Button Trees #2

Here's what I came up with, not that much different than the last one!! This one is much smaller, trust me on that! We only had to cut four lots of buttons each not eight!

I made mine in two colours (Elegant Eggplant and Early Espresso) but my ladies only made the purple one. They loved making them and I'm sure they will be making a few more in future.

My thanks have to go to the Artistic Avenger who came up with the idea, check out her blog on the left, she has the most gorgeous projects on there.

And thanks again to my ladies, another lovely evening of craft, what could be better!
Kathy x.

Button Tree #1

I made this card after I saw a similar tree made by the Artistic Avenger here. I loved it so much I had to make one for myself!

I started off with a triangle of card, then used my trusty Sweet Buttons embosslit to cut out loads of those gorgeous buttons. I started using the largest buttons first, then worked my way down the sizes, filling in the gaps until the whole triangle was filled. I then cut a trunk out (just a rectangle) and added a ribbon bow made with a large brad.

The card was made up with a Top Note die cut, embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper folder, some swirls cut from a Sizzlit I have. The Swirls Scribbles Sizzlit would work great but I don't have that one, yet! I stuck the tree on top of the Tope note panel, then finished off with a greeting.

I was going to then make a demo out of it for my ladies as I knew they'd love it, but I decided to go smaller for them as I realised we'd be there all night just cutting buttons! lol

So, check out my next post in a couple of days to see what we made.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy x.

Fun Flowers Team Swap

Another blurry card, what am I like!

Anyway, this was my swap at the last team meeting, I kept it simple as I was very naughty and left it until the last minute!

The colour combination is from my trusty colour coach - Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait.

I started with some In Colour DSP (Hostess Level 1), die cut the flowers, punched a border and added some ribbon. The flower centre is a button made with the Sweet Buttons embosslit.

If I'd had more time (and been a good girl) I'd probably have embossed the top of the card base and sponged the flowers. Never mind, I promise to try harder next time!

Thanks for looking,
Kathy x

Springtime Vintage #2

Another great pattern from the Springtime Vintage DSP, this time showing some more of the colours that make up this great set. I used River Rock as my card base, together with Not Quite Navy.

Do you like the flowers? They are a couple of them from the Sizzix Fun Flowers die. Be prepared for Fun Flowers to get everywhere! The centre is a card button I made using the Sweet Buttons Embosslit die. We no longer have to pay a fortune to send a card in the post with buttons, use card ones instead!

More cards using fab items from the mini coming soon!

Take care,
Kathy. x