A Bookmark

Today I am back with another project created for the ongoing challenge that BożenA and I do together. It was her turn to call the topic and she chose "Create a Bookmark". There were no requirements of any kind as to method, technique or anything else, just create a bookmark. I don't read much anymore and when I do, I read on my Kindle, so I decided to create a bookmark for my journaling Bible and use it to highlight a verse that spoke to me recently.

My initial thought on the text was to print it out on my new laser printer and then foil it. So I printed it with a bolder font onto Strathmore Toned Tan paper as I wanted to add an image too that I was going to color with my pencils. I love pencils on kraft colored paper. Well I duly printed it and ran it through the laminator and when the big reveal came - NOTHING!! Oh boy, not a piece of foil had stuck to the text. I am not sure the cause, but I think it may be that the paper has too much texture. So anyway, back to my trusty foiling method of foiling with adhesive. I coated the letters in Zig 2-way glue and left it to dry. I then applied the foil and this time the big reveal came and I had foiled letters, even though they were not as evenly done as I would have got if the toner method had worked.

I then stamped the rose bud from a Kaisercraft stamp set that I had won a long time ago and had yet to use and then colored it with my Prismacolor colored pencils. I did the background shading in soft pastels and then fixed it with spray fixative.

The bookmark was completed by adding the hole at the top which I reinforced with two small circles and then threaded a gold ribbon through.

I am excited to see BożenA's bookmark. Please take a look at what she has made and leave her a comment while you are there.

Supplies Used

Toned Tan	Zig Pen	Gold Foil	Tuxedo Black
Prismacolor Pencils	Soft Pastels	Workable Fixative	Circle Inifinity Dies
Platinum 6	Nuvo Deluxe

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