Friday Focus on Buttons!!

A warm welcome to you on this lovely autumn day! I'm thrilled to be here with you for the Friday Focus on buttons. During the next two weeks Linda is generously offering an additional 15% discount on all button products at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. My project features wooden buttons but Linda carries a full selection of almost any type of button your heart could desire. Seriously, you can never have too many buttons in your craft stash!

I often embellish my projects with buttons and especially enjoy using them as flower centers, but I wanted to get away from flowers this time around. I adore vintage button cards so I decided to create my own little Button Card Mini Albums.

I started with a stamp from my stash. My apologies for not knowing the manufacturer, but this is a used clear stamp I won on E-bay with no brand markings. I stamped the image in Tattered Rose and Seedless Preserves Distress inks onto Maja Design papers then cut my stamped images to form the button card shape.

Next I adhered coordinating wooden buttons from Linda's shop that I tied off with tiny twine bows. You can create your button cards using any shape you like. A rectangle would be simpler and more traditional. I was just working with what I had on hand.

I cut 5 chipboard pages for each album, covering them in Maja design papers and distressing the edges. All of the inner pages include an area for journaling or a photo mat.

I considered adding flowers and leaves to my covers but ended up loving the simplicity of the button cards. The sweet and shabby buttons needed no additional embellishment.

I punched a hole in each page and attached the albums with ring binders that I primed with Gesso and painted with Antique Linen Distress Paint.

I gave in to one final urge to embellish by adding bows to each album.

Thanks so much for joining me today at Frilly and Funkie. Now it's time to take advantage of that extra 15% discount and re-stock those button boxes! Sending wishes for days filled with crafty fun!

Hugs,

Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet	Tim Holtz Tonic Studios 9.5" Titanium Scissors	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Ranger Inkssentials Wonder Tape - 1/8"	Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso
Maja Design 6x6" Scrapbook Paper Pad - Vintage Summer Basics	Maja Design 6x6" Scrapbook Paper Pad - Vintage Autumn Basics	Maja Design 6x6" Scrapbook Paper Pad - Vintage Spring Basics	Ranger Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Ink Pad - Seedless Preserves	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Tattered Rose
Ivory/White Jute Twine	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Antique Linen	Prima Embellishments Wood Buttons - Lyric	Floral Decorated Wooden Buttons - 15/16"