Try It On Tuesday GDT-Book Pages

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Hello friends!  Happy June!  Hope you’ve been enjoying your month so far!  It’s going to start warming up at the end of this week which means I’ll probably start spending more time indoors with the air conditioning and hopefully have some time crafting!  Yay!

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I’m super excited to share my post with you today as I’ve been asked to be a guest designer for this challenge at Try It On Tuesday!  Always happy to be apart of the challenges and support them as much as I can as they help to inspire creativity!  

I’m loving the challenge theme for this one which is “BOOK PAGES”!  There are several different ways to go with it, but here’s my take with the challenge:

I am an avid reader and I do love turning the pages of a good book, but sometimes you can come across an old book that is in bad shape or even a book that has no meaning to you and that you might normally throw away.  I don’t do that, but I keep it instead for purposes of using in my crafts!  I do the same with magazines, etc.  Sometimes I use the illustrations for art journaling, etc.  I’ve even kept some for the purpose of gift wrapping.  How about you?  Do you keep things like this for anything?  If you do, then this challenge would be a great for using it up!  I’ve even seen some decorative papers that have a “book page look” which would be suitable, I think, for the challenge as well!

For my card:  I’ve used a cover plate die (unknown) and cut the pieces from a book page and then cut it again in black cardstock so that I could use the frames.   I took some brown ink to sponge around the edges and in the center randomly, so that it wasn’t so stark white.  I then splattered it with both black and white paints, wrapped some twine with a bow around and placed it on a side folding A2 black card base.

The flower image:  I took another book page and stamped/heat embossed the Bursting Blooms stamp from Taylored Expressions(retired/not in store) and cut it out with the coordinating die.  I had some fun watercoloring the image with some Daniel Smith watercolor samples and than I sponged around the edges with some more of the brown ink before attaching to the card with thin foam squares. (I also cut an additional piece of white cardstock for added thickness as some book pages can be thin.)

To Finish:  I’ve taken the Taylored Expressions Sundry Sentiments and white heat embossed the sentiment over black cardstock and cut it out with the coordinating die.  I attached it to the card along with some black rhinestones.

I love how this one turned out and I hope you do too!  Please be sure to pop on over to the challenge blog and check out all of the inspiration from the team!  I look forward to seeing your creation in the gallery as well!

Thank you for stopping in today and I’ll be sharing more with you soon!

Challenges:

  1. Allsorts – #784 Flowers Galore or Anything Goes
  2. Creative Fingers – #279 Anything Goes
  3. Alphabet – ‘E’ is for embossing wet or dry (heat embossed flower and sentiment)
  4. Krafty Chicks – #719 Stamps
  5. Time Out – #265 Inspired by a Quote from Henri Matisse: “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”

Published by *Vicki*

I'm so happy you found me! I love to share smiles with my handmade cards! I also enjoy papercrafts through art journaling, scrapooking and mixed media projects too! Thanks for stopping by!

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27 thoughts on “Try It On Tuesday GDT-Book Pages”

  2. This had to have taken quite some time and patience to align all that text properly on the triangles as well as the flowers because it all looks perfect! What a fantastic way to use old book pages and make them into a card. The design is really amazing and I just love how you put this beautiful card together adding just the right amount of color to those flowers. Congrats on your guest design spot too, you always inspire me to keep creating whenever I see one of your fabulous cards. Have a wonderful Tuesday.

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    1. There was no lining up at all! The die did it for me! All I had to do was place the pieces back in with the shapes to fit into place! I appreciate your kind words my friend!

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  3. Love how this turned out! Great use of old pages and of the cover die. Very pretty card, thanks for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge.

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  5. Oh, I love this! Great take on the challenge and a great way to upcycle old stuff you’d normally throw away! And congrats on your guest gig — they are certainly lucky to have your art to add to their line-up!

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  6. A lovely card Vicky, the black frame works so well with the book page and the print flowers are so pretty. A lovely designed card.

    Thanks for being our Guest Designer this fortnight at Try it on Tuesday. Avril xx

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  7. What a lovely design Vicki, the script makes a perfect backdrop for the blooms, many thanks for joining us at Allsorts challenge and using the flower option.

    B x

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  9. Hi Vicki I love, love this beautiful creation the use of those book pages is such a great idea I know of a few crafters who use these for a base paper, love the die cut shapes and those flowers are outstanding, you have put this card together perfectly thank you for joining us at Allsorts

    hugs

    lolo x

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  11. Wow, this is such an amazing page! I love how you used the book pages throughout your design, using the die cut was ingenious; the background and pretty stamped flowers are seamless – perfect ❤️. Thanks so much for joining us as Guest Designer over at Try it on Tuesday and for such stunning inspiration 😊. Happy and creative wishes! Hugs, Jo x

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  12. What a gorgeous card Vicki, I love the print and like you I keep all sorts of things to use..such a fabulous technique, I love the background and the flowers are just beautiful, I will have to try that technique, just a gorgeous card, and congrats on your GDT..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  13. it’s a fabulous card and I love the flower painted on the book page, lovely having you as guest designer on Try it on Tuesday

    Joan

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  15. What a great way to use a piece of an unwanted/not needed book into a piece of art. I love the subtle vintage touch that comes from the old book page, and how pretty everything turned out. Those delicate blooms go so well against the bold black lines in the background, and the sentiment you used couldn’t be more perfect for your project. And to answer your question: Yes, I do hamster loads of pages and cutouts from books, magazines etc. Some of the items will be in my stash for ages before I get a cance to use them, but I firmly believe that each piece will have its time to shine. Thanks for joining the Alphabet challenge.

    Hugs, Veronika

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  16. Like you, I have a good sized pile of books to cut up and also magazines too. This is a gorgeous card Vicki. I love how you even matched the words on the flowers and the background book page. And the black background panel makes some beautiful contrast too. Thanks for being our guest designer. I’m glad you’re joining us for this challenge. I’d wish you lots of hot weather so you can make lots of art, but it is nice to have some beautiful summer days. 🙂 Hugs-Erika

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  18. A really pretty card Vicki. The flowers are gorgeous and I love the cover plate you used; so different. Great use of the book page too. Thanks for sharing with us at Krafty Chicks challenge this week. Hugs, Denise x

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  20. A fantastic card and design with the book page base. Great inspiration for the TioT’s theme and its lovely to have you with us as our Guest Designer this time..

    Yvonne

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  21. What a great “book” page. I have a couple of books that I keep to use for cards – I always check to make sure there is nothing “offensive” on the page before I glue it down – LOL.

    Watmer weather exxpected here for at least the next couple of weeks – so staying inside is what both I and hubby will be doing. Stay cool and be creative.

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  22. This is gorgeous. I love the reading connection with the printed background.Thanks so much for sharing with us at Time Out!

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  24. I tend to save old book pages, too! And sheet music, and catalogs, and magazines….. lol!!! This is so great – love it! That unknown die is wonderful – would love to find one! Thanks for sharing!

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