My Favorite Bookworm

I was lucky enough to pick up one of MFT's latest and greatest sets, I {heart}Books, at CHA last week. I think this little girl is the sweetest, all involved in her latest great read. She reminds me of my now 16 year old daughter, Kendra. She was continually racking up Accelerated Reader points when she was in grade school, reading one novel after another. She's still a reader, but not quite as passionate as she once was...you know, all those other things that take over in the teen years (cars, jobs, friends, boys, phones, internet, yada yada yada).

I first stamped the book check-out card from SU!'s retired set, Stamp of Authenticity, in Soft Sky and then stamped my book lover on top in black, watercoloring her with reinkers and blender pen/aquabrush. The edges are sponged using PTI's vintage touch inking system as well as the rest of the card edges. In the following detail shot, I stamped the bookshelf directly above the patterned paper because it made a natural ledge. A button/ribbon cluster, scalloped edge and side notebook edge finish out the extras.

While I was typing this post, I remembered a scrapbook page I made years ago (circa 1999) of Kendra and her books...here it is, along with another shot from CHA.

It reads: "Anybody who knows Kendra knows that she loves to read books!".

Back Row: Candy Williams, Broni Holcombe, Sherry Cheever, Bev Gerard
Front Row: me, Alma de la Rosa, and Leigh O'Brien