Just Inklined Rose Bookmark

I wanted to make a little something special for my sister's birthday.  Peg is a librarian so I thought it would be fun to make her a fun bookmark I have been seeing so many of lately and thought the pretty Rose from Just Inklined would be perfect for this project.  What do you think?

I know you may have never seen a blue rose but blue is Peg's favorite color so had to color it blue,..The Rose was colored with copic markers and then cut out...yep every single itty bitty leaf and stem. except the very center which I was able to color in with a copic to match the cs. So don't look too close LOL.

The book mark template or tutorial was from the Splitcoast Stampers website and so easy to follow, the project only took about 10 minutes after I colored and cut out the flower.  I know I am going to be making a lot more of these. To give you an idea of the size the base card stock piece began as a 4X4 inch piece.

I added a strip of lace and a narrow ribbon and bow which I glued on to insure it would not fall off.  A band of pearls which I also glued on and then I stamped a cracked paint background stamp to go under the rose.  I love the vintage look it gives or just to add some detail without getting too busy.  Because it is a book mark I didn't want to add flowers or anything that would get too thick since it would be on the inside of a book, hopefully she will use it LOL.

Thanks for stopping by, and for those of my friends and followers who are on the east coast of the US please stay safe as Hurricane Irene bears down on you, and to everyone else, have a great week-end.

Cathy

I was too late for the Challenge --Bummer

I had a little time last week to play so I decided to play the Copic Creations Challenge, but alas I did not get my projects done in time to submit them for that challenge.  I downloaded two free images from the sponsor site so i thought the only right thing was to give a small plug here in appreciation of the generosity of Elizabeth O Dulema.


Here are the two book marks I created for the challenge which was Reading!!:

The Tim Holtz tag doesn't show up but it says Journey which was Reading for me.  I have always loved to read and instilled this love in all of my girls, My son reads too but not like the girls and only very specific authors.
My second image is my favorite.  It is a darling little fairy reading a book sitting on a stack of books.  Here she is:

Don't you agree this is an adorable image.  You can get this image at Elizabeth's free download site here

Hope you all had a great day.  I have got to get some coloring done, not because I am behind but just because I NEED to color!!!: 

Well, I am off to color, hope you liked my little book marks which may not really be as functional as they are cute but oh well....

Thanks for stopping by...

Cathy