Give a Cheer
Inside view of my first Configurations book. Each of the boxes is lined with pages from a copy of Sense and Sensibility.
Inside front cover:
- Background paper from the Oxford collection by Basic Grey.
- Library checkout card by Fancy Pants Designs.
- Vellum book cover by Tim Holtz (with a thin layer of cardboard boosting it above the other items)
- Definitions tag from the DIY Shop collection by American Crafts, smeared with some "Attic Dust" chalk ink by Prima.
- Flower cut from some paper I've had for ages; cut using the Tattered Florals die by Sizzix; button by American Crafts.
- ISBN barcode from the Mister Fox collection by Kaisercraft.
Box #1 measures about 1 3/4" x 2 3/4".
- Background is a piece of brown aida cloth, which came with a cross-stitch kit I had bought and served only to hold the needle that came with the kit.
- Tag cut from a book page using the Sizzix/Ellison Designs Thick Cuts "Scalloped Tags" die.
- Star embellishment from the Oxford collection by Basic Grey.
- Wooden glasses from the Hipster collection by Basic Grey, colored with Carbon metallic chalk ink by Prima, with vellum glued in place for the lenses.
Box #2 measures about 1 3/4" x 1 3/4".
- Drawer cut from the In The Attic collection by Kaisercraft, resting on the edges of the front of the box.
- Cards punched with the File This squeeze punch by Fiskars.
- I put an eyelet through the drawer knob on the paper, and added a little wooden circle on top of a fake drawer pull.
Box #3 measures about 1 3/4" x 1 3/4".
- Background paper from the Oxford collection by Basic Grey.
- Typewriter key by K&Company.
- The stack of books with glasses is from one of the four player tokens from Trivial Pursuit Book Lover's Edition.
Box #4 measures about 1 3/4" x 1 3/4".
- Background from a tag by American Crafts.
- The typewriter is from one of the four player tokens from Trivial Pursuit Book Lover's Edition.
Box #5 measures about 3 3/4" x 2 3/4".
- In the farthest part of the background, the wooden backside of a formica sample.
- The definition-printed vellum is by Tim Holtz, bumped forward with some leftover foam core.
- The Scrabble tile letters were by EK Success.
- The books are an assortment of 1/12 scale dollhouse books, to which I applied some ink on the page edges as gilding.
Box #6 measures about 5 3/4" x 3 3/4".
- In the farthest part of the background is a piece of marbled paper I made with Mom a few months ago.
- The catalog card was purchased on eBay and formerly belonged to the Detroit Public Library. It's bumped forward with some leftover foam core, as are the tags below.
- Wooden tags by Favorite Findings.
- Embellishments on the tags from the Oxford collection by Basic Grey.
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