How to Use Book Pages to Create Your Cards with Funky Flowers

Handmade Cards created by Sarah Phelan from Sarah's Stampin' Retreat using the Funky Flowers stamps from Polkadoodles

Hello Crafters! How are you? I’ve got some really fun cards to share with you today. I was sent these Funky Flowers stamps in October, and thought they were really fun, but with all of the Christmas things that I wanted to share with you, I’ve only just got around to posting this video now!! I thought these stamps were great for Mixed Media type projects, so I thought it would be fun to use book pages in different ways to create some cards. This is a great way to use up different bits and pieces with text on, and it’s fun to play with different textures – think book pages, magazine pages, newspaper, text background stamps, the list goes on and on!! As I didn’t have anything around that I wanted to upcycle, I just printed out my book pages after doing a google search!!

The stamps are from Polkadoodles, and there’s a whole variety of them, so you’re sure to find a set you like. Since they’re created to look sketchy as opposed to realistic, I took the opportunity to do some quick and easy block colouring. I think that the bright colours give them a nice contemporary edge!

To see how I created today’s cards, check out the video below, or scroll further to find the supply list.