Busy Bee Bookmark

Busy Bee Bookmark

Posted 2013-03-13 by Oxford Explorerfollow


A bookmark is an easy present to make for someone special who loves to read. It's also lightweight and easy to post. There are lots of different ways to design your bookmark and here's an idea to make a busy bee bookmark using rubber stamps.

Time: 20 minutes
Age: Over 10's
Level: Medium

Materials
  • White cardstock
  • Sponge
  • Distress ink pad in mid yellow to honey colour
  • Pigment ink pad in a dark orange and black
  • Honeycomb rubber stamp
  • Bee rubber stamp

  • Method
  • Cut your cardstock into a long rectangle to make your basic bookmark.
  • Using a sponge, dab the distress ink all over and don't forget to do both sides of the bookmark.

  • Ink and sponge

    Dab the distress ink all over the bookmark to give a subtle background


  • Lay your honeycomb rubber stamp on the table with the pattern side up.
  • Place the dark orange pigment ink on top and dab all over.
  • Print your honeycomb stamp onto the bookmark.

  • Honeycomb stamp


  • Once it's dry, use the bee stamp and black ink to stamp lots of bees all over. You can even stamp some half on and half off.

  • Bee stamp

    Stamp on lots of little busy bees



    If you're interesting in other stamping ideas, try this greeting card .

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    237806 - 2023-07-18 02:05:10

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