Friday 29 July 2011

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




14 comments:

  1. Fran, Oh my, this is probably the cutest card I have ever seen...absolutely adorable...Wow, very impressed !!

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  2. Hand made buttons? Get out of here! They are amazing. well the whole card is a work of art - just brilliant all round

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  3. What a fun card!! So clever and the colors are so soft!! I love it!! Thanks for joining in the fun at Card Patterns!!

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  4. WOW.......What a beautiful card! I love how you have made the lampshade.

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  5. This is AMAZING! What a clever idea! Thanks for sharing with us at The Tea Room;-)

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  6. What an interesting idea! Very cute!

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  7. STUNNING ... so clever, Fran! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us in the Tea Room :)

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  8. Beautiful card! I love love love the buttons, I'm going to have to try that with my clay! Thanks so much for sharing this with the Shabby Tea Room, and I hope you join us again for this week's challenge-its a fun one!

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  9. I knew that this card is to cute to be unnoticed!
    Congratulations!

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  10. how cute is that! love the pastel colors!!
    Annemieke

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  11. Wow Fran what a bloody amazing card!! I love the idea of making your own buttons - and the lampshade is another amazing idea, I just love it!!

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  12. Ingeniously! Beautiful card!

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  13. Stunning! Such a clever use of your buttons x

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