Boom Mark Tutorial

Happy Hip Hop day! I know, I know, I say that a lot, but really Thursday's are a happy day for me. I love knowing I can come here, the Unity blog and the Unity forum and know were to find some of my favorite stamping Peeps! I've been waiting patiently for my day to come around to do the Thursday tutorial. I've had this one ready to go for weeks now. I decided back when I made my sneak peeks for the latest {ippity} release that I would share with you all how I did my chipboard/ribbon bookmark. Remember this? It really is easy and you can apply the technique to just about any stamp image or chipboard piece.

Here's what you need to get started:

• a sheet of chipboard to die cut (you can also use thin, recycled cardboard, like a cereal box) or a pre-cute chipboard piece.


• your favorite stamp, {ippity} of course!


• a long piece of your favorite ribbon


• decorative metal piece or favorite button


• scor-tape or sticky strip


• die cut machine and small to medium sized die


• designer paper of your choice
  

And here' s how to put it all together:

1. using your die cute machine cut a piece of chipboard with your chosen die (here I used the nestabilities label 13 die)



2. die cut two pieces of designer paper with the same die, to cover your chipboard piece. You will then have 2 pieces of designer paper and 1 chipboard piece all cut in the same shape



3. adhere your designer paper to die-cute chipboard piece-front and back sides.



4. stamp, color, and cut out your stamped image (here I used Books A Flutter. Colored my image with copics, cut off my butterfly, and paper pieced it to place on the sentiment. Another great tip to get more mileage from your stamps!)



5. Attach 1 end of your ribbon with a strong adhesive (I use scor-tape) to the middle of your covered chipboard piece, then attach metal decorative piece or button of choice to the other end.



6. attach stamped image over the attached ribbon piece with dimensionals

There you go-a finished bookmark. I really love mine and use it all the time. Hope you feel inspired to make one for yourself or to give as a gift.

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