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: 1784
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Tue, Sep 23, 2008 @ 7:48 AM
Very clever idea to make that sentiment on a spinner. But the real standout is your coloring for that brilliant sky and its reflection in the water. Wonderfully done.
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Tue, Sep 29, 2009 @ 3:37 PM
This is it!!! This is my dream home. I've always told people I wanted a real log cabin on a lakeside where I could read quietly and watch nature and the skies. And its here, on this card. Thank you. This is perfect and EXACTLY what I envisioned.
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