About a month ago, we gave out bags of our ugliest, most non-descript. awful buttons. The participants were to use at least 2 on a card or tag and then submit them to be judged. Our judges were owners and employees of other artsy type stores at our market. Below are their 3 favorites. Each of these winners will receive a prize consisting of a bag of buttons! And, the top prize winner, MaryAnn Mawhinney, will also get a pack of Glue Dots to use for attaching buttons! Please enjoy the creativity that went into these projects.
Grand Prize Winner - Are We There Yet?
Paper piecing done with Mary Ann’s own design.
Good Dog
2nd Place winner - Nancy Low
Rudolf
3rd Place winner - Brenda Trimmer
I wanted to make a card that looked like a quilt, but I didn’t want to really sew. I noticed on several blogs that people were actually stitching on paper. Since I gave my sewing machine to my daughter-in-law, I figured that I would never sew again. I got one of those little cheapy jobs that were advertised for sewing on paper, but couldn’t make it work. So here is my representation of “faux” quilting. I used two stamps. One is from Magenta, the other from Outlines. I stamped and colored several squares, then cut them out and glued them to black cardstock. I topped them off with Spellbinder’s fleur de lis pendant in white and then two circle Nesties layered and elevated with foam tape. The message is from a Hero Arts clear set. I think my grand-daughter will enjoy this creation for her birthday card this month. Then I had an extra square and an extra piece to the fleur de lis. So I made a little 3″x3″ love note with these parts. A green gem finished it off nicely. I hope you get inspired by these little quilts.
Faux Quilting
Cardstock: Paper Cut
Quilt Stamps: Magenta & Outlines
Word Stamps: Hero Arts
Nesty Circles & Pendant Diecuts: Spellbinder
Markers: Copic
Quilt Love Note
Cardstock: Paper Cut
Quilt Stamp: Magenta
Pendant Diecut: Spellbinder
Markers: Copic
Gemstone: Hero Arts
