Linda Johnson

Scrapbooking Crafts-Make a Personalized Book Marker Using Wrapping Paper



Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2009

by Linda Johnson
Showcase to Ideas

Are you or someone you know an avid reader? Try making a personalized custom book marker so you will never lose your place. You can make several of these in no time at all using cardboard and antiqued looking wrapping paper. What a quick way to create art with decorative scrap paper and your own personalized 3-D foam letter, as you'll find out by reading below.

Begin by selecting a scrap piece of wrapping paper that resembles time gone by. If you don't have any left over wrapping paper, you can find some very inexpensive paper at your local craft store. For this project an antiqued looking sports theme was used in a flat finish (tan, brown, black and olive). Using scissors, cut the wrapping paper in to two 8"H x 2"W strips. Next, cut one piece of thin scrap cardboard in to an 8"H x 2"W piece to match in size the two strips of paper you have already cut and set aside. Spray artist adhesive to one side of the cardboard and apply one of the wrapped paper strips to it, smooth out any wrinkles and allow time to dry, approx. 5 minutes. Then, flip the quickly to be finished custom book marker over and repeat the same process on the other side. Now, to add the personalizing touch to your project, add a 3-d foam letter sticker for scrapbooking to the front side of your marker. For this project we used a cream colored S letter, 1.5" x 1.5".

That's all there is to it. A nice simple craft, and a special and personalized custom book marker (see below for photos). A great classroom craft for teachers, or just the rest of us everyday home crafters. photos to the left.

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Linda Johnson is an experienced crafter and interior/exterior decorating specialist, sharing her passion by helping friends, family, and clients solve their decorating and craft needs, and is currently the publisher of http://www.showcasetoideas.com, where everyone is invited to show off their own wonderful creations, and find a wealth of craft ideas and decorating projects.  Linda's education and practical decorating experience laid the framework for putting together an evergrowing library of how-to articles, video tutorials, and supply resources, while enabling viewers to share her passion by showing off their projects as well at http://www.showcasetoideas.com.  

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» left by Nenita Wells
from Providence, RI 3 years 24 days ago.
Hi Linda,
 
This is one of my favorite articles about making a custom book marker. This is a very good gift idea for Mother's Day. Thank you!
 
Your fan,
 
Nenita
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