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April 11th, 2010 by Holly McMillen
Hi Friends 🙂
Life is so funny. After I finished my project for this week’s Technique Lovers Challenge, I have to say I was quite pleased with myself. It was a difficult design and nearly kicked my butt, but I prevailed. Then I was poking around on facebook and found the webpage of a young artist who is from the town my husband grew up in. The amazing art that I saw just brought me to my knees. This young man has a gift that exceeds anything I have or could ever do. Humbling.
I love to read. Most all of my friends and family love to read. So this week, our challenge is to make a card that includes a bookmark. There are several ways of accomplishing this…. with a attached bookmark (preforating blade), as an insert or as an attachment.
For mine, I stamped my image on vellum and then on white cardstock. I lined up the area I needed and cut them. I colored the back of the vellum and the image on cardstock. They are assembled with dimensionals in between. I then stamped the image again on cardstock and lined it up so that the images matched, then cut and matted that piece for the bookmark.
The bookmark itself slides into the front just behind the vellum. When you pull it out, the image beneath shows through.
Here are my deets:
Stamps: Floral stamp (unknown maker ~ purchased several years ago at a small stamp shop on Long Island); Sentiment from SU!’s Mini Mates.
Colors: Basic Black, Summer Sun, Basic Gray, GP White, Vellum
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, copics, black sharpie, Tim Holtz’ black soot distressing ink
Accessories: Yellow Satin Ribbon from Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, Kaisercraft black 1/2 pearls and white 1/2 pearls, ribbon scraps, HPH frame, butterfly punch, border punch, embossing folders, dimensionals, sticky tape
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Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’ll come on over to the challenge forums on SCS and join us! Have a blessed day!
Hugs,
Holly
That is just awesome !!! as usual
I love it how ingenius. What colour technique did you use?
Oh Holly it is STUNNING! I so love the layered design of vellum over the paper bookmark!
Oh My Gosh..This is so awesome. I am not sure I can even comprehend doing something like this, but I will try
This is gorgeous, Holly!!! Those flowers are amazing and I love the layout of the card. Well done!!
This is beautiful! I don’t even think I could get that lucky with this card……great work!
Beautiful! It is a testament to your talents that these two images line up so perfectly. Awesome!
You have outdone yourself on this! The lining up process itself is amazing and the card is stunning!
Totally stunning Holly. Love the colors you used.
This is really pretty! I like that the card is still a full card after the bookmark comes out too.
Love the card trio. The bows set them off perfectly. Love all the others also. Great job. God bless!
Peggy Allen
GREAT project — Love those colors and what a FUN idea!
Gorgeous! I am without words! I’m going to try to CASE this but I fear it would not measure up!
Lovely, lovely, lovely!