Books, I love them!

 

 Hello Monday, my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  SPRITZ  AND SPLATTER   Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is: MAKE A BOOKMARK/BASED ON BOOKS

I LOVE to read! As far back as my memories go, there were books in my life. I remember taking them outside with me and reading under a tree. I took them camping, traveling...wherever I as there were books, usually a stack of them. I didn't have as much time to read for myself when i was teaching, so summers were my time to catch up.  Now, with my vision problems, I listen to books and read them on my Kindle.  Yes, I LOVE to read!!

 

I rounded the edges of my watercolor paper bookmark. Then, I brushed on a wet layer of colors. I let it dry a bit. 
 

Time for some "subtractive" stenciling, or where I remove color. I laid the stencil on some areas and wiped back the color with a baby wipe (wet cloth woks too). I love the pattern that emerges. 

I doodles a stack of books with waterproof black ink. Boy, was it hard to just choose a few of my favorites: Chronicles of Narnia by C.C. Lewis, Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, and The Chronicles of St Mary's by Jodi Taylor are just a few. 

I stamped the wise owl, because reading makes you wise, right? I colored him with watercolor, fussy cut him out, and one completely dry, I added highlights with a gold pen.  

I think Gus loves books too! 

I stamped READ across the top, went around the letter boxes with gold pen, and tied on some twine. 

I added watercolor to the stack of books and fussy cut this before glueing to the bookmark. 

Read a few of your favorite books, and make a bookmark to keep your place. Or create a make based on a book you love.

Get set, read, and create!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store 

Supplies:

Lavinia Stamps Gus

Simon Says Stamp Game Tile Letters

Simon Says Stamp Square Dance stencil

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink

Canson Watercolor paper

Daniel Smith Watercolors - Quinacridone Pink, Hansa Yellow Light, Permanent Orange, Sap Green, Quinacridone Purple,  Phthalo Turquoise

Watercolor brush

Watercolor palette

Water containers

Spellbinders Corner Rounder

Bearly Art Precision Glue

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Twine

Gold Pen

Black Archival Pen

 

 

 

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting! Maura

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