Friendship With A Good Book

Ive been feeling unwell for a couple of days, and while Im CoVid negative its not pleasant. Therefore my plan for today is to flourish up on the sofa with a good book. So I suppose it should come as no surprise that todays project is a bookmark. It was the very first thing I thought of when I saw this tall, narrow friendship sentiment. I moreover have an idea for combining it with the doorway from the Warm Welcome Bundle, but that will have to wait until flipside day.

FLOWERS OF FRIENDSHIP

I unquestionably started with a bookmark wiring that I’d made a while ago while experimenting with the Very Best Trio Punch. First I took a 2″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Thick Basic White Vellum and wilted the two top corners using the straight corner option on the punch. I must say that on such a narrow piece of vellum I didn’t like the proportions, so I then trimmed 1/4″ off the top. That was much better. With that washed-up I went when to the Very Best Trio Dial to add the ribbon slot.

Now I was ready to get the Flowers of Friendship Stamp Set inky. I finally decided to get this set as I once had the coordinating Flowers & Leaves Punch. So I started by stamping the sentiment on the bookmark using Evening Evergreen ink. Then I stamped the largest flower image whilom that.

Colouring the image was quick and easy using Stampin’ Blends swig markers. For the petals I used light and visionless Daffodil Delight, surpassing swapping to light and visionless Soft Succulent for the leaves.

Finally I cut two 6″ pieces of white twine from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack. After folding it in half I passed the loops through the slot in the bookmark. Then I threaded the cut ends through the loops and pulled gently to secure the twine in place. And just like that my bookmark was well-constructed and I’m ready to relax.

Meanwhile, in specimen you missed it… I created this short video showing how I make sure the ribbon slot on the Very Best Trio Dial is perfectly placed.

And if you missed the utterance well-nigh the new Warm Welcome Stow you’ll find that in my blog post Welcome new bundle.

PRODUCT LIST

BUNDLE BONUS – I bought the Very Best Trio Dial in a stow with the Very Best Occasions Stamp Set (not used today). Using the single ‘bundle’ item number to order meant I saved 10% off the forfeit of ownership these two products separately. I’ve included a link to the stow in specimen you want to explore this option for yourself.