Project of the Week: Stamped Corner Bookmark Card

Welcome everyone....I'm very excited to be a part of the Paper Crafting Week here at Tip Junkies! Today is World Card-Making Day and is a great time to make a card if you have never done so or if you are like me and stamp pretty much everyday!

I'm Ellie Jacobson and am a stamping demonstrator with The Angel Company and have been stamping and paper crafting for 10 years now. You can view my blog here where I share my stamping adventures along with being a mom of 2 wild boys! To learn more about The Angel Company and the supplies they offer, click here

I wanted to share with you today how to make a Corner Bookmark Card.

This is a card that features a corner bookmark that is a part of the card but the person can use as a bookmark. I like sending cards that function more than just a card, something they can use for a long time afterwards.

Here are the directions:

I found the original idea from stamper, Barb Mulliken but I adapted them a bit so I could use the Scor-Pal with it. For those who have not heard of a Scor-Pal, it is a great tool that I use on a daily basis to help score paper to make fun shaped cards, boxes and whatever else you can think of. I'm not really a big fan of crafting gadgets because I tend to not use them after using it once or twice but the Scor-Pal is a must, in my humble opinion of course!

Ok here are the directions for making the corner bookmark part, which is the flower blossom part on the finished above card.

Start with a piece of 3 x 3 cardstock. I used my Scor-Pal to score the 2 lines needed to make the flaps that fold down. I placed my square piece of cardstock like a triangle on the top fence of the Scor-Pal, so the tip of fits right into the groove for the 3-1/2 mark. Then I used my bone folder to score the cardstock on the 4-1/2 mark. I penciled in lines on the first 2 pictures to show you where I scored. To make the 2nd score line, I just simply rotated my square piece of cardstock clock wise to the same spot and scored again at the 4-1/2 mark.

Now score those lines and fold back the 2 triangles.

I placed a piece of double sided tape to the OUTSIDE of the flaps (the black smudge you see in the photo is on the tape)

I took a piece of matching white cardstock that measures 2-1/16 x 2-1/16 an cut that in half on my paper trimmer so I have 2 triangles. I took one of the triangles and adhered it over the flaps so it looks cleaner.

So now flip over your cardstock and it's time to decorate. That's the hardest part, deciding what to design!

I used a scrap of the More Mimi paper from The Angel Companyfor the border with 2 blue buttons layered on top. I added some beautiful raspberry ribbon from Mimi ribbon and the white blossom with silver brad. The pink flower is from a fabric coaster I found at Michael's, I cut the flower from the coaster. So that's the bookmark part.

I took the same paper from More Mimi and adhered that to the white base cardstock. Since the paper is double sided I had to flip a part of the cardstock up. I stamped "hello" (from the Doodle Bugs stamp set) in Perfect Plumeria. The girl image is from the Sunday Stroll stamp set. I've been practicing my coloring and I colored this image in with my watercolor pencils using Goo Be Gone and he blending stumps. I really like that technique! I added a little sprakle to her using the Stardust Clear Gelly Pen. I cut her out using my Kai scissors and used a pop dot to layer her on the More Mimi paper.

Here is the bookmark in use:

Here is another version of the same card but in a simpler design:

I hope you have enjoyed this project and let me know if you have any questions!

For more tutorials, visit these links:
Stamping on Tiles
Matchbook Card
Get Inspired for Christmas Cards

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Comment by Laurie Turk on October 7, 2009 at 10:18am: Ellie this is the most amazing idea. I just love it! Thank you so much for taking the time to create such a cool tutorial. I can't wait to make one and embellish the current book I'm making with a fabulous corner book mark. You rock!

Comment by Katie on October 5, 2009 at 10:11pm: Cute it's a card and a little gift all in one. It would be the perfect card to go along with a book given as a present. Books are a really popular gift in my family so this would be fun make to coordinate with the title. It looks pretty easy to do too, thanks for sharing!