In case you haven’t noticed, since I am sure all the shops will be peddling their Valentines tat, sorry, confectionery and romantic goods, Valentines day will soon be upon us!
Thus, I thought I’d give you a super easy idea for card you might want to make your loved one. You have had a preview in my last photo scavenger hunt.
Like me, I am quite sure you have a stash of buttons- regardless of my large crafting hoard, I have a huge collection of those spare buttons that you get with clothes (which I never seem to sew on (how sad that is). If you’re not so hoardsome, then you can easily buy some from a craft store.market haberdashery.
All you need is a white card (or colour of your choice).
Sort the colour scheme you want, you could choose...
All blues:
All blues:
All pastels:
A balanced rainbow:
Lay out your buttons in the middle of the card into a heart shape. You can make a solid heart OR create the outline. You might have to fiddle a bit, especially if they are different sizes and to get the shape. To ensure once I found the shape that I liked, that I didn’t lose it in the process of sticking them down, I took pictures of the card. Stick them down with PVA glue- I apply it with the end of a cotton ear bud that I have removed the cotton from. I picked up one at a time to try and keep the shape and replaced carefully. (by the way, I dip my finger into water and pick the button up with the tip of my finger which then means I don’t knock the others out of place. Or lick your finger. Whichever.)
You can just leave it there but I chose to fix use a message sticker below the heart. Actually, I think I ruined the outline heart by adding that sticker- would have been nicer in the silver ones or just blank!
And voila, you have a finished card!
If you are a Valentines cynic, then this can always double up as a wedding card, engagement card, new baby card, Christening card or even just a girly birthday card! Whatever floats your card-giving boat.
Oh and since the buttons were out, I decided to give the black ones an outing too (because they’re harder to use apart from for poppy earrings or musical note heads!) and made a card for my chess playing sister-in-law’s birthday card (really hope you don’t read this Monkey girl!)
FYI, none of these are CBC’s card as I’ve given him Valentines buttons before!!
Linking up to some of the lovely craft ladies' blogs which I have been terrible at joining with recently with actual crafts!
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Claire Justine at Creative Mondays
Linking up to some of the lovely craft ladies' blogs which I have been terrible at joining with recently with actual crafts!
Claire Justine at Creative Mondays