A Bookish Birthday

Yesterday was one of my college friend’s birthday. Since mine was last week, we typically celebrate together which we did with another college friend a week ago. When I was in New Orleans I picked up two bookmarks for them at the Faulkner Book Store just off Jackson Square.It’s an utterly charming shop, and Susan and I bought a book to share called Read This! Handpicked Favorites from America’s Indie Bookstores. You can see Tracy (in the hat) and my sister-in-law, Susan, looking at a book. She took our joint book home with her, and I got it on Mother’s Day to keep until July when the family gets together on Honeoye Lake.

Since I already had a bookmark for my friend, I decided a gift certificate to Barnes & Noble was in order. I recently got a new set of dies from My Favorite Things that creates a card front that lifts up. I knew when I saw it released that I could put it to good use.

I masked off the outer frame and used Simon Say’s “Tiny Alphabet” background stamp on the flap. The other stamps are from Papertrey Ink’s “All Booked Up,” a set I’ve used over and over again for card making, gift wrapping, and scrapbooking. The banner and the circles that hold the twine are also part of the MFT die set.

And this is what you see when you lift the flap. The card is held down with the sticky “stuff” they use to attach it to the B&N gift card enclosure. Worked like a charm.