all the best cards are inspired by great literature... obviously... :) :) :)

ok, possibly not ALL the best cards, but this week at shopping our stash we're making cards "inspired by a book". this turns out to be a lot of fun AND a fabulous source of ideas, so won't you join us? as an antidote to the extreme winter weather we on the east coast endured over the weekend, i decided to base my card on elizabeth von arnim's "the enchanted april", so i assembled me some blue skies, green fields, sunshine, and fluffy clouds:

patterned paper: prima, mme, recollections, crate, making memories; hot air balloon and sentiment stickers: echo park; leather flower sticker: k and co; glossy white cardstock: paper accents; cloud and circle punches: ek success; ink: colorbox; adhesives: elmers brand gluetape, 3m foam tape, sewing machine

i also went for some texty papers, to enforce the "literature" vibe, lol. i'm not entirely sure where the hot air balloon came from. it must've drifted in from an extra copy of "around the world in 80 days" i left laying around. ya gotta be careful about stuff like that; books are POWERFUL, you know! :)

another fabulous source of cardmaking inspiration is the sketch saturday blog, where this week's layout looks a bit like this:

of course, my fellow SOS dt members are rockin' it once again this week, so you should really hop over and check it out, before heading to your bookshelves and then your craft supplies, darlings! ♥