Two things happened recently:
- I finally needed to make business cards for my blog.
- I had a bunch of book pieces left over from my book project.
Why not put these two together, literally?
I printed some business cards on white cardstock. I dug through my stash and decided to put For Whom the Bell Tolls to good use.
I roughly cut out the business cards and glued each one to a book page using Mod Podge.
After leaving them to dry between some heavy books so they wouldn’t curl, I used my rotary cutter to trim them up.
Presto! Interesting but still functional. I made a few of these and will probably go back to the craft table soon to see if I can do even cooler things with more book pages.
For what did you need business cards?
That is very cool! Makes me want to stop by the used book store and search out some old treasures.
Yup, a well-used book works the best! The price is usually right and the pages are nice and yellowed.
Ooooh, more reason to cut up old books. heeheeee, sometimes when I go searching for books to do that to, I feel guilty, but it’s so much fun using them.
I already had these books from another project, so I had already gotten over the initial hurdle of cutting them up. I thought I would feel guilty but I didn’t. I actually covered the guilt topic in this post if you are interested: http://almostneverclever.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/book-project-epilogue/
That’s dang clever lady! And if I ever do this I’ll let you know!
Thanks! Yes, I’d love to see it if you try it!
I like it! I may do it with my business cards.
Great, I’d love to see your take on this. Let me know if you try it!
This is a really cool idea! I’ll have to keep it in mind if I ever need to make business cards.
Thanks! I hope you try it!
I’ve been debatinf making mommy/family cards. This would be a fun idea and very unique.
I can scare something up for you if you have extra book pieces lying around. I also have extra Harry Potter pages and a couple other kid picture books that I got used with the intent of cannibalizing
I just came to the point where I needed business cards for my blog as well and then I remembered this! I think I’m going to use some of the papers I’ve picked up on my adventures as backing!
Sweet! I’d love to see what they look like!