For the Book Lover at Fantabulous Cricut

This is my first post as a member of the Fantabulous Cricut DT.  And oh how excited I am.  This week the challenge is FOR THE BOOK LOVER.  Well, that is me!!  I love to read and I love to teach reading.  Which is part of what I do everyday.  I teach kindergarten and have the pleasure of reading to children everyday.  It is so much fun to see their reaction to a book and hear their feedback.  Even though I have read some of the same books year after year to my classes, I still relish in the reading and their comments. And it is amazing how young children can gain so many different things from a story.  The children are like sponges and can't wait to be reading independently.

I love to give the children a book as part of their Christmas gift.. This year, instead of buying bookmarks for their books, I have made them.  Here are a few of the bookmarks.

Aren't they just so much fun.  These little bookmarks were cut with the George and Basic Shapes cartridge.  I cut the snowflakes with the Winter Lace cartridge and attached them to the top of the bookmarks.  The little snowmen, I found at Hobby Lobby.  They are just perfect because they are so cute and shiny, and yet the back of them are flat.  This makes it perfect for them to be attached to the snowflake.  After adding the snowmen, I attached some little gems to the snowflakes for the bling!  

The little snowmen have a small gold thread attached to them.  So the children can hang their bookmarks on a Christmas tree as an ornament as well as use them in their books.  Pretty neat!  

You will want to go visit the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge and see the inspiration from the DT and visit their blogs and leave them some love.  And if you are a lover of books or know someone who is, then show us your creation by linking it up to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.  I can't wait to see what you create!!  Thanks for dropping by. I hope you will visit often.