Bookmark & The Shack

Lynn Mercurio posted a cool little project challenge this morning at Splitcoast.  It was to use the given pattern to create a bookmark. Since my friend, MaryBeth asked to borrow a book over the weekend, I thought this was so timely. Seems she’s going to be taking a car trip to Florida (that is a long, long way from Missouri!), and she wants to borrow the book, The Shack,by Wm. P. Young.

Have you read The Shack? If you have read this amazing book, I’d love to know what you thought of it. If you haven’t, I highly encourage as a good read. It’s engaging fiction that I couldn’t put it down with a lot of thought provoking issues. You can pick it up at any discount store with a book section (i.e. Wal-Mart).

I layered my bookmark with a flat strip on the bottom so that I could stamp there. I didn’t use any embellishments because they could indent or warp the pages of a book if too much pressure was applied to the book when using the bookmark. It’s a little plain jane, but it’s functional and I know my friend will get a little kick out of the message as she tries to read, all the while her precious, beautiful children bouncing around in the back seat of the minivan…..”ARE WE THERE YET?”

Here’s one of my favorite tricks with Ranger Distress Inks. Occasionally, I like to mix and match papers from various manufacturers, in this case the Happy Camper from Cosmo Cricket with the graph paper from October Afternoon. What generally happens is that the papers often have a different value of white or ivory to them. I use a light colored Distress Ink from Ranger with Cut N Dry foam and give both sheets a little edge work. Now instead of the graph paper being too white for the Happy Camper, they compliment each other very well. The Happy Camper had more of a yellow tone to it when I started, but I still distress both pieces to even them out when they are side by side.

• Stamps: Butterfly – Baby Love by Kim Hughes (Cornish Heritage Farms) & ‘there yet’ (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
• Cardstock: Happy Camper (Cosmo Cricket) & graph paper – Detours collection (October Afternoon)
• Ink: Espresso Adirondack & Scattered Straw Distress (Ranger
• Accs: Copic Marker (R39), Cut & Dry Foam (Ranger) & Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders) for scalloped edge on the bottom