Button Up

Button Up - Craft Your Days Away has a double difficult (for me) challenge. We were to make a masculine card/project with buttons. At first I was stumped, then I remembered this nifty shirt stamp that I bought at a stamping show last year.

My DP is Prima. I didn't even know they made paper, then I found this stack in a box. I think they were for children, but I really like the muted colors.

I ran forest moss distress ink over the embossing folder before I ran it through the Cuttlebug. With the buttons the paper strip looks like that strip that runs down the front of a shirt.

My sentiment is Hot off the Press stamped with mememto black ink. I inked all of my paper images with the moss distress ink. I used to of SU punches for the sentiment, then 2 brads.

The shirt stamp is by Too Much Fun. I stamped it on card stock that has a 2 sides,one darker than the other. I then cut and folded the shirt. I used a couple of Copic's to shade it.

My favorite part of the shirt is the tiny buttons that I attached to it.

My 7 year old grandson just told me that this is my best card yet. He is my biggest fan. Big hugs, Tyler!

Craft Your Days Away is sponsored by Crafty Emma's and I hope that you will make a mascule card with buttons and join us at Craft Your Days Away.


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Books are Friends too!

Books are friends too! - Today starts the new challenge at Michelle Perkett Studio. What are we doing this week? Buttons! Buttons are a fun embellishment. I have been know to look through clothes that were being taken to Goodwill for buttons. Sometimes you can find really interesting ones. However today I made my own buttons. I punched them out of cardstock and coated them with Matte Accents. My baker's twine was also homemade. It is nice to make them this way I can use the same Copic that I colored the image with.

My DP is Al Fresco Tapestry by CR Gibson and was a gift from my daughter for Mother's day. Don't I have a great daughter? I used a MS punch.

The image is Stella by Michelle Perkett. I love this image. I love how studious Stella looks and how all the flowers and even the bee and butterfly have come to hear the story. What book do you think she is reading?

Stella was Colored with Copics and I used some fine glitter by the Rubber Cafe.

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