Scraps to Treasures Blog Hop 9/16/12 - Bookmarks!

Welcome to the Scraps To Treasures teams' September Bookmark Swap hop.   If you arrived here from Paula's Precious Pages’ blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened to “open the book” to my chapter (blog), please start at Chapter 1 which is Paula’s blog today.

This month, our group of frugally fantastic crafters have made bookmarks for each other. We are excited to share this fun idea with all of our readers. If you want to try this and do not have a large group of friends to do a swap like this, you can swap with just 2 or 3 people.

Here are the bookmarks I made to share with yesterday's team members: 

To make these, I took an "underwater" theme file I already had used and saved from the Silhouette online store, and I repurposed it into bookmarks.  I cut the book marks from scraps I had in my scrap bin, in aqua, lilac and yellow-green.  

For the white stock on the bottom, I used a piece of Gina K Pure Luxury White cardstock on which I practiced my Copic Air Brush System (ABS) techniques.  I'm still learning the best way to use the ABS from Copic but I'll tell you this -- the raggedy paper underneath your test sheets can sure be used as a lovely patterned paper!  

Where there were off-cuts (like the swirl at the middle of the file, I saved those to embellish the cut in the opposite color.  Again, off-cuts of the little circles were used to sprinkle over the bookmarks before I laminated them.  Stickles were used to highlight some of the upper holes.  I cut up a piece of ribbon I received in a swap for the bookmarks as well.  These bookmarks were laminated to make them last for several years. 

Blog Candy: 

Our wonderful sponsor for this hop is My Creative Time!  To be eligible to win the special prize that Emma has in store for us, you must comment on each of the Bookmark Blog Hop's participants, on both Saturday and Sunday. 

I also have some blog candy:  If you are a follower of my blog and leave a comment that answers the Candy Question, you will earn a chance to win a copy of this bookmark, as well as some goodies from my prize stash. The Challenge Question is: "What is your favorite book that you've read recently?"   In your comments, please leave a way for me to contact you if you're the lucky winner!

 Moving On:
Thanks so much for skimming through our “book” the next chapter in this story can be found at Liz's very fun blog at http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com.  In case you're like me and want to read ahead or re-read, here are the lists of chapters from both yesterday and today:

Book One, Saturday September 15

Chapter 1 Jessi ~ http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com/
Chapter 2 Lucy ~ http://www.love2createitall.com/
Chapter 3 Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
Chapter 4 Pam ~ http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/
Chapter 5 Tahi ~ http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
Chapter 6 Robin S. ~ http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
Chapter 7 (to be announced)

Book Two, Sunday September 16

Chapter 1 Paula ~ http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/
Chapter 2 Ellen ~ http://cardmonkeyspaperjungle.com/
Chapter 3 Liz ~ http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com/
Chapter 4 Lissa Marie ~ http://somanycrafts.com/
Chapter 5 Monica ~ http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
Chapter 6 Cicily ~ http://pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/
Chapter 7 Camille ~ http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/

Thank you for visiting! Our Scraps to Treasures Team will be back next month with another fun, frugal paper craft!

Thanks for skimming through our “books”, be sure to check back next month to see what we have to share!

DeFiaNtLy DiFfeReNt & CreAtiVeLy Yours,

Corner Bookmarks

Good morning, all.

Last evening, I began work on other projects that I will start posting next week ... you'll see! So I only had time for this quickie project for today's posting.

In my spare time (haha!), I enjoy reading novels. Most of my current reading is either business reports (blahh!), magazines or easy-carry on my e-reader (a Kindle). But, I still occasionally carry an honest-to-God book. I know, I know, you're asking, "Book? You mean, from the library?! Who has time for those?!"

Not only am I always losing my train of thought, perhaps my mind too, but I certainly also lose my place in the book. I can never have enough bookmarks! So I came up with this fancy-fold bookmark using a folding technique like that we used to use as kids to make newspaper hats. Remember those? Fold here, tuck there and voila!

So, using a miniaturized version of that on a 6"x6" piece of paper, I first punched the Double Loop pattern (by Martha Stewart) on the exposed side. This happened to be on a printed pink border on a green piece of cardstock. I gently folded where I wanted the creases to be, and then scored and properly folded the final version. This holds so tightly that no glue was necessary. I adorned it with a Creative Charms felt butterfly, and I'm good to go back to reading.

I hope you have a sunny day!

(P.S. For those fans who have told me that leaving a comment has been difficult because of the format I had initially chosen for this blog, try again! I've updated the settings and I hope it will be easier. I would love to know what you think about what I am making in my Craft Loft.)