Grab a Book and Get Cozy - Hero Arts
Posted by Dana Joy on March 18, 2021

Grab a Book and Get Cozy

Hey everyone. It's Dana Joy with you today. I have a quick card for you featuring the Book Stacks Bold Prints background stamp and the Literary Quotes clear set. Having a large image as a background makes card designing a breeze.

To start my card I stamped the large Book Stack on Meadow cardstock with embossing ink. I sprinkled on gold embossing powder and then heat set the image. Using the Rounded Rectangle Infinity Dies, I trimmed down the panel so once it was put on a white card base I would have some white around the panel.

To add just a hint of monochromatic color, I used a few green color pencils to color in some of the books. Next, I stamped the Book Stacks stamp onto a Dove White side folded card using Contour ink. Now it was time to work on the sentiment.

To keep my sentiment from being lost on such a busy background, I stamped one of the sentiments from the Literary Quotes stamp set onto vellum using the embossing ink and heat set it with white detail embossing powder. I wrapped the sentiment banner around the meadow panel and adhered this panel to the card base. For a little bit of added color, I added a few green enamel dots to the card and sentiment strip.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I have inspired you to use those large Bold Print stamps to design your next card.

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CG840 Book Stacks Bold Prints - Hero...
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CM524 Literary Quotes - Hero Arts
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DI465 Rounded Rectangle Infinity Dies...
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CH323 Greens Hero Hues Enamel Dots -...
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AF468 Contour Ink Pad - Hero Arts
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AF419 Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink...
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PW122 White Detail Embossing Powder -...
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PW100 Gold Embossing Powder - Hero Arts
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PS328 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock...
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PS406 Hero Hues Dove White Side...
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PS772 Classic Vellum Layering Paper...
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3 comments

Henriëtte,

Gorgeous card Dana, I love book and I love green so this is a perfect couple for me!
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a great weekend.

Patricia Wilson,

Classy and simple card. I love these sentiments in this stamp set. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.

Barbara-Jean Kubik,

What a rich looking card!


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