Blingy Buttons

Good morning everyone!

Did you all have a nice weekend? We certainly did, we spent a couple of days in Zeeland, one of the Dutch coast provinces. We had beautiful sunny weather, but there was quite a lot of wind so it was still a bit nippy on occasion. It was wonderful though to get away for a few days :)

But now it's Monday again and there's plenty of fun things today was well, among which is a new challenge over @ Ooh La La, themed "Buttons & Bling". I managed to finish this card by the skin of my teeth, I was working on it yesterday evening when we came back! A case of bad planning on my part I'm afraid, but I managed to finish before my eyes fell shut somehow :) Such a beautiful flowers image, the CD Fleur D'Imagination is packed with them! I'm pretty happy with this card, I love the papers I found in my stash, very cheerfu making the card usuable for many occasions, always good to have in your stash :)

Materials:
* Ooh La La Pom Pom image from the Fleur D'Imagination CD, sprayed with Crafter's Companion Iridescent Glitter Spray
* My Mind's Eye Bloom & Grow and Art Talent DPs
* Victorian Velvet & Forest Moss Distress Inks
* K&Co Brenda Walton Transfers to Go rub-on sentiment
* Button & twine from stash (I applied some crackle glaze on the button, but you can't see it very well)

Let's see what you can do with your glitter and buttons, please share with us!

Challenges:
*4 Crafty Chicks (Flowers)
* Allsorts (In the Garden)
* Simons Says Stamp & Show (Use a Button)
* Crafts & Me (Something Old) MME DP and rub on sentiment pack have been in my stash forever
* In the Pink (Anything Goes As Long As It's Pink)
* Card & Scrap (Flowers)
* Fussy & Fancy (Bling It On)
* Joanna Sheen (Spots and/or Stripes)
* Crealing (Flowers)
* Ladybug Crafts (Opposite end of the Colour Wheel) I've used Green-Yellow & Red-Violet

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Gingerbread Buttons

Hi everyone,

I had some lovely extra days off, we didn't do much as I still had my cold but is was nice to just be hanging around. I still did a little work, as I am falling a little bit behind after our holiday but I still got to sleep in and do a little crafting too.  But, today I'm back on my daily commute to work, coinciding with the new CCAYR Challenge for this month, the theme this time is "Use a Gingerbread image on your project, together with ribbon and at least 3 buttons". A little more complicated theme this month, but I am sure you will be able to create a project for it!

I had a little difficulty finding a ginger bread image in my stash, but in the end found one in a decoupage magazine, meant as part of a small gift tag. So I decided to use a tag on my card to fill out the front of the card a little more; I think it works but am curious to what you think.

Materials:
* Studio Light Decoupage image
* Dovecraft Noel & Let it Snow DPs
* K&Co Christmas Cheer Tag Pad
* Peacock Feather Distress Ink
* Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas Vintage Buttons
* Dark Cocoa Sew Easy Floss
* Eline's Winterhuis sentiment stamp
* Ribbon from stash

Challenges:
* Charisma Cardz (Polka Dots)
* Southern Girls (Buttons, Badges or Flair)
* Crafts 4 Eternity (At least 3 patterned papers)
* Crafty Ribbons (Anything Goes with Ribbon)
* Crimbo Crackers (Anything Goes)
* Robin's Fetish (Spots or Stripes)
* Cutie Pie (Lots of Layers)
* Celebrate the Occasion (Anything Goes)
* Bearly Mine (Anything Goes)
* LEJ Designs (Anything Goes)

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Vintage Congratulations

Good morning everyone!

I have really been playing with vintage images recently, here's another card I made:

I love the soft muted pastels and the great image, hope you do too! I am especially happy with the little bow, I had threaded the ribbon through the button and hand tied it into a bow. Came out perfect! Have a good week everyone :)

Materials:
* Scalloped base card
* Studio Light image and sentiment
* Prima Marketing Sparkling Spring Collection DP
* Button, pearls, ribbon and lace from stash

Challenges:
* Once Upon a Stitch (Girly)
* Gingerloft (Happy Birthday)
* Paper Sundaes (Photo Inspiration)
* 4 Crafty Chicks (Chicks Rule)
* Colour Create (Pink, Blue, Sage & White/Cream)
* Crafty Ribbon (Birthday)
* Cute Card Thursday (Happy Birthday)
* Digi Doodles (People)
* SJ Crafts (1,2,3)
* Let's Craft and Create (Buttons & Bows)

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One for the boys

Hello all! I am staying home for a couple of days to recover from this cold and now that I'm feeling a bit better I can craft again without having to grab a hanky every 5 seconds! Today I have a male birthday card to show you. I always have trouble making cards for guys. I think it works best if the image is either linked with their interests or cartoony.

Materials used:
* Dovecraft SMIRK Him & DCWV Mango Frost backing papers
* Studiolight Decoupage images
* Making Memories Poolside Bows & Buttons button
* Personal Impressions and Eline Vintage Stamp Sets
* Elastic string from my stash
* Corner rounding punch

I am submitting to the following challenges:
* Creatalicious Challenge (Two-toned)
* Cupcake craft (Monochrome)
* CES (Inspired by a song: Please Mr Postman)
* Charisma Cards (Birthday for a Teen)
* Crafts and Me (Anything Goes)
* Southern Girls Challenge (Add an animal)
* Totally Gorjuss (Button it)
* Totally Papercraft (Add buttons)
* Papercutz (Your Choice)
* Clear It Out (Buttons)

Hope you like the card, I will be back later this week with a Mother's Day card. Have a great day!
Ciska

P.S. I can welcome my 10th follower today, welcome Chris_P!

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