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Give Your Buttons Beautifully with Faux Vintage Button Cards

Hi! It’s Connie here with my first post for the Buttons Galore & More design team! Today I am sharing a fun project using Button Galores’ “Patriot” Button Tote to make faux vintage button cards and a tote to store them.

Inspired by the navy, natural, deep red and white buttons in the tote, I created a button bag along with hand stamped faux vintage button cards. The buttons are beautiful and look gorgeous on the button cards! This isn’t a difficult project, just a project that requires time. The end result is a beautiful button bag, full of custom assembled faux vintage button cards, that can be used as a decorative way to store buttons, add them to projects, or for giving the buttons as gifts to fellow crafters.

faux vintage button cards with tote

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The button cards were created using a button card stamp and beautiful buttons from Buttons Galore. Each card has a sample of the buttons that are included in the Patriot Button Tote. No card is alike, as each is created with different buttons. Each button is hand sewn on the card, for easy access and future use. They are created just like the faux vintage button cards (well almost)! Button cards come in all sizes – these are about 2.5″ X 3″. There is plenty of room to mix large buttons with small or medium buttons on the button cards. These are a great gift idea for a crafter or sewist who is crazy about buttons!

faux vintage button cards

The burlap bag is stitched with some scraps of material and more buttons, after all, it is a button bag. The embellishment layers are hand stitched, to the burlap, on the front of the button bag. The button cards fit nicely in the bag. and will work as a great storage idea or a gift that will be loved.

tote for faux vintage button cards

The finished project, with the faux vintage button cards inside the button bag, is all ready to tuck in a gift bag for a special gift!

Faux Vintage Button Cards in a tote - great for gift giving, storage, or using right on mixed media and paper craft projects!

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Button Craft Ideas – Internet Inspiration – Ryann Salamon

feeling-better-soon -Ryann Salamon - Fresh Squeezed

feeling-better-soon -Ryann Salamon - Fresh Squeezed

While scouring the internet for Tuesday Internet Inspiration, I cam across Ryann Salamon.  She is not, new to us as an artist.  We noticed her adorable business cards with handmade accents, while at CHA.  They were wrapped with twine and adorned with a button.  What is not to like?   After visiting her blog  a mental note was made, that she must be featured.  So many of her fabulous handmade cards have buttons as accents.  She creates cards with simple embellishments, crisp stamped images and minimal amounts of material and they look stunning.  She makes CAS ( clean and simple) handmade cards that are awesome.

So when you have a moment, please peruse her site.  You will not be disappointed.  For more information about the card above visit this handmade card post.

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