Bookmarks LII: Seven-Pointed Snowflakes

The inspiration for this bookmark was very simple. "Hey," I said to myself, "I should use this snowflake stamp." And the bookmark turned out to be a pretty simple thing too, which actually seems just right for snow.

I didn't do a terribly good job stamping evenly, but I like it anyway. I wish I'd bothered to count the spokes on the snowflakes before I bought the stamp, though... these are all wrong! Two of them have seven points and one has five, but real snowflakes have exactly six spokes.

Not that this makes these snowflakes any less pretty, so I don't think I ought to be disturbed about it. Real snowflakes aren't this big, either, and that doesn't bother me a bit.

I am entering this ice-blue bookmark in the following challenges:

• Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Winter
• Addicted to CAS Challenge #1: Snow
• Ladybug Crafts Ink: Snowflakes
• SweetStamps Challenge #93: Cold & Snowy (not a SweetStamps stamp, alas)
• Victorine Originals Challenge #48: Blue and White (a fairly turquoise-y blue, I admit)
• Ladybug Crafts Challenge 3: Monochrome/Tonal (heck, it's so monochrome it even matches my blog!)
• One Crazy Stamper: Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Supplies:

Turquoise Treetop

I am really terrible at writing and sending thank-you notes or cards. Witness: My birthday is in September. I have only just sent a thank-you card to my grandmother for her present! But I made the card, so maybe she will be charmed anyway?

I had the hardest time getting the image to really show up; the thin gold embossing just disappears at some angles. First I tried lightly rubbing some ink over the image -- you can see it if you look hard -- which helped a bit, but not enough. I brainstormed ideas with my boyfriend for a while, and finally decided to try coloring bits in. It's still not perfect but at least you can tell there's an image there!

I made a (slightly wonky) envelope too, but I was apparently not paying attention to focusing when I took pictures of it. Oh well, I'm sure you've all seen envelopes before!

I'm entering this belated card in the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp and Show: Thank You
• Sweet Stamps Challenge #92: Thank You
• Creative Inspirations Paints: Inspired by Thankful for You
• Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge 92: Be Thankful
• Simon Says Stamp: Thanksgiving/Thank You (definitely "Thank You" rather than Thanksgiving...)
• One Stop Craft Challenge 205: Monochrome Tones (turquoise)
• Totally Gorjuss Challenge 158: Plain and Simple
• Charisma Cardz Challenge #45: Keep Your Cool (turquoise is definitely a cool color)

Supplies: (the "merci" stamp is from Lawn Fawn)

Bookmarks XXVII: Acorn & Oak Leaf

I am far too sleepy for it to be this early on Friday night, so this is going to be quick rather than ramble-y. I'm fairly sure I haven't used any fantastic new techniques here, but feel free to ask in the comments if you want to know how I did something.

And lo, there was an autumnal bookmark, and it was layered shimmery taped distressed heat embossed good.

I'm entering this bookmark into these challenges:

• Crazy 4 Challenges 154: Anything Goes with a Fall Twist
• The Crafty Pad Challenge #188: Autumn Colors
• Sweet Stamps Challenge #83: Shades of Autumn
• Delightful Challenges: Distressed (rip-rip-ripped those backings for the stamped images)
• Divas by Design Challenge 53: Lovely Layers
• Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Emboss It! (both stamped images are heat-embossed with embossing powders from Stampendous)
• That Craft Place Challenge Blog: Bling it on (plenty of shimmer here!)
• Simon Says Stamp and Show: Tape it Up! (green & brown striped tape)

Supplies: (patterned paper is from DCWV's Autumn Melody matstack, washi or "crafting" tape is from Recollections/Michaels, and the stamps are from an Inkadinkado mini-set. I can't find any product listings for these online, so they're not in the widget.)