Sunday 20 February 2011

A Hug in a Book

Just a quick little make today, being a little scalloped bookmark. I guess it could also be used as a gift tag, but I made a bookmark for my hubby for Valentines day and wanted a little handmade book-mark for myself. And of course it had to have a bear on it !!!  So here he is, my little bear holding his arms out for a hug every time I open my book.  The image is form, of course, The Stamp Fairy, and I've left him white but added a hint of grey Promarker (heavily blended so it's not come out well in the piccy) around the left most edge of each line to give some shadow.  I've added some blue shimmer chalk around the image, cut it into an oval using my new oval cutter, and matted it onto blue card and cut around with scalloped scissors.  Finally I've added a white satin ribbon that my Mother-in-Law bought me for Christmas. 

There we go, a hug in a book!

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Happy crafting

11 comments:

Christine L said...

So lovely to have him waiting for you everytime you open your book!
Hugs
Christine x

Cec said...

What a nice bookmark and that is such a sweet image. Thanks for joining us at Delightful Challenges.
Hugs!
Cec

PinksyDoodles said...

Aww this is adorable!
Thank you for joining us at Sir Stampalot this month.
Clare x

pinky said...

Ah he is just gorgeous, love how you have coloured him. Thanks for playing along at StampFairy and Sir Stampalot.

Sally H said...

Great book mark! so cute! Thanks for joining us at Sir Stampalot this month and good luck!

Tracy said...

so cute. Fab Entry, thanks for joining Sir Stampalot’s challenge, Good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

ThePurplePlace said...

Hugs is one of my favorite sentiments and I use it often, especially with StampFairy images. Hugs and the sweet bears just seem to be meant for each other!!

Your new bookmark project is another wonderful example of where it just seems to work perfectly, especially since you made this one for your hubby!! What a cute Valentine idea and very sweet!

Thanks so much for sharing it with us all and for entering it into this week's challenge at StampFairy!! Good Luck and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

Happy Crafting,
Lis

3treescreations@gmail.com said...

Oh it's perfect! I just love Toby giving a bear hug - who couldn't use that??? Thanks so much for playing at StampFairy Challenge.

Deanne :)

Mandi said...

Super book, how cute, thanks for entering our Digi week challenge
mandi
Totally Papercrafts

Gem said...

a great creation! Thanks for taking part in our No Cards challenge this week at CRAFT! Gemma :)

Paddington fan said...

Aww, this is so cute - love the bear! Thanks for playing at CRAFT this week and good luck in the draw, love Jacky x