Bookworm!

Welcome!

My favourite pastime is reading, always was, always will be!

When I received this darling image for my DT projects at Jacksons Digital Expressions, it reminded me of myself and of course I had to make one of my little magnetic bookmarks to use it. There is a tutorial here.

I coloured Robert Jackson's Quiet Moment with my pencils, cut and layered it and added it to the bookmark. The bookmark was completed with the magnets.

Here is my bookmark:

And here it is in action:

Remember, when you are making a bookmark: Keep it simple with minimum embellishments and no sticky edges! That can damage your books!

Do come and join us at Jackson's Digital Expressions! There is a Month Long Challenge on the go.

Anything Goes with a tutorial..

Welcome in the Craft Lane...

It is the second week of 'Anything Goes' at Art With No Boundaries.

Last week I made an intricately folded project, so I decided to keep it simple this week with a magnetic bookmark.

I've used the Solitaire Swirl and Monocle to decorate my bookmark:

As a little bonus to all who visit, I have assembled a tutorial to show how quick and easy this bookmark is to make.

You need : An image, a strip of card, about 3 x the height of your image, magnetic strip (I recycled some pieces from promotional items), and the other usual tools.

I cut my image with a pinking shears for interest. The card strip was measured and trimmed using the image as a guide.

My new toy: a Martha Stewart board. I used it to score the strip.

Colour the image and adhere.

I decided not to blend the pencil. I like the uneveness, it gives the image more texture without adding bulk.

Add magnetic strip.

Voila, a fun bookmark!

NOTE: Do not use more than 2 -3 layers, otherwise it gets too thick and might damage your books.
I used the brighter card for the tutorial because it is easier to photograph. Now I have 2 bookmarks!

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial and is inspired to join in the challenge!

CDAC Progressive Round 2

It's round 2 of the CDAC Progressive challenge and we received our next fabulous freebies, all five of them.

I've completed my first project for this round. I decided to make a corner bookmark:

I used the little bookworm from Jensdigistamps.

Hope you like it!