| Bookmark of Love Free Craft Project ~ Compliments of Craft At Home |
Material:
Ribbon (1 sheer and 1 solid)
Paper (textured rice paper, card stock, homemade paper)
Craft Glue
Plastic Button (can be found at www.dressitup.com)
Dimensional Fabric Paint (mushroom colour and pearl white)
How to:
Cut an 8 inch piece of ribbon.� One length, from a sheer ribbon and one length, from a solid piece of
ribbon.� You can use any width of ribbon you like for this project but you will need to place the widest
ribbon on the bottom of the bookmark.� I used textured rice paper for this bookmark.� Simply cut a
square a little larger than your ribbon (refer to photo) with either specially scissors (I used deckle cut) or tear
the edges as evenly as possible.� Straight cut edges are not as attractive for this project.� Cut another
square, slightly smaller and another square slightly smaller than the last.�
My rice paper was a solid white and to add colour, I simply diluted a mushroom coloured paint with water (2
parts water to 1 part paint) and painted the paper, making sure it was completely saturated and not being
very careful to keep the colour even (I wanted an aged worn effect).� I only coloured the two larger pieces
and left the smaller piece white.� Allow your paper to dry completely before continuing.With your
dimensional paint, paint a small outline around the small white paper.� Simply add irregular lines and
dots.� Set aside and allow the paint to dry completely.
Take your largest square of paper and place your solid ribbon on top, allowing the ribbon to extend up the
paper about 1 inch (refer to photo for paper and ribbon placement).� Glue in place.� Glue your sheer
ribbon directly on top of the solid ribbon. Lining both ends up with each other.� Take your second largest
square and place it on top of the two ribbons, lining up your paper with the larger square.� Glue your
painted piece of paper to the top, once again lining up the edges.� The heart that I used is simply a very
inexpensive plastic button that I recently purchased at Michaels Arts & Crafts (but very pretty).�
There are some very pretty and different plastic buttons available that will look wonderful on this
bookmark.� Cut the back loop off the back of your button with a pair of small wire cutters and glue your
button to the centre of your top square.� Allow the glue to dry completely and trim the bottom ends of
ribbon on an angle.
Ribbon (1 sheer and 1 solid)
Paper (textured rice paper, card stock, homemade paper)
Craft Glue
Plastic Button (can be found at www.dressitup.com)
Dimensional Fabric Paint (mushroom colour and pearl white)
How to:
Cut an 8 inch piece of ribbon.� One length, from a sheer ribbon and one length, from a solid piece of
ribbon.� You can use any width of ribbon you like for this project but you will need to place the widest
ribbon on the bottom of the bookmark.� I used textured rice paper for this bookmark.� Simply cut a
square a little larger than your ribbon (refer to photo) with either specially scissors (I used deckle cut) or tear
the edges as evenly as possible.� Straight cut edges are not as attractive for this project.� Cut another
square, slightly smaller and another square slightly smaller than the last.�
My rice paper was a solid white and to add colour, I simply diluted a mushroom coloured paint with water (2
parts water to 1 part paint) and painted the paper, making sure it was completely saturated and not being
very careful to keep the colour even (I wanted an aged worn effect).� I only coloured the two larger pieces
and left the smaller piece white.� Allow your paper to dry completely before continuing.With your
dimensional paint, paint a small outline around the small white paper.� Simply add irregular lines and
dots.� Set aside and allow the paint to dry completely.
Take your largest square of paper and place your solid ribbon on top, allowing the ribbon to extend up the
paper about 1 inch (refer to photo for paper and ribbon placement).� Glue in place.� Glue your sheer
ribbon directly on top of the solid ribbon. Lining both ends up with each other.� Take your second largest
square and place it on top of the two ribbons, lining up your paper with the larger square.� Glue your
painted piece of paper to the top, once again lining up the edges.� The heart that I used is simply a very
inexpensive plastic button that I recently purchased at Michaels Arts & Crafts (but very pretty).�
There are some very pretty and different plastic buttons available that will look wonderful on this
bookmark.� Cut the back loop off the back of your button with a pair of small wire cutters and glue your
button to the centre of your top square.� Allow the glue to dry completely and trim the bottom ends of
ribbon on an angle.
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