Papertrey March 2016 Blog Hop Challenge

Hello! I was able to find some time during the last couple weeks to come up with a project for the Papertrey Blog Hop. Nicole challenged us with some artwork by Izziyana Suhaimi. You can read all about the challenge on Nicole's blog. Here is an example of his artwork.

 My interpretation of this artwork is a bookmark cut from some gray felt in my stash using the Basic Bookmark 2 die. I would love to see this color felt by Papertrey (Soft Stone maybe?). Anyway, to mimic the outlined flower on her dress, I stamped the flower from the Friends 'Til The End stamp set (an oldie, but a goody!), using Versafine Onyx black ink. I gave that a little time to dry before I stitched the flowers onto the front. I used Mini and Maxi Blooms to cut out the flowers. They are mainly stitched on using french knots and straight stitches. I then stitched some stems using a stem stitch.

What a fun and unusual challenge! I enjoyed making this bookmark! I slipped a narrowed down bookmark diecut from cardstock in between the two layers of gray felt to stabilize the bookmark. I then did a buttonhole stitch around the edges to finish it off.  I made a gray tassel using some gray floss in my stash. Hope you enjoy hopping around! Thanks for stopping by!