As far as I (care to) know, all scrapbookers are also book lovers. We usually love to read as much as we love to scrapbook. And, as much as we may dislike it, we usually have other engagements that won't allow us to just read an amazing book from cover to cover in one sitting.
So, being a practical crafter, I decided to put the paper scraps in my evergrowing stash to good use. Whenever I need to mark the page where my reading stops, I just create a very simple yet attractive (may I dare to say stylish?) corner bookmark with cute papers from that stash.
SUPPLIES:
- A square piece of scrapbook paper, any size between 3”x3” and 4”x4”
- Scissors
- Your favorite adhesive
DIRECTIONS
With the wrong side of the paper facing you, fold each corner into the opposite one, creating an X that crosses the paper square from corner to corner. Open the foldings.
Cut out one of the four triangles formed by the foldings you just made. You won't need that triangle for this project, so you can save it for another project, or just toss it away.
Select one of the side triangles and cut a piece out of it in a way that you leave a thin strip of paper attached to the main or central triangle. That small triangle you've cut out? You won't need it for this project.
Cut the tip of the strip you just created. This will make a cleaner, less bulky fold on the final product.
Fold the side strip into the central triangle. Apply adhesive to it once folded.
Fold the side triangle into the central triangle. It will cover the already folded side strip and will end up glued to it by the adhesive already applied.
At this point, the basic bookmark is finished. If you selected a printed paper that you like, you may call in a day here. But if you enjoy the more crafty, creative side, this is where the embellishing fun begins!
My favorite embellishing is just using a corner rounder to snip the tip of the bookmark. For some reason I can't explan, I like the tip of the page to peek out of the bookmark when I insert it into it. Actually, rounding that bookmark tip is my personal setp # 7, but you may prefer to keep it angular.
And if you go back to the top photo, you can see how I used flowers punched from scrap papers, and metallic gold stickers (dots from a scrap alpha sheet on my stash, too) to border the bookmark with beautiful flowers.
So there you have it! Let your imagination fly to create beautiful bookmarks for you or to give away. Your creativity will flourish, your scrap paper stash will diminish, and your books will look in style!
Wishing you beautiful memories,
Zaira Ivette
