Buttons Galore

Hello, I’m Thinking Of You

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #319 whose parameters were: 4 Bar (3 5/8×4 7/8-inch) card, wedding colors, sweet(s) element and a touch of gray random. I used a Spellbinder’s 3D embossing folder and stamp sets by Karen Burniston and Scrapbook.com.

Cardbase: I took a 7×5-inch rectangle of lightweight cardstock and scored and folded in half to form a side-fold 3.5×5-inch card.

HELLO: The front panel of the card was embossed with the Spellbinder’s Beveled Hello A2 Cardfront 3D embossing folder. (I spritzed the lightweight white cardstock with water before I ran it through in the embossing folder.) NNext I trimmed it down to fit the cardbase and added a touch of gray by using a glitter gloss marker on the bottom bevel sides of the letters. Tiny polymer clay peppermint and swirled sweets were glued on for accents.

Sentiments: The inside sentiment and hearts come from Scrapbook.com’s A Little Reminder stamp set and were stamped in pink and gray inks.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) envelope with “Life is Sweet” stamped on the back flap in pink. Stamp is from Karen Burniston’s Sweet Treats set.

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Materials Used:

Embossing Folders

  • Spellbinders – 3D Embossing Folder – Beveled Hello A2 Cardfront

Stamps

Papers

  • White 65lb Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Gray Flannel & Rose Bud
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

Sunshine Tower

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Sunshine on a dreary dull day is the theme of this card meant to brighten someone’s mood.

I had gotten Sam Calcott’s Terrific Tower dies set and some new Buttons Galore shaker elements and know I wanted to combine them into one card.

(There isn’t a good assembly video for the Terrific Towers die set but there is a new release video that will give you some ideas how to make the tower card.)

Back side of tower card with space for a personal message.
Close-up of shaker

Using the Pink Fresh Studio slimline circle apertures dies with the My Favorite Things 2-inch circle shaker pouches works well. The only thing I had to do was to snip in between each scallop to allow the pouch to fit through. I cut the circles apart and rounded the corners. Had to use some teal mirror card to suggest water or sky. After gluing the teal mirror card and lemon-yellow layer together, I glued the shaker pouches to the lemon-yellow layer, filled the pouches and then glued the pale-yellow backing to each. (Remember to use an antic static pad to wipe the inside of pouch to cut down on the static cling of sequins to the plastic.)

The Towers die set comes with all the rectangular matting layer panels. The base card is cut in a grapefruit orange and the panels are in a pale yellow and a lemon yellow.

The stars/suns are made from the Made to Surprise Excellent Edges die set by cutting the bottom star from orange and the top from pale yellow. The tiny 3D red and pink flowers and greenery are decorative elements I had left over from another project and are cut from the Spellbinders 3D Fun Time Cruiser die set.

Finishing touches are the stamping of the sentiment and the back-envelope flap from the What the Doodle Sun stamp set.

Supplies:

Stamps

Dies/Punches

Papers

Inks

Miscellaneous