Book Trees
Posted: December 20, 2024 Filed under: Dies, modern xmas tree, Penny Black | Tags: Penny Black creative dies 6 Comments
I gave this Christmas card to a friend who is a journalist. As she studied it she exclaimed, ‘What? You cut up books!’ I explained that yes, I did, but they were not my precious books, most were picked up at second hand book sales or thrift stores.
I painted a selection of pages with distress inks and when the pages dried I glued them to cardstock before using triangle dies to cut them out. After I arranged them on an embossed background I cut a strip of black cardstock into small pieces to tuck under the trees as trunks. Just another simple idea with vintage papers.
Heather Telford 
what a lovely card and so simple. Great idea to use old books.
I love the stylised trees made from pages of old books Heather and in some pretty tones of green, and the tree embossed background goes perfectly. x
What a cool idea and great card! Merry Christmas and thanks for all your inspiration!
Your imagination has no limit! You make me want to run to a thrift store ASAP. Love this idea and how great it would work with so many dies.
Love this idea. I too use old vintage books, the spines can be turned into bookmarks, and the pages into a myriad of things. I didn’t think of pasting them to cardstock before die cutting. That makes so much sense. Thank you.
Such a classy idea!