Something different -- bookmarks!

Well, since it's beginning to get late, I have good news for you readers.  :)  I'll actually keep this post somewhat short and simple.  lol  I plan to be up a while longer yet, but since it is getting late I just don't want to take too much time going into these projects. However, they're pretty straight forward, so not too bad.  Let's dive right in, shall we?  :)

I had a revelation last week as I was sitting in church Sunday morning, and suddenly decided that I could do something new with my stamps and supplies... I could make bookmarks! Like the kind people use in their Bibles. A lot of people I know, myself included, have bookmarks that are smaller, pocket-sized, square-ish shapes that they stick in assorted areas of their Bibles for various reasons or even no reason at all. I suddenly had an idea of making those as a small handmade gift for birthdays -- something that would be small and flat enough to stick in a card and mail. Two ladies at the church happened to have birthdays coming up soon, and my mom's was just at the end of last month (and we haven't gotten to celebrate it as a family yet), so I decided it was the perfect time to start.  :)  I made those three last week, and then just this week I made two others for one of my mom's friends (who I also consider a friend) who has a birthday next week. Here are the five total bookmarks made so far:

All five of them after being stamped, cut out and colored in.

I wanted to do something different and use another faith-based sentiment for these two for Mrs. B for her Valentine's birthday next week.  :)

For this one, I used a cotton ball, dabbed it on my purple ink pad, and patted it on the cardstock, then repeated the process until I got this result. I then stamped the sentiment directly on it and cut it out.

For this one and the other three similar to it, I stamped the sentiment and colored in the hearts, then cut it out. I then used Q-tips in different ink pads (four different colors) and let the Q-tip soak up some of the ink, then brushed it along the edges to give them this effect.  :)  

After all five were finished and laminated.  :)  

Before laminating, I also wrote a small note on the back of each with the recipient's name, a happy birthday wish, and the standard "2012 -- Made by Christa." bit so they'd all know they were receiving a small handmade gift.  :)

Now they are ready to be stuck in their Bibles or other books! Love this new project idea!