PTI Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on the hop! Since the focus of this hop is buttons and PTI has just released Beautiful Blooms 2 and three sets of coordinating dies, I thought I'd remind you that you can make your own buttons using those dies.  I don't have any of the new dies, so I used the Cuttlebug dies that go with Beautiful Blooms 1. I used the smallest of the four dies for my buttons. It it about 3/4 inch in diameter which is a little smaller than the smallest Beautiful Blooms 2 dies. The smallest of the new dies measure 1 inch or 1 1/4 inches which are great sizes for buttons.
I used Craft-A-Board which I bought here.  It cuts very easily with dies and a Cuttlebug. But I have also  made buttons in the past with cereal boxes. After cutting with the dies, I punched a couple of holes for my button holes.
Because Craft-A-Board is white, if you  ink it the color stays true. I inked one button in Hibiscus Burst, one in Berry Sorbet, one in Sweet Blush, and one I kept natural.I used Stickles in Fruit Punch on each.  I like this Stickles because it works well with different shades of pink and peach.

 Now once you've done this, you can complete everything else for your card, take a nap, go shopping, clean house, pull weeds. Because it takes Stickles forever to dry! Several light layers might speed the process, but I put on a layer with good coverage with a few small touch ups and patiently (LOL) waited for the next step. After the Stickles dried, I coated the buttons with Glosssy Accents. Again a long drying period is required. Since I did this step early in the evening, I let the Glossy Accents dry overnight.
The next morning, I was ready to put my card together.

I cut the card base using Sweet Blush cs. Then I cut piece of Spring Moss and adhered it. The cream piece was first stamped with the background stamp in London Fog ink, and then I stamped the flourish in Spring Moss. I inked the edges with Antique Linen and distressed them. I adhered this to card. Next, I used the largest die to cut the bloom in Sweet Blush and then stamped with Versasmark and heat set with embossing powder. Using scoretape,I attached a button to the center of each bloom. The final step was to adhere the flowers to the card.

Are you ready to make your own Beautiful Blooms Buttons?


Supplies:
Stamps:Beautiful Blooms 1(PTI), Documentary Background (Prima Marketing)
Ink: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Berry Sorbet(PTI); Versamark; London Fog(Memento)
Paper: Sweet Blush, Spring Moss, Vintage Cream (PTI)
Other: Craft-A-Board, Fruit Punch Stickles, Glossy Accents, Flower Dies(Cuttlebug)