Saturday, 26 April 2025

Once Upon a Time … 📚


Hi everyone, as I mentioned previously, having managed to create one entry for the Lavinia Dreamatorium Challenge (here) I was determined to create another one, and as I don’t have many of the larger focal stamps from the new collection my mind turned again to doing something a bit different. This time I decided to make a bookmark so I could easily fill the space with shelves and my one set of book stamps from the new collection. I bought a pack of pre-cut watercolour card bookmarks when I visited the shop, so I thought it was the right time to open the packaging!


I stencilled lightly over the whole bookmark using the Red Brick stencil and Soft Cygnet Elements ink, then blended a little Truffle Elements around the edges to add depth. The background colour is actually a lot warmer than the photo suggests, I couldn’t capture it with my camera for some reason!  I stamped various shelves in Pinecone Versafine Clair and books in Nocturne, then added a couple of hanging lightbulbs plus foliage in shades of green. I coloured the books and lightbulbs using Zig pens and added some twinkle to the lightbulbs with Wink of Stella. I added white accents and a selection of appropriate sentiment stickers, then finished by matting onto brown card stock, and adding a punched hole and ribbon. 


Stamps: Lavinia Book of Lost Words, Bookshelf, Hobbits Door Accessories, Silkweed Hops, Wild Foliage, Light Bulbs; 
Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Soft Cygnet, Truffle); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Pinecone, Avocado, Shady Lane); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Wink of Stella (clear); Posca pen (white);
Tools: Lavinia stencil - Red Brick;
Other: Lavinia Sentiment Stickers 6; ribbon from my stash.


Challenges I would like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps and More #491 - Make Your Mark (2nd entry)
Ally’s Angels #93 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
Creative Crafters #87 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
Creative Crafting Uncles #64 - Anything but a Card
Daisy Chain #95 - Not Square
Just Us Girls #772 - Stencil Week
Lavinia Dreamatorium Creative Challenge - Use only Dreamatorium Collection stamps (2nd entry)
Paper Funday #75 - Anything Goes with option Things Beginning with “B” (3rd entry)
(Bookmark, books, bricks, bulbs, blue, brown)
Word Art Wednesday #696/697 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

That’s all for today. Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,

18 comments:

Aquarius said...

A lovely idea for a bookmark, all works together nicely. Good luck!

Chris said...

I always love a bookmark (get through loads of them as my dog also has a passion for them and he has teeth!!!) , this is beautiful and an inspired way to use those new stamps.
xx

crafty-stamper said...

Beautiful bookmark(I have quite a collection but always use the same one lol) love the stamps and stencilled background.
carol x

Jules said...

Hi Pauline
So much loveliness and so much to look at and admire on such a small area of card .. .. and lots of crafty goodies used too.
Not something I will ever need as I couldn't read a book to save my life LOL!!!
Hope you have a lovely weekend.
Love and hugs
Jules xx

ScrappyHorses said...

Oh my, what a perfect bookmark with the beautiful vines and stamped books! Great coloring and such a wonderfully subtle background! Thanks so much for sharing with us at The Outlawz AG in a Card Free Zone. Katrina

Sarn said...

A lovely bookmark full of dreamy books and light. x

HilaryJane said...

This has worked brilliantly. I love it xx

Ellibelle said...

These stamps are so perfect for a bookmark and I love how it turned out with the combination of the brick wall and shelves covered in books.

Carol said...

Great bookmark..great idea! I like the idea of making something smaller to be able to fill the space. The scene looks like a cozy eading nook, too. Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls.

Sue VanDeVusse said...

Your bookmark is amazing! I love the soft brick background for your books sitting on the shelves with the foliage and lightbulbs for better reading. Thanks for playing along with us at JUGS!

Darlene said...

OMG what a clever idea and it looks AWESOME! GREAT job! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our STENCIL FUN challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Stencil Fun Co-Owner

Liz said...

Fabulous bookmark Pauline, great use of your new stamps.
(Thanks for your comment on my blog, I've left you a reply.)
Liz xx

Amy Johnson said...

Such a cute bookmark. The images you chose are perfect for a bookmark.

Mariann Jakobsen said...

Brilliant bookmark! Lovely details and coloring!
Thanks for joining us at Ally's Angels Challenge #93

corysnana said...

I bet lots of book-lovers would be happy recipients of your intricate and fun bookmark! Love all of the details you added with inks and shades of colors. Thanks for linking your creation up in the "Mark Your Mark" Challenge on the Addicted to Stamps & More Blog. Cathy ATS&M DT

EmmaT said...

Brilliant fun bookmark, something useful and beautiful to look at

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Absolutely perfect, what a fabulous bookmark. x

Hi! I'm Shirley and said...

Lovely bookmark. Great details. Thank you for sharing it with us at Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone at the Outlawz Challenges. Shirley M.