Adding glitter or stickers is a great way to give your bookmark personality without much work. Draw over your bookmark with markers or pens to add words, phrases, or quotes that you particularly like. You can also draw your own images onto the cardstock, or add details to the bits of paper and pictures you have glued on. Make a collage of images you cut out from magazines by overlapping them on your cardstock. You can do this with your own personal pictures as well.
You can also create this effect by using wide packing tape in an even strip on both sides of your bookmark. Consider using a craft epoxy-like liquid gel to paint onto both sides of your bookmark. Paint one side at a time, allowing drying periods between coats.
Add multiple ribbons for more color and texture on your bookmark. Use beads on the ends of your ribbon for a bit of glam. Slide a few beads over the ends of both the ribbon tails, and then tie a knot to secure it. Use a match or a lighter to burn the cut-ends of the ribbons to prevent fraying. The flame will cause the plastic to melt, creating a blunted-end to your ribbons. [1] X Research source
If you don’t use a charm, place a single bead in the center of the ribbon (threading it over only one tail), and then fold the ribbon in half and insert both tails through the remaining beads to make it secure. Tie a knot at the base of these beads when you have added all the ones you would like. Leave about a 10 inch space, and then tie another knot with both of the ribbon tails. Add any beads you would like to the top of the bookmark, and then tie one more knot to keep them from falling off.
