Inspired by a favorite book!

France Papillon Charles is hosting the Stampotique Designers Challenge this week and her challenge is to create a project inspired by your favorite book.

Here's what she had to say about her challenge!

"Hi! My name is France and I'm a bookworm. No doubt there are a lot of other bookworms among our lovely Stampotiquers.

I would like to know about your favorite books. So my challenge for you, should you accept it, is to create a piece, inspired by your favorite book. Let the story, the title, the cover, a quote inspire you!

Now you might have a problem choosing your all time favorite book, don't worry, it's not like you are writing it in stone, just pick one. Or maybe your problem is that you don't like reading at all. Here is how to cheat: go for your favorite film based on a book, we won't tell ;))) "

If you'd like the chance to win $30 worth of Stampotique stamps, you should play along. Visit Stampotique Designers Challenge blog and be sure to read the rules, so that you'll have the chance to win a great prize!!!

I was surprised to find that this was a difficult challenge for me. As an avid reader, I don't have a single favorite book. I have several favorite authors, then within each author, I may have a  favorite book, so I was having a hard time choosing!

However, one of my favorite books of all time is The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss. So I found a quote sequence that applied and printed it out.

Here's my project using Find Your Balance (Linda Peterson), Quails Cube (Janet Klein), Birdy Bonnets (Kira Nichols), Wee Owl (Jo Capper-Sandon), Rooty Toot (Kira Nichols), and Birdy Shoes (Kira Nichols).

Find Your Balance (Linda Peterson) was stamped using Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto Neenah cardstock and onto Eclipse Masking Tape. The image was colored with Copic markers, the Eclipse Tape version was fussy-cut, the adhered over the image as a mask. Two of the quails from the Quails Cube were stamped with colored Memento ink over the masked Find Your Balance image.

Birdy Bonnets, Wee Owl , Rooty Toot, and Birdy Shoes were stamped with colored Memento ink, then all the remaining images were colored with Copic markers. Several layers of Clear Gelly Glaze pen were added to all the birds' eyes, beaks, and talons. Clear Spica Copic Glitter pen was added to the crown, then a few layers of Clear Gelly Glaze pen were added to it.

Grass and sky were added to the scene using Copic markers. Rubbing alcohol was applied to a gauze bandage, then the sky was dabbed with the alcohol dampened bandage to mottle the sky a bit.

My beloved Black Soot Distress ink was used to edge the stamped scene, which was then matted with gray cardstock.

Ancient patterned papers from Keeping Memories Alive were edged with Black Soot Distress ink, then layered. The quote print outs from The Places You'll Go were edged with Black Soot Distress ink, then adhered to the card front. Quote marks, die-cut using an old QuicKutz font, were added to finish the card.

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