Hello there and welcome to Crew Member Saturday! Can you believe it is already December and this is the last Crew member Saturday of the year already?!!
Today we have Andrea who created some lovely book marks in her usual amazing colors and layers.
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Hi Andrea here!
I love quick and artistic gifts at this time of year and bookmarks are some of my favorites!
I started with Strathmore Mixed Media paper that I die-cut into two bookmark shapes. Using lots of fabulous Birgit stamps, I heat embossed them with white powder onto the white paper. I traced the balloon flowers from the mask and colored them in with a white embossing pen then heat embossed those as well. When my embossing was done, I smeared some acrylic paint onto the tags.
Once I had my base established, I outlined the embossed balloon flower shapes with a black Sharpie and added Infusions color stain, then spritzed the bookmarks with water. I also added some acrylic ink, which I also spritzed and let run down the bookmark.
Once I dried my background, I stamped onto the bookmarks with more stamps using Ranger Jet Black Archival ink.
I finished off my bookmarks by outlining the edges with a black Sharpie and adding a piece of yarn through the top.
To make sure they would hold up to whatever they were put through, I glued them to a chipboard base that was cut in the same shape as the bookmark.
Products used in this project:
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