I still have a few friends that have not converted to e-readers. They like the feel a real book - the cover and to physically turn pages. Today, I'm making bookmarks for them.
I laid down color using using a blending tool and distress inks. I did this on top of a piece of cardstock (Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock for Alcohol Markers) - to catch all the color. I've used it under coloring a few times, and will use that for a background piece later. I learned that from Dina (thank you mama dini!). Depending on how smooth you want the blending, you need to use a very light touch. You can see in some of my coloring, I was a bit heavy handed. By the time I got the stamping in, it wasn't as noticeable.
Next, I lined bookmarks up touching and stamped flowers from Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic - Silhouette Grasses across the bottom.
I laid down color using using a blending tool and distress inks. I did this on top of a piece of cardstock (Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock for Alcohol Markers) - to catch all the color. I've used it under coloring a few times, and will use that for a background piece later. I learned that from Dina (thank you mama dini!). Depending on how smooth you want the blending, you need to use a very light touch. You can see in some of my coloring, I was a bit heavy handed. By the time I got the stamping in, it wasn't as noticeable.
Next, I lined bookmarks up touching and stamped flowers from Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic - Silhouette Grasses across the bottom.
I stamped in a taller flower from the set off the edges.
With the bookmarks still lined up closely, I stamped the tiny fairies from Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic - Hidden Fairies and tree branches from Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic - Silhouette Garden.
For an added touch of detail, I added Stickles to their wings, dabbed it randomly, and added white acrylic paint on the tips of some of the flowers.
After everything dried completely, I added color to the backs using the distress ink pads directly and stamped one of the mini fairies.
On the front, I added black to edges and stamped few more tree leaves.
I looked at my catch all piece of cardstock and wanted to make something with the background -I didn't know what yet. Here's what it looked like to begin with. :o)
I cut it into A2 size pieces and used blending tool and distress inks to fill in the white edges of one of the pieces. Then I got an idea! Next I stamped branches in green from Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic - Silhouette Garden. Next, I used an emboss folder provide the tree base for the leaves.
I used a paintbrush to apply distress ink to the tree trunks and leaves from the emboss folder, stamped more leaves with a variety of greens and blues, and trimmed the little scene. I layered it on another emboss folder design (both emboss folders are 4.25 x 5.75" by Darcie). Here's the completed card:
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