Accent on the frame.
Now you can see it's a book card! :) I have only used papers from Maja Designs Sofiero Collection on the whole card.
I want to give cred to Stämpelkällan for the great tutorial of this book card, you can find it here. It's in English too, so you can all try it out! :)
Here's the inside! I have cut out and embossed the frame inside with Spellbinders Nestabilities Gold Labels Four. The butterflies are made with a punch from Martha Stewart and the same paper from Maja Designs Sofiero Collection as on the Magnolia heart tag.
I have used a Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch to make the frame of the pages. I also chalked all the edges on the whole card with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The text is a stamp from Roxstamps and I stamped with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and covered it with some Perfect Pearl powder to make the text shimmer. The text says something like this (in Swedish):
"Forgive fast
Kiss slowly
Love long
Laugh a lot
and never regret
something that made you feel alive!"
The back of the card..
That's all for now, I really hope you try out this tutorial and make a book card of your own.. Imagine to get one of these on your birthday, or as a thank you.. hmm, maybe I will do a thank you book card next time... ;)
Take care!
xoxo Madeleine
Oh Madeleine you have outdone yourself! This is so SO gorgeous! Love it!
SvaraRaderaAbsolutely gorgeous. Had to come out and see the whole thing. Following your blog now.
SvaraRadera