Bookmarks for buddies

A few months back I was given a challenge by my friend Lu to use a certain paper to do a project with. It could be anything and after much thought I decided it would be fun to make each one of my scrap sisters a bookmarker. I used the paper for the back of the bookmark but the front of it was more personal. You see, we have nicknames for each other, Lulu is Laurie, Rae is Rachel and Lola is Sarah. (I am Sisi, pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, whoo hoo, whoo hoo... sorry The Rolling Stones just popped in my head). Ok, back on track...I thought it would be nice to use their favorite color on the front along with their nickname but what I had the most fun with is using these cute little stamps I picked up at a garage sale back in May. I stamped and colored each one to not only look like my friends but also what they do. For example, Lola is our shopper, Rae likes to talk on the phone and Lulu is a legal assistant. These stamps fit each one perfect!

I used my Storybook cartridge to cut the names and the flourish was made from a punch I have and I used the same paper from the back to kind of "bring it around". I added little dots of Stickles to give it a little sparkle, then had them laminated before I punched the whole and put the cord on. Oh, I also added the little flower on top just because I thought it was cute. The laminated part didn't turn out as nice as I would have liked, but I can be a perfectionist at times. They still turned out cute. Here's the back where you will see the paper used in the challenge.



As you see I brought the color of the front around and added a little embossed circle. You will see four little gems on the circle, which I added after they were laminated, and what these little gems represent is us! Green for Lulu, blue for Lola, light pink for Rae and dark pink for me! Isn't that fun?

I just finished these up last Saturday then on Monday I was visiting some favorite blogs I follow when I noticed Linda at http://www.cardsbylinda.blogspot.com/ had posted about a fun challenge at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays. http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/.  The challenge? Make a bookmark! So I'm going to enter these! The prize is that you win 7 digi stamps of your choice from Bug A Boo and I have been wanting to try digi stamps for a while now and the Bug A Boo stamps look like they are right up my alley! Oh my, this is a long post! If you are still reading this, thank you! If you are sleeping I am so sorry! lol! Ok, I'm out but thanks for stopping by! Keep your fingers crossed for me! Have a wonderful day!

Susan ;)