by Joanne James21. February 2026 16:00
I hope you are enjoying your weekend! Today I'm sharing a card with a difference. My fellow Paper Players teamie and blog friend Christy Stanford at Snapdragon Stamps is a prolific card maker and scrapbooker and if you aren't familiar with her blog, you should definitely check it out. Christy is also a keen bookworm and a lover of Nancy Drew mysteries. She has a whole collection of them and currently has a weekly blog post series where she takes a particular mystery, reviews the case file and then makes a card or two inspired by the cover. I love reading Christy's posts each week and I am constantly amazed at how the book covers inspire her. When I saw her recent post for the cover of The Secret Of The Golden Pavilion I also had an idea when I saw the cover - so thought I'd play along! Here's the link to Christy's original post and the cards she created and here's my version:
Here's the low-down on today's card:
Here's the cover of the book in question that I've borrowed from Christy's post:
I'm sure you can see what inspired me! The moment I saw that golden pavilion, I thought of a coneflower so I had to use the Coneflower Celebrations bundle and feature one on my card. Like Christy I also used a Midnight Muse cardbase; I added a panel of embossed soft waves to pick up on the sea in the background of the cover, then added my diecut coneflower in Darling Duckling - I just love the texture and detail of the diecut:
A simple sentiment and a trio of enamel pearls complete the front of my card and I added a belated birthday greeting to the inside:
I am so pleased I managed to create something using Christy's book cover inspiration. She has already featured another couple of covers since this one, so be sure to check them out - perhaps you could play along too, I'm sure she would be thrilled if you did!
Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:
You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any.
I've spent some time in the garden today as the hubby has been replacing our raised beds in readiness for spring planting and we are having a quiet dinner at home this evening, having been out for a celebratory meal yesterday to celebrate our 27th wedding anniversary - it's shaping up to be a great weekend! Enjoy your evening and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!
Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:
