I love to read and when I was younger, I had a massive bookmark collection. I'm not sure where they all ended up. Over the years, I wore many of them out and I'm sure some got misplaced during all the moves we've made. I used to make some of my own by coloring, adding stickers and creating collages on cardstock and then covering them with contact paper. I would make them for myself and also for gifts for friends. It's been a while since I've made myself a bookmark and I thought it was high time for a new one.
I enjoy working with felt, I adore stamping and my favorite hot drink is chai. It's like liquid love, so it was quite appropriate to have a heart on the mug. I also love to have a hot mug of chai (or hot chocolate) when I'm reading a book or magazine.
I used my dye based markers to color directly on the mug stamp from Nina Brackett's Heartily Yours set. I used Creamy Caramel for the mug, Chocolate Chip for the saucer and handle and Real Red for the steam. I also ran the Real Red marker around the inside of the heart so that it just touched the edges to get the color on it. I stamped this on Base Weight Pure Luxury white cardstock (which makes the punch out really sturdy) and then punched it out with a scalloped circle punch. I added a hint of glitter on the inside of the heart.
I cut out two felt flowers using a die cutting machine and hand cut the brown felt for the bottom of the bookmark. I used embroidery floss to stitch the pieces together, as well as sew on some buttons from the new Romance Button assortment. I used a high-temp hot glue gun to glue the cardstock mug image in the center of the flower.
That's it! The hand stitching goes really quick with simple stitches. Now I'm totally wanting to make more to rebuild that bookmark collection that disappeared years ago!
My daughter also made a card with Nina's Heartily Yours set and we loaded it on her blog: Creative Girly. I know she would love some comment love. :)
Check out these links for even more inspiration:
Now, it's your turn! Please hop over to Gina's blog to add the direct link to your blog post showcasing Nina's Heartily Yours and Heartily Yours Additions stamp sets in the Mister Linkey Box. Gina will have a special prize for the one link that she chooses out of all the participating bloggers - check out her blog for the details.
Oh how cute is this!! I love the buttons!!!
Posted by: LuvLee | January 25, 2010 at 11:10 PM
Super cute! I love bookmarks.
Posted by: Miss Boo | January 25, 2010 at 11:26 PM
This is a great idea!!
Posted by: Giovana | January 25, 2010 at 11:33 PM
Awesome bookmark, Erika! Love the buttons.
Posted by: Theresa | January 25, 2010 at 11:42 PM
Had to go fix myself some tea, after I saw your bookmark! Absolutely lovely colors of felt and design!
Posted by: joy | January 26, 2010 at 12:13 AM
Love your bookmark!
Posted by: Betty N | January 26, 2010 at 12:16 AM
What a great idea for a bookmark. I need to get some felt and try this.
Posted by: NinaB | January 26, 2010 at 07:24 AM
thst is adorable!!!!!!
Posted by: melanie | January 26, 2010 at 08:26 AM
Very sweet.... might have to try this one out.
Posted by: Denise | January 26, 2010 at 10:34 AM
Hello
Wow what a lovely bookmark..This is truly very creative and nice..I like this button and flower idea very much..I will try to make something different than this..Thanks..
Posted by: cheap r4 dsi | February 01, 2010 at 10:04 PM