Page Corner Bookmarks

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page corner bookmarksThis project comes to you at the request of Twitterer @GCcapitalM.

I used to believe that a person could never have too many books, or too many

bookmarks. Then I moved into an apartment slightly larger than some peoples

closets (and much smaller than many peoples garages) and all these beliefs got

turned on their naeve little heads.

But what a person can always look for more of is really cool unique bookmarks.

Placeholders special enough for the books that are special enough to remain in your

culled-out-of-spacial-necessity collection.

Page corner bookmarks are cute, practical and deeply under-represented in the

world.* Theyre easy to make, easy to customize, and will set you apart from all

those same-same flat rectangular bookmarks. Corner bookmarks are where its at.

If you like this tutorial, here are a couple others that might be up your alley. First,

try makingpaper plantsas lovely, lasting handmade gifts. You can even stash some

goodies or small presents in their pots.

If youre loving the toothy monster vibe, check out these simplemonster heating

bags,filled with rice or wheat and entirely microwavable, to keep toes or fingers or

tummies warm during the chilly winter months. If you want a monster you can wear,
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try making a cozybug-eyed fleece monster hator somefingerless fleece monster

gloves.

For the monster-loving adults in the room, try somegoogly-eyed paper monster

wine charms.

*This is probably no longer true, given the astonishing number of you whovefound

your way to this post and made your own page corner bookmarks. Go you! Imfairly

certain that something this adorable and functional cantbe over represented in the

world, though, so just keep right on making them.

What youllneed:

pretty paper of cardstock weight ORa combination of plain cardstockand pretty, decorated lighter weight paper

scissors ruler mechanical pencil glue stick [optional] other decorating tools, such as crayons, markers, stamps,

stickers, ink pads, embossing powder, etc. page corner monster bookmark template number 3. under Paper

patterns and templates(or you can make your own using the instructions

below)

Putting it all together:

Below, Ill teach you how to make two similar-but-different types of corner

bookmarks. The first is a square overlapped by a triangle , the second is a triangle

overlapped by a smaller triangle.

If you are making your own template from scratch, follow all the steps below. If

youre using the PDF template linked to above, cut the pieces out and skip to step 5.
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1) Ok, the very simplest thing to do is to cut a triangular piece off the

corner of an envelope, and use that. Decorate it if you wish. If you want to

get a bit more in depth, ignore the envelope method and move on to step

2.

2) On a piece of plain scrap paper, draw a square. Use your ruler so its

sides are perfectly straight. Dont make it too big mine measured 2.5 inches x

2.5 inches, though you could go larger than that. Draw second square exactly

the same size on the right side of the first square (so they share a side)

and a third square exactly the same size on the top of the first square. You

should end up with 3 squares that compose an L shape.
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3) Using your ruler, draw a diagonal line across the uppermost square,

from its top right corner to its bottom left corner. Scribble out the upper

left half (now a triangle) of the square, as you wontbe using that part.

Next, draw a diagonal line across the bottom right square, from its top

right corner to its bottom left corner. Scribble out the lower right half

(now a triangle) of this square.

4) Cut out all parts of the entire shape that have not been scribbled out.

This should be a square with two triangles attached to it, one on the top

and one on the right. This is your template.


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5) Trace your template onto your pretty piece of cardstock (or onto the

plain piece of cardstock that you intend to decorate), and cut the shape

out.

6) Using your ruler and the tip of your mechanical pencil with no lead

showing, score a line (make an indent) along the edges of the square thatconnect to the two triangles.


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6.5) [optional] Cut a square of pretty paper slightly smaller than theone you used for your template and glue it onto the square portion of

your shape. I generally do this if the paper Imusing is quite plain.

7) Fold one triangle inwards, so it covers the upper half of the square.


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8) Apply glue to the underside (the side still facing up) of the second

triangle, and fold it over onto the first triangle.


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8.5) [optional] As in step 6.5, if youveused plain cardstock and wantto glue fancy paper on top of it, cut out a triangle of the fancy paper

thatsslightly smaller than the folded-over triangles of the bookmark.

