Tuesday the 31st is definitely the last Tuesday of the month, so it's Tickle a Teapotter time and Sue is our guest hostess with her book-cover inspired challenge HERE.
My book was Reading Behind Bars by Jill Grunenwald, and I used the pile of books on the cover as my inspiration. I've put a photo of the cover in the challenge thread.
The background is IO Cover-a-Card Bookshelves stamped in Versafine Smokey Grey on a grungy gel print on copy paper.
For the main image I stamped the Unity books on white card, coloured them with pencils and then coloured and sponged around them. I also drew in some bars. The little jail birds were stamped and fussy-cut; the Ohio prison uniform is blue, so that's what they're wearing. I used an oval that was lying on my desk to frame them, embossing it with Textile ef and sponging with brown. The image piece is popped up on foam, and I added decorative black corners.
Versafine Smokey Grey on a random gel print.
Prickley Pear Jailbirds fussy-cut, coloured with Polychromos (blue prison uniform) and perched on a stack of books - Unity Hodge Podge of Happiness. Elizabeth Crafts oval.
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 GMT Views: 689
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Registered: October 18, 2015 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 19903
Tue, Mar 31, 2020 @ 11:58 AM
Love your card, Sabrina! Love the uniforms on the characters! Was it a good book? I have injured my right hand so not sure I will be making a card yet. Thanks for a fun card.....
Registered: February 23, 2016 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 23018
Tue, Mar 31, 2020 @ 12:32 PM
Well - those little bandits made it TO the pile of books - let's hope they will soon open them! The library shelves you created are a book lover's paradise and I love the contrast between that staid image in counterpoint to your whimsical focal point.
------------------------------ Linda aka Bubbles
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Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Tue, Mar 31, 2020 @ 2:00 PM
That bookshelves stamp in grey makes a fabulous bg for your cute framed image. The teal frame is such a great color choice against the grey, and I love the decorative corners.
Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40416
Tue, Mar 31, 2020 @ 6:05 PM
Sounds like a very interesting book, Sabrina, be a fascinating read! Your card is fabulous with the books and jailbirds behind the bars and the bg stamping so perfect for this challenge! I love how you have decorated the corners, too~
------------------------------ Sue
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Tue, Mar 31, 2020 @ 11:22 PM
Oh wow what a fabulous card! Don't you dare run away from home (Splitcoaststamperville) and become a book jacket designer! Your card is sure to bring lots of smiles Sabrina.
------------------------------ Susie
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Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28936
Wed, Apr 01, 2020 @ 8:54 AM
Leave it up to you to make it funny!!! I love the jail-birds, wonderful card Sabrina!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6