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Painted Holiday Rock With Purpose

By Admin on December 6, 2013 in Christmas, Holidays

How adorable is this rock? It is not any ordinary rock. It is a special holiday hand-painted and button embellished rock that we use to hold the door open. It is a rock with a message and a purpose.

I hand painted the tree on the big heavy rock with Americana paints by Deco-Art. I love these paints because they are thick enough that when I paint on a rough surface with a slant they don’t run.

When it was dry, I used Glue Dots to add the buttons (Radical Red from my Laura Kelly collection with Buttons Galore). Then I used a Sharpie marker and added a message to the back.

I think these rocks would be adorable in all sizes and shapes as door holders and spreaders of Christmas spirit. I plan to paint a bunch of little ones with messages to hand out over the next few weeks at the Starbucks drive through and the bank and to people I meet while out on my daily adventures. Here are some of the messages I plan to use:

Spread Cheer
Joy to the World
Follow the Star
Christmas is Love

Here is the rock hard at work, holding the door to my bedroom open so our puppy won’t play with it and close herself out.

I can’t wait to make more. This little quick project was really fun.

Happy Creating Holiday Magic!

Love,

Laura

Thanksgiving Cards To Gobble Gobble About

By Admin on November 1, 2013 in Autumn / Fall, Holidays

Here are two really simple to make Thanksgiving card ideas using buttons from my collection with Buttons Galore. They are so much fun that you might want to gobble gobble about them after you create your own! I used pre-cut note cards and envelopes from my local craft store. They come in all kinds of colors. I also used trims that I had on hand and glue dots along with a downloadable doodle design sheet.

To make them you can draw your own pie and turkey background or you can download the template for free on my website in another Thanksgiving post that shares ideas of ways to use buttons to create some Thanksgiving fun. You can click here to get to my blog post to get the downloadable printable or on the picture below.

Either way, when you have you backgrounds drawn or printed, color them in and cut them out. The next step is to use Glue Dots to add a border of some sort using whatever trim or ribbon you have on hand. You could also use washi tape. Then Add your cutouts either directly or mounted on colored card stock and add buttons to create the 3-D effect. The colors I used are Outrageous Orange, Radically Red, Black Beauty, and Bold Brown.

If you want to add words to your cards you can, or you can leave them with your crafty design to speak for itself. If you are hand delivering, add a heart and a button to the back of the envelope. I am in love with the turkey doodle card. Gobble Gobble.

Happy Preparing For Thanksgiving,

Laura

Missing You Card

By Allie Gower on October 6, 2013 in Card Making

Summer is full of friends and fun, and I already miss mine, so I made a clean and simple Missing You Card. I can’t believe that Fall is here, and I’m missing Summer well … like crazy!

Supplies for Missing You Card:

Buttons – Natural Assortment
Cardstock – Close To My Heart
Stamp – “4 My Friend” Set from Close To My Heart
Adhesive – Glue Dots, Premium Craft Glue
Ink – Dye Ink: ColorBox® Archival Queue® – Coffee House – ClearSnap
Leaning Sunflowers from Miss Kate’s Cuttables
Other – Corner Rounder – Fiskars

Instructions:

Cut a 4.25 x 11″ piece from Colonial White Cardstock and fold from top to bottom. Round bottom corners with Corner Rounder
Stamp desired sentiment using Coffee House ink.
Cut Leaning Sunflowers pieces in appropriate colors and assemble using Premium Craft Glue. Adhere to card base.
Add buttons to the centers of each sunflower using Glue Dots.

Dog Treat Jar

By Holly Gagnon on September 11, 2013 in Mixed Media

Your dog is an important part of your family so why not make a Dog Treat Jar? If you’re a dog lover, you’re gonna love the Buttons Galore Dog Gone It buttons.

Dog Treat Jar

Ya know anything looks great in displayed in a Mason Jar. Even plain ole’ Milk Bones.

To embellish the jar lid, I adhered a piece of patterned paper on the lid then used Ultra Thin Glue Dots to adhere various Buttons Galore Dog Gone It buttons.

Buttons Galore makel Blank Craft Shapes that are perfect to use if you want to customize a tag.

1. Choose a Blank Shape

2. Ink with color

3. Set the ink with a heat gun.

Taa Daa-There you have it, a cute Dog Treat Jar tag!

My dog has no interest in eating plain Milk Bones. She’s only interested in the gravy covered Milk Bones like the in the jar. When I was done taking the photos of this project, I came back in the room a few hours later and noticed my dog bone props were missing off the table. Hmmm…I wonder who might of snatched them??

Supplies Used for Dog Treat Jar:

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Button Grapes

By Holly Gagnon on August 6, 2013 in Card Making, Paper Crafts

When I received my package of Laura Kelly’s pretty Purple Possibilities buttons (say that 3 times), I knew instantly, I was gonna create a card with a cluster of button grapes.

Cluster of Button Grapes Card

To make my grape card, I used a Sarah Bailey Grape cut file then adhered Laura Kelly’s Purple Possibilities buttons over the grape die cuts. Aren’t those grapes just poppin’ out at ya now?

Add buttons to cards for dimension

Adding buttons to a card really is an easy way to provide that fun pop of dimension.

Buttons Galore Supplies:

Buttons Galore Purple Possibilities

Supplies Used to make Button Grapes Card:

Kraft Paper & Green Cardstock
My Mind’s Eye Paper
Mini Glue Dots
Ultra Thin Glue Dots
Sizzix Swirls Embossing Folder
Colorbox Ink
Brown Embossing Powder
White Gel Pen

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gifts for guys blog hop

By Admin on May 1, 2013 in Announcements

Join the Button Bevy and the Glue Dotess in a “Gifts for Guys” blog hop on May 7th-9th 2013. 20 great inspirational projects for the men in your life – from Dads to Grads and babies to boys. Two prizes, one from each company. Join us.

Gifts for Guys blog hop Buttons and Glue Dots

Gifts for Guys May 7th-9th 2013

from Dads to Grads and babies to boys. Two prizes, one from each company.

Sunday Cardmaking: Making a Valentine that Hides a Sweet Surprise

By Allie Gower on February 3, 2013 in Card Making, Holidays, Valentine’s Day

Have you ever wanted to hide a sweet surprise in a Valentine card?

This is a standard Easel Card Valentine with a sweet surprise.

If you’ve never created an Easel Card, here is a very easy tutorial. On my Valentine, I’ve made the size a little larger – the card is 6×6.

The sweet surprise is that in the bottom half of this Valentine, I’ve wrapped a Hershey Bar.

I added a panel of black cardstock, and scored it to make a little sleeve for the candy bar. I didn’t glue it, so the card doesn’t have to be destroyed to enjoy the candy. Apparently, no one wants to rip up the card to get to the goods! Nothing stops me from getting to chocolate.

Sometimes people ask about the buttons and other dimensional items, and if it makes the cards hard to mail, or expensive.

Once you get a certain size, you’re paying a premium anyway, so I just pop my cards in a bubble mailer or a small box, and grin and bear the cost of mailing. My only other option is to hand deliver, which I love to do! I don’t want to hold back on my creativity – so I say layer it on, and on, and on.

Buttons Galore and More Supplies Used to Create this Valentine: