It's a Bookmark, It's a Card...It's a BOOKMARK CARD

I love it when a project is 'multi-functional'. A little bit more than meets the eye.

I also love it when my club ladies 'ooh and ahh' and get that wicked gleam in their eye...they just KNOW they are going to home and make a mini-herd of the project before them.

A couple months ago I saw an idea by a fellow stamper for bookmark cards. It was just brilliant, and while I'd love to take the credit, I can't. I'd also love to GIVE credit, but if you've seen the state of my craft room...you know I've put the sheet of paper with the deets in a safe place.

If I ever find that safe place I put things there are keys, unread books, probably my missing socks, important slips of paper, and I'm convinced...several hundreds of dollars. Good thing my cat was self-sufficient, and my children are loud...

If I find you, oh creator of this pattern I will surely edit this post...and if you are the creator of this pattern, puh-leez leave me a comment and a blog address so that I can commend you!

On to the good and pretty!



Cute huh? The card is a 6x6" square of paper folded in half for the base. (You can get four of these bad boys from one sheet of 12x12..I LOVE THAT).

All of the products are Stampin' Up!,

• Rich Razzleberry cardstock (base)
• Melon Mambo cardstock (mat)
• Razzleberry Lemonade Designer paper
• Whisper White cardstock (ultra silky smooth)
• Large Silver Grommet
• Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (I can't tell you how amazing this ribbon is!!)
• Melon Mambo Classic Ink
• Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink (butterfly) ..ooh matchy matchy me
• Basic Black classic ink
  
• Silver brads
  
• Stampin Dimensionals (pop up the butterfly and act as a stopper against acetate)
  
• a strip of acetate (used to make see through band to hold bookmark on card)

Additional Stampin' Up! items used but not pictured:

• a hole piercing tool (for the brads)
• Tombow "snail" tape runner adhesive
• 1" circle punch to make the hole for the grommet

Here's a shot of the card with the bookmark pulled out from behind the acetate band....see? Isn't this cutie patootie? You could stamp a message that shows through behind the acetate, like an additional sentiment.



Speaking of the stamp set used, it's a great little number called GREAT FRIEND, from Stampin' Up!

It's a rubber on wood mount stamp set, with 5 pieces in the set. It's gorgeous. It's only $23.95, and yes, it's available through me, as well as any of the products named above! You can place orders online or by contacting me (Canadians only).

Extra bonus this month!!! When you place any order of $50.00 with me by email or via my website I will send you a FREE step-by-step tutorial, with pictures, on how to create your own bookmark cards! Additional shots of inside and back of card will be included, as well as pictures of 2 alternative bookmark card ideas.

You can visit my website by clicking HERE.

Here's a peekaboo at the GREAT FRIEND stamp set.Happy Stamping! I hope you make a mini-herd of Bookmark Cards!

Dreena

Get Ill Soon - Blog Hop

You read that right. Get Ill Soon.


I'm not sure how this started, but we have another blog hop that has been born of the ladies on Twitter. Join us, read on, follow along each stop on the Blog Hop (links will be provided within each stop) and you'll unravel the story of "Get Ill Soon" and you'll also be treating your eyeballs and funnybones to some really awesome creations of paper artistry.


If you've arrived from the previous blog stop, Lisa's blog, www.papergrace.blogspot.com a big welcome to you. If you've started here, then please do read on and the next stop is provided to you at the bottom of the posting. We'll take care of you...now on to the goods.


So, my friends, dont'cha sometimes wish that you had a magic prescription pad where you could prescribe that wonderful co-worker an extended sick leave, your ex-cheating boyfriend a little (erm...) well I'll leave that one alone...you get my point.



Well I have it. The magical GET ILL SOON prescription pad, for writing your own 'sick' prescriptions to those that are ticking you off.







A closeup of the focal point. NO SOUP FOR YOU...haahh, i've been dying to say that. All puns intended. See how all the feel goody-ness is crossed out? I can be bad like that. I had to add a little vellum and polkadot designer paper, to soften the blow...

Loads of funkeh grosgrain ribbons...in saffron, real red and basic black compliment the colour scheme....

Open up your 'sick' little prescription pad and give someone a piece of your mind...

"Dear Susy Snarky, please get ill soon. Take this prescription for 3 days sick leave , so that I can get my job done. " Sincerely, YOU KNOW WHO.

Now for your next spot on the Blog Hop please visit Ms. Understand Blue herself, Lydia Fiedler...where I'm sure she will shock, awe and amaze you with her mad skillz.

So go on....get ill with us....and go here: Understand Blue

If you would like to win your own sick little prescription pad please leave me a comment, a way to contact you, and tell me why you need the power of the 'Get Ill Soon'. I will do a draw next weekend!

Ta ta my lovelies!

D.

Babyface! You've Got the Cutest Little Baby Face

So this is what's been keeping me busy for the last couple of weeks. Babies....

Babies, we knew they were hard work, but I'm here to tell you 75 babies keep you very, very busy indeed. Aren't they just the most adorable bundles of joy? I love them. I've been making these babies for a 25 member punched art swap meet at our team convention on Saturday. I hope the ladies love them as much as I do.

Each baby is constructed from a variety of shapes of punched card stock, in this case a wide oval punch, circle and flower are used. See end of post for a more detailed list.

If you haven't tried punched art or you haven't been bold enough to do it alone, please come to class or email me! My contact is on my website here. The possibilities are endless with punched art.





Last week I used the scallop circle punch pictured here to make the background sky for the baby bundle cards. If you follow my blog you'll remember this...

The sky backgrounds, got trimmed and mounted onto a layer of Bermuda Bay cardstock, and stamped in Basic Black Classic Ink with the "Rock-a-Bye-Baby" sentiment from the stamp set Nursery Necessities. Nursery Necessities is a gem of a baby set for cards as well as scrapbooking. Details on the stamp set are at the end of the blog post.

Baby Faces up close! I have a few tips to share with you. When doing punched art there are a few things you can do to make your creating go smoother, faster and easy to store...

Can you see the little 'dotted' bits behind the faces, on the paper? That's a temporary adhesive that Stampin' Up! sells called Dotto.

Dotto is a sanity saver.

Really it is. Read on...

Let me tell you more about Dotto. Dotto is helpful when you are creating detailed work, or when you are fiddling with a scrap page layout.

Here I've run strips of Dotto across a piece of printer paper, and stuck down ROWS of baby faces... They are all ready for me to sponge and ink and add detail.

NOT ONLY THAT, but when it was time for supper, I just picked up the page and put it in a protective craft keeper envelope. It stays stuck and waiting for me to pull it out next time! MY FRIENDS...how easy is that?

Think of all the times you've been interrupted by say the phone, come back and the kiddies have picked up your scrapbook page and your layout went everywhere?! No more! Dotto! See the end of the post for product info.

See, here I'm putting down some Dotto and adhering my baby bundles and shapes so that I can do my inking and shading with my sponge daubers. Handy!

Here's a shot of the assembled baby bundles. These were so simple to make.

Close up time! Little rosy cheeks, and white gel pen dimples, awww. Note: the faces are popped up on a foam dimensional before they are stuck down to the bundles.

The sentiment from Nursery Necessities, gel pen highlights, pretty punched border (say ooh...say ahh). LOL!

Again, the finished baby bundles! Thanks to Sophia Landry for her inspiration on baby bundle punchies. I really enjoyed making these little guys.

All supplies used are Stampin' Up! and can be purchased from my store.

**The Almighty DOTTO temporary adhesive** (insert sound of trumpets and fanfare)

Dotto: 103305 $17.95 (Dotto is refillable, don't throw away your cartridge!)

Punches:

• Wide Oval Punch 112082 $22.95
• 3/4" circle punch 107217 $15.95
• 5-Petal Flower 109041 $22.95

Border Punch: Eyelet Border 113692 $22.95

Cardstock:

• whisper white (40 sheets) 100730 $9.95
• Bermuda Bay (24 sheets) 115317 $7.25
• Kraft (40 sheets) 102125 $9.95
• Soft Subtles Assorted Pkg (pink/yellow/apricot/green) 36 sheets (3ea. of 12 colours) 105568 $10.50 *each colour is also available in single packs of 24 sheets for $7.25

Accessories:

• Black Journaler 105394 $4.50
• White Gel Pen 105021 $5.50
• Sponge Daubers (12) 102892 $15.95
• Stampin' Dimensionals 104430 $5.50
• Hemp twine 12yds 100982 $3.95
  

Stamp Set:

• Nursery Necessities 113506 (set of 12) $42.95

I Heart Paper Punch Art

I'm still working away on my swaps for our team convention in a couple of weeks. The swap is all about punched art and there are 25 punch lovers participating. I can't wait to see all of the designs!

Here's a gem that I did for a punched art class as well as for my downline. A punchy peacock! Isn't he adorable? Truly a labour of love. (sorry for the thumb print on my camera lens!)



Punches used are :

• scallop oval - body and wings #114889
  
• boho blossoms - feet and 'crown' #110711
  
• small star - beak #109045
  
• word window - feathers, neck, head #105090
  

Additional:

• mini glue dots #103683
  
• tombow mono multi liquid glue (ESSENTIAL FOR PUNCH ART!) #110755
  
• Fine Cosmo #108796

Sentiment on the inside: You did such a great job and I'm 'Proud as a Peacock'!

Of course, all supplies are available in my online store, HERE.

Stay tuned in October when My Digital Studio digi-scrapping becomes available!