Can't see the buttons? Look again. Nic has taken the cutting out of scallop work with a fancy buttoned scallop border. This layout is created primarily with BasicGrey, the mixture of Sugared and the new Porcelain makes for a layout of gorgeous baby tones.
The buttons are BasicGrey Bittersweet, and are the scalloped edge that runs along bottom of the photo! Nic lined them up carefully, and then placed a strip of paper over the top edge to create the illusion of a scallop. Cosmo Blackboard, Heidi Swapp transparency and two tiny buttons on the journaling strips finish this off nicely.
We can always rely on Carole to put a completely different slant on a challenge, and here again she doesn't disappoint. Carole used Junkitz Collectionz Buttons to create the centre of the 3D flowers, and SEI Penelope's Potpourri to create the flowers. She says that the wonderful array of coloured flowers in the pattern papers worked really well for this project.
Carole also used SEI Penelope's Potpourri Ribbon for leaves and to create the bow around the pretty pot, and wire for the stems to hold the flowers together and she finished the pot off with more flowers in the centre and a couple more Junkitz Collectionz Buttons.
How adorable are these button flower cards by Chris! Chris grabbed one of her favourite Hero Arts stamps, the Stitched flower stamp and stamped just the stem part of the stamp onto plain white cardstock cards. She then coloured in the stems using Heidi Swapp pencils. Chris cleverly layered some SEI buttons, stitched them together with thread and attached them to the cards as flowers. With a strip of Scenic Route Sonoma paper and a Heidi Swapp mini ghost butterfly and they were finished.
The clever Chris has also come up with a very cool solution for those left over Junkitz alpha buttons in your stash. Create a personalised keyring for your child's Nintendo DS, MP3 player, mobile phone etc!
Finally, as serendipity would have it, we found this layout on the enormously talented Christine Middlecamps blog last week. It's not just a stunning preview of the new Sassafras Lass Vintage Yummy papers and die cut stickers, but it's also a fabulous way to use up some of that button stash. Christine has layered and layered flowers and circles in this gorgeous embellishment, adorning each layer with buttons, sequins and more buttons. Thanks Christine for allowing us to show your fabulous layout here - and at such short notice!
