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Ladybug Button Card

By Admin on May 1, 2015 in Card Making, Paper Crafts

Yay for Fifteen MINUTE Friday! The weeks just go by so quickly. Katie from A Sweet Berry’s Blog created this adorable springtime Ladybug Button Card. She is one of my best friends and super creative and fun.

It looks like creating this masterpiece was a lot of fun!

If you want more information about how she created this card, you can hop over to her blog here and find out.

The ladybug buttons are super cute to use while paper crafting and also adorable when sewn on to projects. You can buy there HERE or by clicking on the photo below.

Happy Springtime and Happy Crafting,

Laura

Mother’s Day Card

By Admin1 on April 24, 2015 in Mother’s Day

This adorable card was made by Laura Neiman from Housewife Hellraiser using simple and fun paper crafting techniques. It is the perfect card that can be made quickly which makes this a great project for Fifteen MINUTE Friday!

She used papers and a card/envelope combination from Darice and buttons from the Laura Kelly BRIGHTS collection along with adhesives from iLovetoCreate.

You can find out the details on her blog HERE.

There are so many great ways to create handmade cards with buttons. Browse the blog and you will be totally inspired!

Cheers,

Laura

A Noteworthy St. Patrick’s Day Card

By Admin1 on March 13, 2015 in Card Making, Holidays, Paper Crafts, St. Patrick’s Day

Sending cards for the little holidays is not only fun but also very special. I mean come on, who doesn’t LOVE to get a note in the mailbox these days. This hand made card is not only adorbale but sure to spread luck and friendship for St. Patrick’s Day. Three cheers for Fifteen MINUTE Friday!

You will need the following:

Card stock in greens and oranges (Darice Core’dinations)
Candy Apple Green Buttons from the Laura Kelly collection
Aleene’s Always Ready Tacky Glue
Embroidery Floss and Needle
Message Stickers (You can write on the note card too)

Cut a fold over card to fit your envelope. This one is 8.5 x 4.25 to fit in an A2 sized envelope. Cut your other decorative papers to add color to your card front. Stitch your buttons to a piece of pre-cut card stock to form a shamrock. Knot it in the back.

Adhere your pieces to the front of the card with Aleene’s Always Ready. Add a sticker message if you would like. You can also write your message with a marker or a pen.

I hand-stamped the back of my card too with my self-inking stamp from Expressionery.Com. I think this makes it a little more special.

And now you are ready to write a for real, noteworthy, hand written letter to a friend!

Happy Creating,

Laura

Button Up a Decorative Pinwheel

By Admin1 on March 6, 2015 in Occasions, Paper Crafts, Party Planning

Pinwheels are so much fun for adding pizzazz and energy to decorating for parties and events. Here are the directions to make them using just a few simple materials. You will need the following:

Decorative Paper Squares (6 inches)
Scissors
Brads
Paper Straws
Aleene’s Always Ready Fast Grab Tacky Glue
Laura Kelly BUTTONS for Buttons Galore and More

The first step is to cut from the four corners in towards the centers, stopping to leave a one inch square center that is uncut. Then using your brad fold the first point of each corner in poking a hole through them as you go then through the center and securing with the brad in the back.

Add your straw to the back and buttons to the front with the tacky glue. The Fast Grab is great because is holds them right away. Then allow time to dry before using them.

They are so bright and cheery and simply fun.

Cheers,

Laura

Mini Shamrock Garland

By Admin1 on February 20, 2015 in Holidays, Home Decor, St. Patrick’s Day

This little garland is super festive and so easy to create. The mini shamrock garland can be used to decorate in lots of fantastic ways and is perfect for a fifteen MINUTE Friday project.

You will need scissors, green decorative paper, Candy Apple Green Buttons, Ribbon or Ric Rac and Aleene’s Always Ready Fast Grab Glue.

Cut your shamrocks out free hand so they are all a little different. You can make a little pattern if that makes you more comfortable.
Glue them from the backs to your ribbon using the Fast Grab and let dry.
Flip over and add buttons with the Fast Grab.

Ta Da! It looks so fun on this wreath on the front door.

Cheers,

Laura

Winter Hat Ornament

By Admin1 on November 28, 2014 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafts

I love this little paper crafted winter hat ornament. It would be great to use for decorating a tree or adding to a gift as a card or a tag.

I created it using one of the new dies that will launch in January 2015 with Ellison Education and Sizzix as part of the calendar set. Aren’t the little buttons from my Laura Kelly buttons line super cute on the ball of the hat?

There are lots of great projects being shared using this hat today and I would love for you to hop around and see them all.

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You can enter to win this fabulous prize too!

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Happy Paper Crafting with Buttons,

Laura

Valentine Gift Wrap Ideas

By Admin on January 31, 2014 in Holidays, Valentine’s Day

Here is a quick and fun way to create a Valentines day candy bar wrapper and button it up with love! You can download the free Printable to use or use decorative papers to cover your candy bars then embellish them with Radical Red, Wild White, Sweet Blush and new Passionate Pink buttons from my Laura Kelly collection.

If you want to use the free downloadable printable, you can grab it on my blog here. There are several fun borders and cut outs that you can chop up and use with the buttons.

Here are a few other ideas of things you can wrap up with paper and buttons to create Valentines.

Supplies for Valentine Valentine Gift Wrap Ideas:

Radical Red, Wild White and Sweet Blush Buttons
NEW!!! Passionate Pink Buttons
Patterned paper or free Laura Kelly Valentine Printable
Twine or Embroidery Floss
Adhesive of Choice

Buttoned Up Gift Box

By Allie Gower on November 25, 2013 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafts

Create a Buttoned Up Gift Box with paper, ribbon and buttons. A gift is much more special when presented in a handmade Gift Box.

Supplies for Buttoned Up Gift Box:

Buttons – Teal Ice
Cardstock – Discount Cardstock
Template – Lori Whitlock
Ribbon – American Crafts
Snowflakes – Silhouette
Glitz Gel – Close To My Heart
Twine – Doodlebug Design

Instructions for gift box:

Cut pieces and assemble box.
Accent box with Glitz Gel.
Cut several snowflakes and fold in half. Use three snowflakes for each embellishment and adhere the halves together to create dimension. Accent with Glitz Gel.
Create a small bow and attach button with twine. Adhere to box.

Make a Vintage Button Card Journal and GIVEAWAY

By Admin1 on January 3, 2013 in Paper Crafts

I decided to make a vintage button card journal because I love to make lists. With the new year here I find I’m making lists every day. Goals for the year, things to do, crafts to make. They all go onto lists. Then I lose the lists. In order to stop this vicious cycle, I’ve started keeping my lists in journals. The thing is, I come up with some of my best ideas on the go so I need something compact, hence the birth of my Button Card Journals.

All the vintage button cards I owned had some buttons that were hideous. The buttons were odd colors and looked damaged, so I pulled off the old buttons and glued on new ones! Presto! A little bit vintage, a little bit modern. Perfect!

Supplies to make a vintage button card:

Vintage button cards. You can find these in your grandmother’s button box or at flea markets. There are also a ton of free images of vintage button cards online that you can download and print out on cardstock.
Cardstock for journal cover
Copier paper for inside pages
Buttons
- Citrus Splash
- Granny’s Button Box Stitched Buttons
Beacon’s 3 in 1 Craft Glue
Stapler and staples

Instructions to make a vintage button card:

Measure your button card and multiple the width by 2 and cut a rectangle from your cardstock and copier paper. For example, if your button card measures 3″ tall by 2″ wide, you cut your rectangles to be 3″ x 4″. Lay the cardstock down, then pile up a few rectangles (maybe four or five) of your cut copier paper down on top of it. Fold it all in half and then staple along the fold. Your journal is done.
Cut the old buttons off the vintage button card. Glue new, colorful buttons onto the card. Allow to dry.
Glue your modernized button card onto the front of your journal.

Tip

Instead of gluing your new buttons onto the vintage button card, you can also sew them on, then you can clip them off later and use them in a project, which would make the journal a darling gift for the seamstress in your life!