Aug

Bookmark Card Challenge

By Jen

I have to confess, I haven’t been stamping for fun that much lately! This is something that I really miss. The kids are going back to school this week, so we are getting ready for that. I have been saying for over a week that I wanted to do some FUN stamping and play with my Big Shot a little more. So when I noticed that Splitcoast Stampers was having a virtual Stamping Weekend I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to stamp for fun!

Although I didn’t play with my Big Shot last night, I did create a bookmark card for the “And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street!” Challenge (AUG08VSNC). I decided to create a bookmark with Flight of the Butterfly (pg. 99 in IBC*) but couldn’t decide on a layout or color combo. SO, where did I go for inspiration? My Fall-Winter IBC of course! When I am stuck for ideas I turn to the page that the stamp set is displayed and see what I can find. In this CASE I used the layout from the card and the scallop butterfly idea from the swizzle sticks. If you don’t have the most recent Idea Book and Catalog yet contact me and I would love to send one out to you!

The card base is Rose Red Card stock(4 1/4″ x 11″). The greeting is stamped on Whisper White card stock with Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink. The sample in the catalog had an Old Olive brad at the end of the greeting, and I don’t have any. So, I punched out a circle with Old Olive card stock and added Crystal Effects to the top! It looks just like a brad! I cut the Pumpkin Pie Card stock 3/4″ larger than the Whisper White Card stock, then used the Scallop Edge punch on the bottom. Whisper White is adhered to Pumpkin Pie and then Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon is tied around the top. Before attaching this layer to the card base create the bookmark first.

The bookmark is made with a Jumbo Paperclip I purchased from Staples. I punched out 4 Old Olive scallop circles with my Scallop Circle Punch. Tombo Multipurpose adhesive was used to adhere two scallops together, so now you have two thicker scallops (like chipboard)instead of four. The Rose Red center was punched with the 1 1/4″ circle punch.The butterfly was stamped with More Mustard classic ink on Whisper White card stock (stamping off on scrap paper first to make image lighter). The flowers were stamped with Rose Red Classic Ink. I adhered the center of the butterfly to the rose red circle with Tombo Multipurpose, and the wings with Dimensionals. Four Pop-UP Glue Dots were used to adhere the two scallops together at the top of the bookmark.

To put the entire card together I added sticky strip down both sides of the Pumpkin Pie Layer. Then placed the bookmark where I wanted it to be on that layer. I added Sticky Strip once more on the other side of the bookmark, to create a pocket. I removed the red liner and placed the layer onto the card base and added my bookmark to the card! All this while watching “Pearl Harbor” on my computer!