Friday, March 11, 2011

FWF Friday

Hey! Its Friends with Flair Friday again! If this is your first stop then you should go on over to the Unity Stamp Co. Blog to get a list of blogs participating in the blog hop and to get the rules on how you could win a bunch of stamps JUST for commenting on a blog!! How cool is that!

To be honest, I had to rush to get something done for the hop today. I signed up for the hop yesterday, before I had anything made, and then my 3 year old got really clingy and I couldn't get away from him long enough to do anything! So, as soon as he was asleep last night I figured that I would get at something. The thing is, I needed to do something quick because he was not feeling well and who knows when he would be waking up again! I figured that I would make a couple of bookmarks, since I have been using scraps of paper or pieces of the Canadian Tire flyer to hold my page in the last few books that I have read! They are really simple and took no time at all. I didn't add any layers to them either because I like a nice, flat bookmark. I apologize for the pictures...for some reason the blue ink that I used just didn't want to show up right! Anyways, here they are:



For this one I used a paper towel to blot and distress all over the paper and around the edges with Unity Haystack ink. Then I stamped it using the music sheet stamp from the "Music Of My Heart" set from Ippity using Raw Sienna Unity ink. Then I used Colorbox ink to stamp the butterfly and sentiment from the Ippity "Cherish Your Dreams" set. Then I added the ribbon and voila! Done!



This one was blotted with the paper towel using haystack ink as well but the design and grooves on the paper towel gave a really awesome texture print to the paper. Then I just added the stars and moons as well as the WISH sentiment from the "Moon Beams & Heart Strings" Ippity set. Then, again, added a little bit of ribbon and it was finished! Easy peasy!

Well, that's all I have for you today. Now, keep on hopping to see what everyone else has created!

Love, Patricia

7 comments:

Emily Leiphart said...

A Canadian Tire flyer? LOL Well, I'm glad you made a couple of beautiful bookmarks for youself, Patricia!

Katrina Hunt said...

oh I love the last stamp set!!!! hugs, Katrina

sharon g said...

I love to make bookmarks too. Maybe because I like to read so much! You made a nice, natural looking one...

Gwen said...

Love your idea of paper towel for a different, texture-y background! Great quick and easy bookmarks, would make great gifts, too!

Anonymous said...

fabulous bookmarks!!! I love how the teal pops off the kraft.

lisa a.

Anne Tussing said...

Cute bookmarks! Love the subtle colors:)

farmhouse-story said...

gotta love 3 yr. olds--trust me, when he's 13--he will leave you alone:) love your bookmarks!