Are you an avid reader like me? ( I LOVE books) than making bookmarks will be right up your ally as one can NEVER have too many bookmarks right? and if you do need to give a few away they make great little gifts.
Over the last few weeks I have been working on bookmark designs and printed a few off this week to make whilst we are all in lockdown and pulling all the books out of storage!
First on the list of ' To Make' were the Victorian Hat Ladies Bookmarks. I love the colour's on these and also love anything Victorian.
To make these bookmarks I cut out the 4 bookmarks and then made a larger template to use for cutting out a base card for the bookmarks. I chose pale pink & cream coloured card to match the striped background of the bookmark images. I used distress ink to go around the edges of the base card and prettied the bookmarks up with lace and faux pearls.
Bookmark design is available in my Etsy store https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/774507124/printable-hat-ladies-bookmarks-digital
Second on the craft table to be made up was the Spring Birds Bookmarks. These are absolutely gorgeous and need to be gifted to loved ones (make sure you keep one for yourself too)
To make these bookmarks I used my larger sized bookmark template (as mentioned before) to cut out four base cards using blue & teal coloured card. I then glued the bookmark images on and used distress ink around the edges of the base card ( I love distress ink!) I also used distress ink to colour in the white circle at top of bookmark as when I designed these bookmarks I never intended on using a base card with the printed design, rather, I was going to hole punch were the white circle is and add a ribbon.
Spring Bird Bookmarks available here
This next lot of bookmarks was created using my Vintage Seed Catalogs Collage
You can download this FREE from my Facebook group
The butterflies used for the top of the bookmark are available in my Etsy store
Making bookmarks is an enjoyable pastime and a great creative outlet. Even though I used the printed design I was still able to put my own spin on these bookmarks. Very satisfying indeed
Happy Crafting
Sharon @ Kiwi Card House
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