Big Books Bookmark

I don't know about you, my fellow crafters, but I have a thing for rainbow color patterns. I like to store my inks and cardstocks in rainbow color and I love to craft using the bright colors of the rainbow. I think that is something that hit me when I was about 9 years old, and has stuck all these years since. The Pop Tones line sure makes rainbow projects a breeze. I mean look at these colors. Really, just take a minute and soak it in. Does that make you smile too, or am I just a crazy crafting lady....  
So the project I am sharing with you today is the result of a recent craft room purge. I have to force myself every year to look through my supplies, especially my stamps and "weed" some out that I thought I loved but have since changed my mind, or ones that I never have and most likely never will use. I set one particular set aside because I had never used it and have had it for quite some time. I told myself that if I don't use it, I had to give it to someone who will. Well, I'm happy to report that I used it on this little bookmark I am sharing with you today... 

 

This bookmark was a breeze to put together. I started with two layers cut from Sweet Tooth (white) and then strips cut from each color I wanted in my rainbow pattern. They are Red Hot, Orange Fizz, Lemon Drop (that makes me pucker up just thinking about it), Berrylicious and Grape Jelly.


Using Score-Tape, I adhered the strips down to the Sweet Tooth cardstock on a diagonal. When the first was attached, the rest were easy to align. The Score-Tape made it easy to get these strips attached well. I kept them long enough to wrap around to the back side.

 

I trimmed the ends and wrapped them around the front of the bookmark. I used my bone folder to make sure that each strip with pushed down firmly.

 

Then I stamped my images on the front of the bookmark. I used the MISTI stamping tool to help align the images and make sure I got nice, clear impressions.

 

Finally I adhered the second bookmark shape to the back to cover up the folded over strips and give it a bit more thickness. I created a hole reinforcer with Black Licorice, also from the Pop Tones line and tied in some white twine.


Thanks for stopping by.... Happy Crafting! ~Amber
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Watercolor Flowers for a Friend

Happy Summer everyone! Can you believe how quickly 2016 is speeding along? Sometimes in the hustle and bustle-crazy speed of life these days, we need to take a moment out to breath and do something to recharge our souls. For me, watercoloring is just the ticket....Today I'm sharing a card I watercolored and paired up with the bright and cheery colors from the Pop Tones line of cardstock.


I started by heat embossing random stamping of flowers from one of my stamp sets. I used white embossing powder that will resist the watercolor. I used Strathmore watercolor paper for the base; beginning with a piece larger than I needed so that I'd have some excess to tape down and cut off when I'm done painting.


Using my Zig Clean Color markers and a water brush, I colored in the flowers with one of my favorite color combos - orange and purple. I trimmed down the finished watercolor card front to 4 x 5 1/4 and added it to a card base made from Pop Tones Orange Fizz.


For my sentiment, I continued the white heat embossing on a piece of Grape Jelly cardstock, again from the Pop Tones line. I love how this card came together and that I was able to give myself some quiet time to make it and now I can get it in the mail to someone special!


Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Crafting, Amber
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Garden Hello!


Even though the roses aren't blooming in my garden yet, I decided to create some in my craft room! For this card, I die cut the flower and leaves from Pop Tones cardstock, and then again with vellum. I colored the vellum with various ink/markers to see which I liked best.



The distress ink was my favorite, so I die cut again and then pieced together the puzzle. It's inlayed in the card and then a few more details finish it off.

Simple, but sure to bring a smile through the mail! In the meantime, I'm linking up to Simon's Monday Challenge....

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog

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You are my Hero tag


I LOVE these crazy birds! And what I love about Tim Holtz's stamps is that I'm a bit more inspired to create something masculine as my style tends to be very feminine most of the time.



I cut a rectangle and rounded the corners to create the tag. Embossing and inking really adds some dimension and interest.


I love the way it turned out and especially when it's hung on a bottle of "Not Your Father's Rootbeer"... it's so yummy. Enjoy!

Linking up at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog....

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog
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