Monday, May 24, 2010

Sleeping with Strawberries with Bookmark

I have been on a totally Strawberry kick the last few days so I thought I would bring you a week of Strawberry Inspiration!! Each day this week I have a strawberry card. You should see all the different styles that I have in store!! This is a wonderful project to do with large images like the big House Mouse Stamps. I started out by stamping the image twice. I colored one in full using my colored pencils and 'gamsol'. On the other image, I only colored in the main part of the image. I created the card with the full image. Then the fun part. I cut the partially colored image, matted it onto a piece of cardstock that was folded in half. I adhered magnets inside the 2 bottom parts of the folded cardstock so that it becomes a bookmark. When mailing it to the recipient the bookmark stays on the card. Upon recieving the card they can use the bookmark! My 'strawberry kick' started with the creating of this card for the Cards Blog challenge last week (which didn't get picked for). Strawberries are one of my very favorite summer time treats and I think they are beautiful images to create with!! Do you love strawberries too??? Thanks for dropping in for a visit today! Make sure you drop back in the rest of the week to see all the other strawberry cards!! Donelda

5 comments:

Juanita said...

What a fabulous idea. I love the way the card turned out.
I am glad you are finding time to create and post. I hope I can eeek out a few hours this Victoria Day...

Lindsey said...

Great card, and beautifully coloured!

Jessica G. said...

This is an awesome card, Donelda -- not only is it adorable, but it's practical, too. Who couldn't use a magnetic bookmark? So clever!

I just finished canning several pins of strawberries, making several more of freezer jam, and freezing even more berries for future smoothies. The whole family went to a pick-your-own strawberry patch -- fun, fun!!

Deb (dcorder) said...

What a cleaver idea! I love that bookmark idea. And your coloring is so FABULOUS!!!

Joy Jenkins said...

I love this card - especially the mouse. But then, I love all your mouse cards. Too cute!!!