Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Artful Times Challenge 68

The Challenge over at Artful Times this time is to use part of a newspaper, magazine or book.  I didn't have a chance to make a new card for this challenge and am running out of time but luckily I remembered I didn't do a post for my husband's birthday card from earlier in the year which fits in with the challenge.


Darren loves reading so this large Sheena Douglass stamp was perfect!  I stamped with black Versafine and embossed with clear powder then coloured the books with Promarkers and stamped little sentiments on the book spines and added a few little gold hearts.  I think I added some gold embossing too here and there. The backgrounds are stamped with a Sheena crackle stamp to age everything along with a bit of distress ink. The hexagons are cut from pages of an old (and falling to bits) crime novel - Darren's favourite style of book.  They are cut with sizzix dies and the little wooden hearts are from my stash.  The large one was already red and the small ones I coloured with a Promarker.

Please pop over to Artful Times for a peek, it will be well worth it and they would love your support!

Have a lovely evening and thank you so much for visiting!  Take care.  Christine xxx
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13 comments:

  1. Redanne18 November 2014 at 20:08

    It is a fabulous stamp from Sheena and I love how you coloured the books. The hexagons look great too. Hugs, Anne xx

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  2. Jo18 November 2014 at 21:02

    Brilliant card Chris, love that stamp.....think i might have to treat myself!
    hugs Jo x

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  3. Darnell18 November 2014 at 21:25

    I'm glad you remembered this, Christine, because it's worth sharing with all of us! It's a brilliant design and I think it's so cool how you personalized the books for Darren's birthday! Hugs, Darnell

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  4. chrissie19 November 2014 at 07:36

    Terrific idea for a card for a man Chris

    Love Chrissie x

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  5. Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes)20 November 2014 at 08:23

    Fab card Christine I love how you personalised the spines of the book. Susan x

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  6. Anjas-Artefaktotum20 November 2014 at 14:13

    Wonderful designed collage card, I like it.
    I wish you a great day,
    hugs Anja

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  7. Princess Judy Palmer20 November 2014 at 19:08

    That's a great stamp and pairing it up from old crime novel pages was brilliant. Excellent card!

    I like how you made sure we knew the book was falling apart so we didn't think you'd sacrifice a real live book for this project.

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  8. alexandra s.m.21 November 2014 at 00:13

    I love this to bits Chris!
    Your coloring, the design!
    just so beautiful and I also love the vintage feel ;)
    Thank you~

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  9. Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards21 November 2014 at 02:52

    Great stamp layout make wodnerful card, very nice! TFS.

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  10. Anita in France22 November 2014 at 09:00

    This is just so creative, Chris ... and such a great design ... I love how you've taken your sentiment down the spines of the books ... brilliant! Anita :)

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  11. Sue22 November 2014 at 18:59

    No clue how I missed this Chris its a fab card! what a great design lots of huggles Sue xxx

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  12. Jester23 November 2014 at 17:11

    A fabulous birthday card. We have too many books in our house ... haven't yet been able to leave hard copies and try electronic ones! Jx

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  13. Neet28 November 2014 at 21:04

    A thousand apologies Chris. No excuses to offer, I have just lost my head this past week or two.
    Love the card you made, and what a lovely idea to write things on the spines of the book.
    Thanks for entering our challenge - I promise to try to be better in future.
    Hugs, Neet xx

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It will be so nice to hear your comments, thank you loads xx