Book Lover’s Birthday Card

[paddlegal]

Charley asked me to make a card for his friend and law school classmate Hannah’s birthday. Her husband sent him a photo of her book collection....walls of books. As a law student I don’t know when she has time to read anything other than law books. Maybe because she is a school librarian by day. Anyway I used an old Simon Says Stamp set of individual books. All of the stamps are from that set minus the CTMH happy birthday. Everything was stamped in Catherine Pooler Spa Ink collection. I used a blender pen to shade the words. Thank goodness for Tim’s stamp platform. Each book is a separate stamp. Charley was impressed, LOL...and appreciative.

I also made two bookmarks. These are photos of antique book spines that I then cut individually.

[Monica]

What a fun card and great bookmarks! She'll love it.

[Trixie]

These are wonderful, Farley! As a book lover myself, I would be thrilled to receive this.

[pat-czap]

Very nice Farley, love those bookmarks too!

[Debbie J]

Another winner! Charlie is lucky to have you fulfill all his “special’ orders!

[nchoney]

There's a Farley envelope waiting for me at home...

That card is terrific... and I especially like the shading on the letters... good technique to give a try.. thanks for the inspiration!

[pamcook]

You never cease to amaze me!

[katymjo]

I love your clean, graphic style. Stunning!

[pugmom]

It's perfect!! I totally agree about the stamp platform. I actually enjoy stamping now that I have that nifty tool.

[paddlegal]

There's a Farley envelope waiting for me at home...

That card is terrific... and I especially like the shading on the letters... good technique to give a try.. thanks for the inspiration!

Thanks everyone! It was a hit with her.

Debi, the shading is really fun using water based inks and a regular blending pen/brush. I have two kinds, Tombow and Koi. I found the Koi Coloring Brush Pen worked the best. That sentiment really lent itself to this technique.