It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...A Winter Hop!

Welcome to the third 2009 Holiday Hop! A group of talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators are ready to show off their paper crafting skills with inspirational ideas using Stampin' Up! products for the upcoming Christmas/Winter holiday season.

For today's Hop project, I wanted to make something other than a card, but I didn't have a whole lot of time. There are a lot of heavy readers in our family, so I thought a nice little treat might be a handmade bookmark. These were quick and easy, and could certainly be embellished in any number of ways.

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First, I found some tags (picked up at any local craft store) and used a border punch along the bottom. Then, I stamped this wonderful snowflake image from Stampin' Up's Patterned Pines set in the color of my choice (for these three I chose Sage Shadow, Ruby Red, and Dusty Durango) in a random pattern to create a pretty background. I then used a sponge dauber along the edges and added a strip of matching cardstock. With a Stampin' Write marker, I colored each hole-punch reinforcement to match as well. Next, I stamped three of the terrific images from Christmas Punch to on colored cardstock in Whisper White to create my dangling bookmark charms. A cute snowflake from the same set and a little ribbon later and I'm all done!

BEAN NOTES: (Unless otherwise noted, all materials are Stampin' Up) Christmas Punch and Patterned Pines Stamps; Whisper White Craft Ink; Ruby Red, Sage Shadow, and Dusty Durango Classic Dye Ink; Ruby Red, Sage Shadow, and Dusty Durango Cardstock; Stampin' Write Markers (Ruby Red, Sage Shadow, and Dusty Durango); Grosgrain Ribbon; Wide Oval,Curly Label, and Scallop Oval Punches; Fiskars Scallop Punch HAPPY BEANS: Tags (generic)

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HOLIDAY HOP LINE-UP

Click on any of the sites listed below to start hopping! We're thrilled to have you visit and excited to hear what you think of our hop. Feel free to leave as many comments as you'd like along the way...

1. Kris Kilcoyne (Kween Bee Kreations)

2. Carla Bazhenow (Carla's Scraps)

3. Linda Callahan (Stampin' Seasons)

4. Melanie Collins (Oops a Daisy)

5. Mary Fish (Stampin' Pretty)

6. Tricia Gillam (Soul Stamper)

7. Jill Gregory (Stamping Heart)

8. Kim Lampone (Stamp, Scrap, Get Kreative)

9. Kalshelia Lloyd (Stampin' Fabulousity)

10. Regina Mangum (The Stampin' Bean)

11. Margaret Moody (Margaret Moody)

12. Debbie Pierce (Stampin' Sunshine)

13. Ann Schach (The Stampin' Schach)

14. Gina Shaw (Cards by Gina)

15. Lourdes Torres (Cozy Crafty Corner)

If you've hopped over from the fabulous Kalshelia's Stampin' Fabulosity, I'm stop #10. Now head on over to the inimitable Margaret Moody and check out her wonderful Hop project. Thanks for stopping by!