Button, button...

I thought I would give the Everything But the Kitchen Sink Challenge a try this week.  They asked for us to use buttons.  There are some really creative submissions at the challenge site! Here's mine:

I have to say, I backed away from buying buttons at the CHA Super Show because I have tons of them and I just forget to use them.  So, I was happy to pull out the stash and give them a whirl with this card.  I decided, and undecided, and re-decided... it was bordering on obsessive as far as what I wanted to do with this card.  I pulled out some old SU! DSP, some SU! buttons, the Top Notch Sizzix die from SU!, my paper cutter, my SU! scallop punch, my SU! 1 1/2" circle punch, Glue Dots, and adhesive, and went to town.  I used some Cat Eyes for inking as well.

Tell me, why is it that when you want an adhesive to stick, it doesn't, and when you want an adhesive to be a little generous, it's like cement?  All I have to say is I have some SERIOUSLY adhesive Glue Dots in my stash.  Once something went on this card, there was no movement, despite my best efforts.  Weird twist of science...

For those wanting to cut several pieces of patterned paper as I did, if you decide to use six strips, each strip is 3/4" wide.

This is one of my favorite sentiments, a la A Muse.  Just like my You're da Bomb! card, this sentiment is something I would actually say, so I am excited to get to use it.  I think this one is going to a co-worker who is coming back to school amidst absolute chaos in her home.  I am amazed that she can keep herself together.  Truly God is lifting her up!

A Challenge

I was in need of one more birthday card. I saw that Ann was hosting the latest challenge at the Everything But the Kitchen Sink Challenge. Perfecto!

The challenge included the use of wrapping paper. I pulled out some of my Martha Stewart Confetti wrapping paper from EK Success for a birthday card for my grandmother's 97th birthday. I wanted to stay simple and let the pattern speak for the card. So, I decided to use my SU! scallop circle punch and the idea of repetition. I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the SU! So Many Scallops set using the method of coloring the stamp with markers (SU! Yo-Yo Yellow, Old Olive, and Going Gray). I punched that and then punched several shapes from the wrapping paper.

To give dimension, the sentiment and one of the other shapes is popped up on a Dimensional. I had to back the wrapping paper scalloped circle with cardstock because it was too flimsy alone to be popped up on a Dimensional. I inked the main panel (SU! Going Gray) and the scalloped wrapping paper shapes with my Going Gray marker. For three of the scallops, I added some corduroy brads. I mounted the Going Gray panel on to some Georgia Pacific white cardstock.

Simple. Doable. I like it.