Thursday, March 14, 2013

Decorative Corner Bookmarks

This is my 4th creation for this week as Card Captain at the enjoyMichaelStrongstamps Yahoo Group.
It's Technique Thursday, so I used a tutorial I found in Hetty's blog - thank you, Hetty!




You can use any patterned paper and any flat embellishments to decorate your bookmarks.
Michael Strong's small stamps are perfect for decorating bookmarks, as well as other objects - they seem to fit everywhere!
Bookmarks are always useful (I read several books simultaneously), and a lovely addition to any gift, especially to books…



Supplies used:
ScorPal
Bone folder
Basic Grey and Making Memories 6" x 6" patterned papers
Recycled cereal box (white and kraft) and leather textured CS (red) for stamping
Ranger Distress ink - gathered twigs
Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool
Michael Strong stamps - Cloisonné Fan (small), Cloisonné Dragonfly (small), Hetty's Coffee Cup (small)
Emboss Ink
Embossing powder - black and brown
VersaFine ink - Onyx Black
Purple Sharpie marker




You can find the Tutorial here. The steps are easy to follow, and there's also a video tutorial.
For double sided CS, I used it as it is.
For patterned CS with a white back, I used Ranger Distress ink - gathered twigs to color the white part which can be seen after folding.



I folded the papers according to the instructions.
I stamped Michael Strong's stamps - the Coffee Cup and the Dragonfly - using Emboss Ink, and heat embossed it using brown and black EP.
I stamped the Fan using VersaFine ink - Onyx Black.
I cut them all with scissors and glued each stamp on a folded bookmark.








Here's how the bookmark looks on a book.
Don't forget to keep on reading…
(You can enlarge each photo by clicking on it)
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

3 comments:

  1. Fabulous bookmarks! I love your designs and DP you used. Awesome week of Inspiration!

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  2. What a great inspiration, Dorly! I really need to try making one of these bookmarks! I LOVE to read and also have more than one book "going" at at time! A nice gift idea too!

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  3. סימניות סימניות..:-).... אוסף נהדר ומעוצב בעדינות יפיפיה
    שימושיות ומקשטות..:-)
    תוספת נפלאה לספר,, והצילום "בתפקיד"
    על דפי ספר ישן" יפיפה...
    אהבתי :-)
    המשך יום נעים ושלו ובשורות טובות
    T42:-)

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