Button Easel Card - a new on on me

One of the cards that we made at the Craft day in Ellon on Sunday was a Button Easel Card. I haven't seen one of these before so I decided to recreate it with my own resources.

I can't take any credit for the design as it is almost identical to the one that we made. I have photographed it from the side to give an idea of its construction. The "button" is the scalloped oval that is fixed to the base card with an eyelet which prevents the card from collapsing. Obviously, a real button would have been the original intention.

The paper flowers were made from the same paper as the background. I tore a strip, inked the edge with a brown Promarker, rolled it loosely and fixed to the card with Crystal Lacquer. Not sure about these as they will prevent the card from fitting into the standard envelope. I will have to make a box for it which is a lot more work. Never mind, you have to keep trying out new things in this game!!

Resources

Card - cream (textured), dark brown

Image - Sugar Nellie

Papers; K & Co

Nesties - scalloped circle and oval, leaf punch

Promarkers, Stickles, flat backed pearls, Crystal Lacquer Glaze

All crafted out

Spent yesterday at a craft event in Ellon with Crafty Susy. It was organised by the Papercrafts Boutique Team up in Elgin......this is the home of Sugar Nellie Stamps. Here is a photo of our makes ( all but one which I have not completed yet) As you can see from the number of items that we got through, it was a "full on" day and I was extremely tired when I got home. I really enjoyed the opportunity to be with fellow crafters and I did learn a couple of new styles of cards.

We were all sent home with a lovely Sugar Nellie stamp which I will reveal in the not too distant future on a card.!!

Sugarbowl challenge 39

I have made changes to yesterday's card and I am much happier with it now. I toyed with the idea of adding a flower or two or a sentiment but didn't want to lose the symmetry of the background. I will submit it to the Sugarbowl Challenge 39.

Sugar Nellie first impression

I purchased a" lucky bag" from Sugar Nellie a couple of months ago and here I am finally getting round to using one of the stamps. At least it is better than the years that the stamp that I used in the previous post has been waiting for its first impression to be made.

I am struggling at the moment with the fashion in cardmaking that requires the inclusion of a variety of different materials on a card. I am sure that this is because I have been concentrating on the Clean and Simple (CAS) style of late. Anyway, I hope to enter the Sugarbowl Challenge 39 which I will have to use a Sugar Nellie stamp and a blue colour theme. This is the card so far. I am not ready to submit it yet but will have a think, make any alterations/ additions and enter it tomorrow.



As I am on the subject of CAS, I was delighted to see that my Christmas card that I had entered into the Simplicity Challenge this week had been identified as a CAS Favourite of the week by three Splitcoast Stamper members. I was truly delighted. I am a member myself and regularly add my cards to my gallery on the website and this is where they had viewed it. SCS is an amazing place and I have not explored a tenth of what it has to offer. So thank you to k.dunbrook, Hobbywoman and JenMarie for your kind words.


Now.................back to that card................??????

Latest purchase

I purchased these Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits as part of a Lucky Bag. I had no idea as to which stamps I would receive but I am sure that I will be able to use all of these. This post is intended as info for Joanne over at the Craft Telly forum.