Bookmarks for Valentine's and Mixed Media Monthly

Happy Valentine's Day!

I spent the whole morning yesterday playing with stamps and inks, and today I get to show you the 3 bookmarks I made :-) If you are following me on Instagram, you might have seen them already. 

All 3 bookmarks are double sided. Below is the one I made for the kids, side 1. 

Below is the other side. I didn't really plan on adding blue here, but I hadn't cleaned my stencil last time I used it, so I got some blue ink mixed into the modeling paste.

 I made two of these, pretty much identical, so both kids would have the same one.

I used copic makers for coloring the images above. You can see that it was bleeding through the paper a bit, but since they are of vintage style, it doesn't really matter.

Since I was having so much fun, I decided to make one for my husband too. He loves to read, so it will come in handy :-)

Side 1

Side 2

The images on hubby's bookmark were colored with Faber Castell Polychromos, mainly because I have trouble coloring the cats above with copics, but I decided to color them all with pencils because of the bleeding through. 

These were actually pretty easy to make. I simply used different stamps for the background, sponged some distress inks along the edges and then stamped my images right onto the tags. After coloring, I used a stencil and some modeling paste to finish them off. 

I wanted these bookmarks to last a while, so I laminated them. 

You can see in the first one here (below), that there is more blue ink on the modeling paste. It was the first backside I made. (Didn't get as much blue on the second one, which you can see above.) 

Sorry about the bad photo above, it was copied from my Instagram account. These are the 3 I made. Since I made two of the same I was able to photograph both sides of that one, but not of the 3rd one.

Product List:

Share a Hug, So Very Much, Furry Affection, Butterfly Suite

(all above are by Penny Black)

Distressed Backgrounds and ink splats (whimsy stamps)

little hearts in envelope stamp by SU

Tags by Altered Pages 

Distress inks in various colors

copics, faber castell polychromos pencils

stencils (sorry I don't know the names) 

modeling paste, grosgrain ribbon

These bookmarks are made to fit the challenge at

Mixed Media Monthly - Think Pink (pink hearts, pink umbrella)

Lots of love and hearts challenges so I am also playing along here:

Bloggers -  Love is in the Air
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards -  Love is in the Air 
Fussy and Fancy - It's All About Love

 Jo's Scrap Shack - Valentine's Day
Scrap & Craft Challenge  - Valentines/Love/Romance

Tuesday Throwdown - Love is in the Air
Crafter's Cafe - Hearts
Crafting By Designs - Love Is In The Air
Crafting for all Seasons -  Have a Heart (2nd Week)

Inky Impressions - Valentine's/Love
Stampotique Designers' Challenge -  It's All Love and Hearts

Deep Ocean Challenge -Love is all around

 The Stamping Boutique - Hearts
Wags 'n Whiskers -  For Someone You Love
4 Crafty Chicks -Valentines

Also playing along here:

Frosted Designs Friday Challenge -  Get Messy x2 - use 2 messy items- I used inks and paste 

Just Inspirational Challenges -Any Animal
Simon Says Stamp -  All Creatures Great and Small 
Crafty Gals Corner -   Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes
Red Rubber Inspirationals -  So Sentimental 

Thanks so much for visting! I hope you have some fun things planned for today! The kids and I are going to be making some Valentine's cupcakes this morning and surprise hubby with them after he gets off work :-)