Took a bit of a breather from specific tasks yesterday. I like being busy and I like being busy with a purpose even more. But it’s also nice to step back for a while and to take stock. And for me that meant checking on all the little bits and pieces of paper and card and ribbon and all manner of other things that have been thrown to one side…and once I had done that I couldn’t resist playing, of course!
I rather love the idea of shapes cut from printed matter – magazines, newspapers, maps, novels. It’s very popular right now but I’ve never given it a go so yesterday was perfect. Flower shapes call out for middles and the right middle is an old button … so out came the old button tin that I wrote about a while back. Now, I don’t know how other card-makers come up with their designs but I must start with a card (a paper substitute really won’t do, the texture and colour of the card is all part of the design) and if I’m lucky the end result will be a success. But if it’s not, then I deconstruct and add what’s left to my stash of off-cuts, left-overs etc. Playing around is fun but it also has heart-stopping moments…the design looks good but… so another little bit is added and … guess what? It doesn’t work… Or it does! And you decide to stop right there…before you go too far. Or you suddenly discover a glaring(?) mistake and have to find a way to retrieve the whole thing, if you can…
Yesterday I had one instant success and two others that involved a tweak-too-far and a ‘blast! Why didn’t I notice that?’ So what do you think? Can you can tell which is which?
It’s great to find a use for these buttons at last…I have hundreds that my mum, her mum and other ladies in our family have hoarded away for future use. I never seem to need a button that matches any in my tin so I’m glad to have another way of using them. Bet my great-grandma never imagined her buttons would be fixed to a greeting card!
just lovely creations, keep up the great work, sounds like your having lots of fun! Good for yoU!!!!!
I am, lots of fun! Thank you for dropping by…
What a great use of a)buttons and b)printed matter! I love the effects
Thank you! Nice of you to drop by…
Lovely to read about your buttons. Your cards look fab with these as embellishments. I’ve recently inherited my Nan’s old button box. It smells lovely but I’m not sure what to do with the buttons yet. I need to keep them for me though.
Hi Apryl…inheriting the button box is a huge responsibility – all those memories but what to do with them! Not sure if my ladies would approve of such a frivalous use of their carefully saved stash – they were all very practical, sensible females and not given to doing things for fun. A sign of changing times that I rarely need a spare button these days perhaps?