Meet me on the Corner

Here's an adorable new way to make cute little bookmarks! These bookmarks use clever folding and then allow the user to insert the page they are working on for quick access later. This example uses one of the Sweet Pea Pals from Plate #9.

Here's the folding pattern:

I use patterned paper to create the bookmarks because it is easy to fold. Take a square piece of patterned paper (in my sample it was 5 inches); Lay it out flat, patterned side DOWN as in picture 1. Take corner D and fold the paper diagonally so that corners A and D are together as shown in picture 2; Now add adhesive to half the triangle (the area shown in grey) and fold corner C on top of corner B. You should now have a triangle that is glued in the center but still has an opening allowing the page to slip inside.
I then took the patterned bookmark and layered on some cardstock (to give it a little thickness). I embellished the piece with a cute Sweet Pea Pal. She is stamped with Versafine Ink and water colored using Derwent Inktense pencils. I also added some very flat style bling from Momenta. Keep in mind that the bookmark is meant to be inside a book, so embellishment should be kept flat.
Happy Bookmarking!
Holley