Thursday, February 10, 2011

Papertrey Ink Button Challenge

Papertrey Ink is celebrating its fourth anniversary this month and it's high time I joined in on the festivities. Today, Nichole Heady issued a button challenge to celebrate the upcoming Button Boutique release. We're supposed to use buttons in a creative way and have 'til 7:00am EST tomorrow to play along for a chance to win! I immediately thought of Friendship Jar Fillers because every time I try to buy Friendship Jar it's out of stock so I still don't have the jar itself. I cut a vase from felt, decorated it with buttons (a gift from Meg) and tied some pink sorbet twine around it. I coloured in the flowers with Copics and split a sentiment from Masculine Motifs, bending it to fit the curve of the leaves. The last step was to adhere the vase to the card.

Sources: Gina K Designs 120lb pure luxury white cardstock; Papertrey Ink Friendship Jar Fillers; Papertrey Ink Masculine Motifs; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Copics; Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz felt; Papertrey Ink buttons in Berry Sorbet, Lavender Moon, Lemon Tart, Ocean Tides, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado & Sweet Blush; The Twinery baker's twine in Pink Sorbet; Glue Dots minis; Scor-Tape

15 comments:

Lynn said...

Hey there Emily...what a fun button vase! Love all the flowers and how you wrapped the sentiment around the leaves!

Hollie Shepard said...

Beautiful! What a cute idea!

Brenda said...

Absolutely love it Emily! What a unique and stunning idea!

Lindsey said...

Great card -- you've been a busy cardmaker! Nice mix of felt, buttons... and gorgeous colouring!

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

I love it!!! And felt is so great.. need to do more with it.

Virginia L. said...

Wow! OI'm drawn to the buttons on the pot! You obviously used the buttons most creatively!! It's perfect with the colorful flower and it adds a bit of whimsy to it! Love this, Emily!

kasia c. said...

This is sooooooo cute! I love your felt & button vase. That little bit of twine just adds the perfect touch. :)

Beth aka BR-T said...

Oh this is splendid I love all the buttons!

Cristina said...

How cute!!! I love how you tucked the sentiment in there. Total brilliance.

Angela said...

What a cool card! I love the buttony flower pot, and your coloring, AND your sentiment! I guess you don't need that jar after all...!

Shauna K said...

How fun!! great idea just cutting out a vase and LOVE the buttons :D

Karin said...

You rocked the button challenge! Love that little flower pot and the coloring on the flowers is fab :)

Linda said...

That is so pretty and spring looking I just can't wait for spring!

Tiffany Ervin said...

Absolutely gorgeous!! Really pretty colors! Wanted you to know that I saw your photos on flickr and checked out your entire flickr stream! WOW! You are an amazing artist, why didn't I find you sooner? I will have to bookmark your blog!

Alice said...

beautiful coloring on the flowers and your button vase. love how you used the sentiment, too! just fabulous!