Magnetic Bookmarks

Hi there

I'm popping by today to share something different I've been working on lately.

After receiving some great feedback about my traditional tag-style bookmarks and selling many of them in my Facebook shop, I put some feelers out among my book-loving friends about what kind of bookmarks they usually use.  As well as answers such as paper scraps and envelopes, I discovered that many use magnetic ones as well as the tag/strip style.  So behind the scenes I've been making a few different ones to add to my shop, just to see how well they are received.

Here is a quick look at them, although it's quite a photo heavy post!  They are fundamentally all made in the same way; a piece of sturdy cardstock scored and folded, with slim adhesive magnetic strips on the inside.  I've added different designs using techniques including stencilling, stamping, ink blending and colouring.

Dandelions and Stripes

This is a part white/part striped cardstock which I've scored part way through the striped section, the reverse side is entirely striped.  The dandelion images have then been stamped in co-ordinating shades.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Dandelion Dreams
• Ink: Altenew - Silver Stone, Lavender Fields, Sunkissed, Dusk
• Cardstock from stash

Pastel Unicorns

The next three designs are also made with similar cardstock but in more pastel shades, so the stripes cover the reverse side of the bookmark.  I've then stamped the images and coloured with ProMarkers.  I've added some sparkle to the star, unicorn horns and hooves with a shimmer pen.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Fairy Tale Unicorns, Call Cupid
• Ink: Memento - London Fog
• Coloured with ProMarkers
• Accents: Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - Crystal Clear

Solitary Winter Tree

This next one uses white cardstock which I've masked, ink blended and stamped to create a winter landscape scene.  The reverse side is left plain white.

Materials used:

• Stamp: Card-io - Winter Trees
• Ink: Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord; Versafine - Onyx Black

Watercolour Scribble Flowers

For this one I randomly stamped the flowers on white cardstock and then watercoloured the entire pattern with Distress Inks mixed with water.  I created the pattern on a piece of A5 cardstock and cut the bookmark from the entire design so the pattern continues on the reverse side.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Lil Inker Designs - Inky Flowers
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black; Distress Ink - Salty Ocean, Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Dusty Concord, Wilted Violet, Squeezed Lemonade

Daisies and Swirls

For this design I lightly ink blended some white cardstock with yellow ink before then ink blending through a floral stencil with a heavier layer of yellow, orange and green.  The pattern continues on the reverse side.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Dutch Doobadoo - Flower Swirl
• Ink: Distress Ink - Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin, Bundled Sage

Art Nouveau Roses

This was created in the same way as the daisy bookmark, the background first ink blended with pale pink and then the stencilled pattern blended with pink and purple shades.  The pattern continues on the reverse.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Tim Holtz - Mini Stencil Set 14
• Ink: Distress Ink - Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet

Snow on Snow

Here I began by ink blending the background with pale blue ink before randomly stencilling the snowflakes in blue and lilac.  I then ink blended through a snowfall stencil and heat embossed the snow to add some texture.  The pattern continues on the reverse.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Crafters Companion Signature Collection - Snow is Falling; Clearly Besotted - Snowy Day
• Ink: Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Shade Lilac; Hero Arts - Unicorn
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White

Thanks so much for taking a look, I hope you like them :)