Glue the smaller triangle on top of the larger, folded-over ones.

9) Add any decorations or illustrations you wish. Use by slipping over thecorner of the page you wish to mark, like a pocket.
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Now, hereshow to make a triangular bookmark, where the back is a

triangle and not a square.

1) Follow steps 2 and 3 from above.


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2) Use your ruler to draw a diagonal line across the remaining, center

square, from its bottom right to its top left. Then draw another line,

parallel to the one you just created but about 1/2 inch lower down. Erase

the first line.

3) Extend the shapesbottom line and the two side lines so that they meet

up. You should now have a shape that looks like a castle flag: a rectangle

with a triangular indent at one end.


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4) Cut the shape out.

5) Trace the template onto your nice paper. Be sure to make a little mark

on either side where the corners of the two outer triangles meet the inner

triangle , and extend this mark onto the inside of your shape.


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Cut the shape out. If you want a fancy bottom edge, cut that line with

fancy scrapbooking scissors.


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6) Now follow steps 7 11 from above, scoring along the appropriate lines,

folding the two outer triangles in on top of each other, gluing them down

and adding any fancy paper or other embellishments.


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(I actually turned mine over at this point and folded it the other way, so the colours

were switched. See below.)


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EDIT: Heres another take onmonstrous page corner bookmarks,from another artist

who thought it up completely separate from me, long before I even thought of

thinking about doing this project or writing this post. Great minds, eh?2nd EDIT: Many people have seen this blog post over the past months, and many

have commented very kindly on it, and many have used the tutorial to make their

own page corner bookmarks. A number of the links following the comments below

lead to wonderful images of other peoples creative takes on this project. I wanted

to post one image in particular here, which I take from thePriestthorpe Primary
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School Blog.There, a whole classroom of kids made their own page corner

bookmarks, and they look fabulous! I love all the different personalities displayed.

Thanks to all of you whove shared your own page corner bookmark results, and all

of you whove said such kind things about the project. Its heartwarming to think

about all the books around the world that are having their page corners nibbled at

this very instant.

3rd EDIT: Yet more thanks to all the folks who continue to make use of this tutorial

and post your own wonderful versions. Heres another idea:This crafterdecided to

use small round stick-on jewels for the pupils, which I think looks great. The

downside of course is that they protrude a bit, so your book wont close flat, but if

theyre fairly small jewels it shouldnt be too bad. Stickers, sequins or paper buttonscould also make great pupil substitutes.

How to Make Corner Munch

BookmarksPrintable BookmarksMaking Your Own BookmarksEdited by Clem, Maluniu, Nerual, MayFalls and 7 others

Ever seen those cute triangle-shaped bookmarks with fun designs and silly faces?

Always wanted to make one? Here's the easy how-to.Ad
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Printable Bookmarks

Printable Bookmarks

Making Your Own Bookmarks

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Find a piece of blank white paper.Ad

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2Draw three 2.5 in. by 2.5 in. squares, one in the corner with one on either side. Use a

ruler so the lines are straight and even and the boxes are all the same size.
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3.

3Draw a diagonal line on the two outer boxes pointing in.


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4Color in the halves pointing outward.


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5Now cut out the shape, not along all of the lines drawn, but cut off the colored in

sides and the outline of the large shape.


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6Trace this onto either scrap-booking paper (for stronger bookmarks and bright

designs) or construction paper.


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7Cut out the shape.


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8.

8Now, flip it over so the blank side or the side you like least is facing you.Fold the

triangle sides along the lines over the base square. You should apply glue to the side

facing you of the first flap folded, and then stick the next folded flap to it.


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9Hold this side down until the glue is dried.


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10You can now decorate it any way you want!Ex: Cut the edges of the base square

with fun scissors, add stickers or draw on them with markers.


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11.

11For more extensive designs, try making them out of news paper or comics, or

magazines.To make monsters, cut out triangles and stick them onto the first glued side

so the edges are sticking out, and then fold the second triangle over. Then cut two

different sized circles out of scraps and make crazy eyes.

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