Buttons and Burlap Love

By Laura Evangeline on June 25, 2012 in Card Making

When I initially started creating a card starting with burlap, I thought I would be creating a very masculine project, but it some morphed into a lovely fun card instead. I absolutely love the way this project turned out, so I hope you do too.

Supplies:

Burlap

Jazzy Brads

Paper Flowers

Alphabet stickers

Twine & Ribbon

Patterned Paper

Sewing Machine & Thread

Circle Punch

Cardstock

Paper Trimmer

Adhesive

Assembly Instructions:

1. Attach a piece of burlap to to the upper half of a piece of kraft cardstock cut to 4″x5.25″ and stitch around the border .25″ from the cardstock edge. Trim excess burlap with pinking shears.

2. Attach a piece of patterned paper trimmed to 4″x2.5″ to the lower half of the cardstock, and cover the seam with a strip of ribbon.

3. Layer brads, punched cardstock circles, and flowers together before adhering them through burlap & cardstock.

4. Attach letter stickers for desired sentiment and add baker’s twine.

5. Secure entire card front to an A2 (4.25″x5.5″) card stock base.

(Tip: I always create my card front entirely before attaching it to the card base in order to hide any artistic imperfections.)

Here’s the finished card all cute & ready to give to your special loved one…

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Laura Evangeline

I was raised in Central Texas. After hanging up my hat as a firefighter and music student, I joined the Army in 2003 to become a Combat Medic. I eventually received orders to be stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and ended up serving for almost 9 years. I was lucky enough to met and marry my sweet husband during an Afghanistan deplyment a few short years ago, and since then delievered our own little Soldier, Ethan. After finishing my military contract a few months ago, I began the nursing program here at a local university. Adjusting to the new civilian life hasn't been easy so far, but I can't wait to graduate with my BSN in just one more year!