Cute as a Button

It's Daring Friday again, and this week it's Sharon's first ever dare - how exciting! Her challenge is for you to create a card using buttons - but hold on, it's not that simple, oh no. We'd like you to use buttons in the main feature of your card, not just as an added embellishment in the corner! Check out the Daring Cardmakers blog for inspiration.

For my card, I decided to make buttons out of Fimo clay (it's been a while since I got my Fimo out!)

I used small cutters and pressed an embossing folder, resin embellishment and jewellery mould into each one them to give texture then made holes in them with a pokey tool. I'm quite pleased ith how these turned out actually. For the lampshade, I covered a strip of card on fabric and folded it into a curve so it sits like a real 3D shade on the card, and decorated with lace and pearls.

Speaking of embossing folders, I used my new 'In Stitches' folder which gets a big thumbs up from me. So I expect you will be seeing a lot more of it ;)

Along the bottom of this, I've used lace, Bakers Twine and a little paper ruche topped with crinkled seam binding and flower. The greeting is a digi stamp and I made a rosette out of crepe paper to edge it with.

challenges:

Card Patterns - sketch 125

The Shabby Tearoom - 'Relax & Enjoy + yellow,green,pink and neutrels

Thanks for looking x