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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Books are Dreams


This weekend we celebrated my daughter's 14th birthday. I cannot believe how fast the time is passing and that she will be starting high school in the Fall! Usually I make her a card, but I found one at the store that said all the things I wanted so I bought her one instead (GASP!) and opted to make her something for her room. 

She LOVES to read - so much so that I should own stock in Amazon. Within the first 3 weeks of Summer break, she had already finished 8 novels. Sometimes, she will spend a whole day in her room reading. Part of this is due to the fact that at the moment her phone is broken but even when it's not, she still prefers a book to TV.


When Krista released this image (Hammock Time), I knew it was perfect for my daughter. I added some titles to the books in Photoshop and added the quote which is a variation of a Neil Gaiman quote - "A book is a dream that you hold in your hands." I colored with copics and used a stencil and ink for the clouds and then I handprinted my daughter's name.

I bought the frame at a local craft store and used my Spellbinders to create the mat. My daughter loved it.

I apologize for the quality of the pics because they were taken with my iPhone but I cleaned them up as best as I could with Photoshop.

Thanks for stopping by.

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7 comments:

  1. Love every single detail!!!! It´s amazing!!!! Lucky you that your daughter love to read instead of tv.
    Have a wonderful week!!!

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  2. I fell in love with this immediately and went straight over and bought the image. You have coloured it beautifully.

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  3. Fell in love with this immediately and went straight over and bought the image. You have coloured it beautifully.

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  4. Love, love, love this fabulous scene you created. Gorgeous!

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  5. Oh WOW! I just LOVE this project! What a wonderful image, and you colored it amazingly beautifully stunningly great! Thank you for joining us over at MarkerPOP for our Summertime Challenge!

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  6. Such a beautiful piece! Love the image especially and your coloring is divine! Congratulations for being chosen for the ‘Top 3′ based on your amazing coloring skills on Marker Pop!!

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