Stamped Button

This is just me playing and experimenting a little bit.  I’ve just taken a largish pearl effected button and stamped it using my Hero Arts Dandelion stamp G4917 with black Staze-On ink.

And then have added some very twinkly clear flat backed gems and a little Hero Arts micro hologram glitter.

Not sure what to do with it ….. perhaps a work in progress or it might look quite nice on navy velvet in a frame.  Answers on a postcard!

Lonely Snowman Card

I’ve looked at this snowman card and I am going to do it again …… the centre square is too big and makes the snowman look very lonely.  I think I need to trim another centimetre, if not a smidgeon more, all the way around to make it look more balanced.

The snowman is a button I got from E-Bay USA a couple of Christmas’s ago, it was part of a bumper bag I got for about £6. The sky background is navy Bazzill paper that I have doodled on with a white gel pen.

Button Bags in Handbag Packets

I’ve had these large buttons for ages and thought it was about time I used them.

There’s nothing fancy about the idea, all I’ve done is stick a brooch fastening on the back with super glue.

It’s often the packaging that can sell a craft item so I thought I would put the badge/brooch in a little handbag made from a narrow cello bag, embellished with a topper, stickers and ribbon.
I have made the topper with just a small scrap of card, scored and folded in half, and then cut off the corners

Wooden Heart Tags

 

From now on, whenever I do a “What’s in my Shopping Bag” post I am going to try and get something made with some/all of the items within a day or so, otherwise I am liable to put things away and forget them until I find them again months later.

I got these wooden from a gift shop on Poole Harbour for 99p a packet of 6.  The idea in my head, when I bought them, was to make gift tags for Christmas parcels, and this is what I have come up with.

I doodled on both sides of the tags with while gel pen.

And then added Christmas buttons from a whole pile I got several years ago from the US. I cut off the shanks and used a glue gun to attach them.

A few tiny clear flat backed gems complete the effect.

I am thinking that I may sell a few of these, so I have put them on a simple backing card (as above) and then in a sealed cello bag to make them look a bit more professional.

Snowman Fridge Magnet

I don’t like to throw anything away.  I’ve had these frames for ages as the remnant of these little boat embellishments.

I’d used the boats for another project and I was left with about six empty frames, then I had a festive Ulrika moment …… fridge magnets!

I’ve used snowmen buttons I’ve had for years and coloured bits of them in with a Sharpie Pen then put them on a background I’ve made using scraps of white glitter and turquoise Bazzill paper with a few falling snowflakes doodled with a white gel pen. I’ve also added a bit of doodling to the frame and some small silver stars.

I’ve added two pieces of HobbyCraft magnetic foam sheet on the back.  That’s it!

Sorry about the "random" cotton bud ..... it's intended to give you an idea of size!!!

Tiny House Advent Calendar

This is probably the tiniest Advent Calendar I have ever made. I’ve put a cotton bud by it so you can gauge the size.

The tiny house chalkboard cost me 50p a couple of years ago, I loved it but it’s been in my drawers ever since because I didn't know what to do with it.

In fact everything I’ve used here have been odds and ends that I’ve squirreled away, waiting for that “Ulrika” moment!

The wooden tag, which I’ve handwritten, cost me 15p and  the snowman embellishment is a button that I have just added a bit of colour to using Sharpies pens.

All I need now is a small piece of chalk or a dressmakers chalk pencil so that I can mark off the days!

Gingham Holly Christmas Card

I think this card needs a bit of fine tuning but the bones of the idea are there. I think it might need a sentiment, but I haven’t decided where and how yet.
 

The holly leaves are made using a large punch and the buttons were a job lot from a stall on Wolverhampton market a while ago. As soon as I saw this big plastic bag full of small red buttons I thought “holly berries”

Now what can I do with the other five hundred?

The gingham paper is a free download from http://www.scrapbookscrapbook.com/

Born To Shop

I haven’t bought a craft magazine for ages as part of my New Year’s economy drive not to buy them,  but when I saw this stamp set on the front of DoCrafts Creativity! I just couldn’t resist it, and you know, I don’t do much stamping, so I must have been really tempted!

I’ve kept the card really really simple, with the minimum of colouring. I stamped the “shoppers” backpack on the same paper as the background, cut it out and stuck it over the stamped image and then added a handwritten sentiment and  flat backed gems on her shoes and earrings.

But the best bit has got to be the bag ….. the shop I bought the magazine from was having a bit of a sale and packets of Dress It Up buttons were just 59p ….. I bought a few never thinking I would use any with this stamp, but as you can see it’s perfect!

I’m dead chuffed!

Pepper And Friends Decoupage Cards.

Decoupage isn’t really my thing …. but I got the pad for these cards at a reduced bargain price from The Range because it was slightly damaged.
 
On the first card I have added three small bee buttons, covering up the printed bees on the original.

On this Pepper card I have added a bow, googley eyes and a few tiny flat backed gems.

And these last two cards I have experimented with the background papers.

Though these are not my type of card, they soon disappeared and after using them and seeing how popular they are I do look more carefully at decoupage stacks now.

Nappy Days – Baby Card

These safety pin buttons are leftovers from a bumper pack I got going back to the days of Alan and Barry on Create and Craft. 

All I have done is add a small clear flat back gem to each pin and a handwritten sentiment.

The Cat Sat On The Mat Birthday Card

 

This is the last of some wooden cat embellishments I had from Mad About Cards a while ago.

I’ve repeated the gingham in the cats scarf in the mat and layering.

And added this tiny mouse button on the tab as an extra cute touch.

Button Covered Notice Board

Sorry about the wet glue, I am always a bit too eager to get things photographed.

I have too many buttons and have decided that I must use them ......  most of these came from the craft section of Home Bargains, for no more than £1 a bag.

All I have done is cover the frame of a Poundland notice board with them using a strong PVA glue.

When I had covered the frame once I added a few more buttons on top to give it a bit more depth.  I think I will keep the board somewhere safe and use it as one of my Christmas/New Year makes.

Two Bird House Cards

I have been trying to use up some of my huge button collection and was really chuffed when I rediscovered these birdhouses, as they are so on trend at the moment, (listen to me, I’ve gone all Gok Wan!)

I’ve used my Silhouette to cut out the branches (Bird Branch), a corner flower punch and nail decorations from Poundland for the flower centres.

I have used such small embellishments to try and keep everything in proportion.

The buttons came in a bumper pack from Create and Craft in the old days when Alan and Barry were in charge!

 

Button Bag

I have far too many buttons, but what should I do with them all?

Well ……… I was given this bag a little while ago, I loved the shape and as the writing was only on one side I thought it could be covered up quite easily.

I used my glue gun to stick the buttons on as I thought it would give the greatest hold.

It will be interesting to see how long they last, but I only intend to use it for my holidays and light shopping duties!