Bubble Mark - The Good Book

One of my co-workers, at my day job, was looking for a bookmark for her niece's upcoming birthday and her niece is an avid reader. I thought Becky Bubbles (from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps) reading in the bath would be fun book mark. I love reading in the bath.

Challenges

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Supplies

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Putting It Together

I decided I wanted to do a stenciled background, but none of the stencils I currently own were what I wanted to use. So, thought I, how about making one. I had a new die I bought at a local scrapbooking store's garage sale on the weekend that I thought would be perfect.

Using some thin plastic from packaging (i.e. the unprinted backing from a clear stamp set), I ran the border die through my Big Shot a few times to create a re-usable stencil. The die name indicates those are blooms, but they look a bit star-like to me, too.

I stamped and masked Becky, adding a strip of masking to the top and bottom, too. I intentionally stamped part of her towel off the panel and out of the scene.

I sponged on 1 and 2 to give an all over colour and then stenciled on 3 and 4 with my newly cut stencil. When I removed the mask, Becky was ready for painting.

I watercoloured Becky with Distress Inks and Vintage patina ink, Aged Bronze, for the tub's metal feet. I added touches of highlights with white and silver gel pens.

I used a partial cutting with a circle die to round the top and added a sparkly sheer ribbon.