Inky Paws Challenge #252 Week 1

 

Inky Paws Challenge #252

Week 1 Inspiration

Use this sketch to create a card or project.

You have until Friday, May 29, 2026 (Midnight, CST) to play along. Each DT member will pick a favorite project to showcase, AND one RANDOM entry will win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Design online shop! 

For the horizontal panel, I thought it would look great to make a shelf of books using the Bookmark II die set. Once I made a lot of different books out of scrap paper, I looked through my NND stamps to find one with books on it.  I haven't used Puppy's Reading List stamp set for some time. Once I had this planned, I pulled out the paw print paper from theA Dog's Life paper pad.  I assembled and adhered the back panel pieces. I tried lots of different ideas for the vertical panel--plain cardstock, different pattern papers--but the panel hid so many books that I had just spend time creating. I really didn't want to hide them, so I decided on vellum.  Keeping the with the reading theme, I again used the Bookmark II die set, but this time for the bookmark element. I cut the bookmark down to match the sketch. I added some twine at the top.  I used the banner die from the Frames & Flags die set with the yellow striped paper. The book and banner papers came from the Bright Basics (red) and the Pastel Basics (yellow) paper pads. I love how easy it is to mix and match papers in different sets to get exactly what you want. I love how this card turned out!

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Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, 

Debbie