Good Monday everyone! Today's TLC was to try a new type of bookmark... one which goes over the corner of the page instead of a long thin more typical one. It also qualifies for this month's dirty challenge... coloring (sponging with Ink).
My DH has a birthday this week and I wanted to use this Stampscapes image for his card, and he is an avid reader, so the bookmark was perfect for him too. The only difficult part was figuring out what to do with the bookmark to make it look great on the card but also be nice on it's own.
I stamped the image on GPW and used tons of inks to sponge the sky and water. I also used a few Copics to make some cloud billows.... trying to replicate the sky we saw over the lake last night.
For the bookmark I stamped the pine border from Great Impressions on GPW that I had sponged to somewhat match the sky. Ran Close to Cocoa thru the bug with distressed stripes folder, punched 2 circles which I also sponged with sky colors, and stamped Hero Arts Sentiment. The larger circle is punched and a brad is inserted then the sentiment is on dimensionals. This way, you can spin the sentiment to be "upright" no matter which way you are using it, but the brad does not show in the middle of the sentiment. I used my McGill Pine Bough punch to punch boughs from unknown green scrap. Added some hemp and done.
Hope you like it! I think he will... or I hope so!
Thanks for looking!
Date: Monday, September 22, 2008 GMT Views: 1782
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Mon, Sep 22, 2008 @ 12:04 PM
Gorgeous colors! This is wonderful...a very special card. (PS, my dual picture is part of my camera settings..got to give credit to Casio, I pretty much can point and click)
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Registered: October 15, 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 38718
Mon, Sep 22, 2008 @ 12:43 PM
Grace, this is absolutely stunning! What a lovely design for the card and the beautiful bookmark! You coloring is gorgeous and you added so many wonderful details! I'm sure DH will love it!
Registered: August 29, 2007 Location: Cambridge, Ontario Canada Posts: 20999
Mon, Sep 22, 2008 @ 12:48 PM
This is simply spectacular, I think you DH will flip when he sees this beautiful card and bookmark. Your sponging is to die for gorgeous and I love the pastel colors that you used too. Wow to you on this incredible work of art.
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Registered: July 1, 2007 Location: small town near montreal, quebec Posts: 26677
Mon, Sep 22, 2008 @ 1:15 PM
Oooh, this is sooooooooooooo beautiful, wow how dreamy, you think he will love it, you think....Well I have a hunch he will love it. LOL Wow book mark too. Can't say anything more I just want to look at this.