A Splash of Underwater Fun!

Hello Everyone!

Michelle here today with a set of three coordinating bookmarks using the Bookmark Dies. 

Each bookmark is its own little moment, but line them up and you’ve got a full ocean adventure, complete with seaweed, bubbles, and some very fishy characters.

I stamped out all the images and some extras of the smaller fishes from the Fintastic Friends stamp set. I coloured them all using alcohol markers and added white highlights. 

I die cut the large main part of the bookmark three times from purple cardstock.

For the background of the inner parts of the bookmarks, I die cut them all from a piece of 6 x 5.5 inches white cardstock that was ink blended with Salvage Patina, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxides (you could also use blue cardstock to begin with if want reduce the amount of ink blending). I then splattered 2 shades of metallic blue watercolours over the top to give it the look of bubbles and the shimmery sea. 

Once everything was dry, I adhered the main bookmark and inner background sections together with liquid glue before laying out all the images to decide where I wanted them. This part took me longer than expected as I wanted to make sure that each bookmark had a main character as well as being balanced to stand out on its own and all together. 

Let minnow what you think of the end result. 

Happy Crafting,

Michelle

Bookshelf Bookmark

Hello, DT Annalisa here. I love finding creative ways to use my supplies beyond their intended purposes. For my bookmark project, I did just that with the Five Windows Cover Die.

First, I die-cut white cardstock using the Stitched Quilted Cover Die. Then, I placed the Bookmark Dies diagonally over this panel and ran it through my die-cutting machine again, which left me with a beautiful quilted pattern on my bookmark.

Next, I ink-blended Squeezed Lemonade and Scattered Straw Distress Oxides onto the bookmark using my Beautiful Blender Brushes. I used Black Soot Distress Oxide and some masking tape to create the floor area.

I also ink-blended a Neenah Desert Storm cardstock with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide and die-cut it with the Five Windows Cover Die. I only used three of the four small boxes and trimmed off the larger rectangular area, creating a bookshelf for my bookmark.

I attached the bookshelf to the bookmark using double-sided tape.

After that, I stamped and coloured images from three stamp sets - Purrfect Day, Sweet Cart Critters, and Book Buddies - and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents using a Gelly Roll Pen. I also stamped the "one more chapter" sentiment and cut it out with its coordinating die.

Finally, I used liquid glue to attach all the elements to the bookmark and tied a decorative ribbon in the opening at the top to complete the project.

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One More Chapter Bookmark

Hello everyone, DT Annalisa here with a colourful bookmark to share with you today that combines both new and older sets from Time For Tea Designs. It is always great to get more use out of older sets with new dies and stamps!

Sets used:

Book Buddies stamp set

Book Buddies coordinating dies

Squeeze the Day

Squeeze the Day coordinating dies

Sweet Cart Critters

Sweet Cart Critters coordinating dies

Oops a Daisy

Oops a Daisy coordinating dies

Scattered Hearts Stencil

Bookmark Dies

I die-cut the large bookmark die from Distress White Heavy cardstock by Ranger. I ink blended abandoned coral, spiced marmalade, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron and peacock feathers Distress Oxide through the Scattered Hearts Stencil with my Beautiful Blender Brushes.

After using the stencil, I used what was left on my blender brushes to fill in the white areas left on the bookmark.

I die-cut the smaller inner piece of the bookmark from vellum. I stamped the 'one more chapter' sentiment using VersaFine Onyx Black ink, sprinkled on Icicle ultra-fine embossing powder by Brutus Monroe (clear), and heat-set it with an embossing gun. I then used a double-sided vellum adhesive to adhere it to the bookmark.

I stamped out my images and used the coordinating dies to die-cut them. I then used Copic Markers to colour the images and added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I used liquid glue to stick the stamps to the bookmark and added Designer Enamel Dots from the Sweet Summer collection.

Finally, I tied teal twine to the slot at the top of the bookmark to make it easier to pull out of a book.

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This is Where I fell Asleep

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here sharing my first bookmark project using the new Bookmark Dies from Time For Tea Designs. The three dies included in this set are perfect for creating bookmarks for your book-loving friends.

I die-cut the outer bookmark die from heavy white cardstock. To create a look of wallpaper, I ink-blended antique linen Distress Oxide through the Diagonal Stripes Stencil with my Beautiful Blender Brushes. I masked off the bottom using masking tape. I moved this tape to cover the top part of the bookmark and ink-blended lost shadow Distress Oxide ink for the floor section.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) several images from Book Buddies and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I used glue to stick the stamped elements to the bookmark and then stamped the sentiment 'This is where I fell asleep' using Versafine Onyx Black.

I added the Clear Bubbles Designer Enamel Dots to the bookmark to complete it.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post. Remember to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.