Lots of stamp companies (including Stampin' Up! and Papertrey Ink) have been bringing very cool vintage button card stamp sets to market recently. They are oh, so tempting but not in my budget. When I inherited my gramma's sewing basket over a decade ago, her collection of buttons came with it. Not only was there a treasure trove of vintage buttons, there was a nice selection of button cards as well. I do love my buttons, so I was thrilled to receive these!
Last week I fished around in my button collection to see if I could find an actual vintage button card to use on a card. I found several that were promising. Not wanting to immediately use up this precious vintage resource, I decided to try scanning one (then printing it out on Neenah natural white card stock and cutting it out) and had fabulous results. This is the card I ended up making.
For more details about my card, including this vintage button card that you can download and print out to use for yourself, please visit this post on my blog: http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot...on-button.html
Thanks for stopping by!
Emily
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 GMT Views: 818
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Accessories: SU small oval punch, foam tape,sponge dauber,salvaged satin ribbon, needle and thread, vintage buttons from my stash, sewing machine, mulberry paper flowers, hemp twine, scissors
Techniques: hand stitching, machine stitching, ink distressing
Registered: July 18, 2006 Location: Beautiful, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 24229
Sun, Mar 27, 2011 @ 2:59 PM
Love the heart banner and all the fabulous details on this card, Emily!!
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Mon, Mar 28, 2011 @ 5:51 AM
Wow Emzi that is so cool!!! I am glad you thought to scan the button card. Now you can use it over and over again and be reminded of your Grandma's sewing basket. You are one clever crafter. I think this card is dynamite. I love the vintage appeal of the buttons, but when I saw the little banner, well that just about melted by heart. This is just darling.
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Tue, Mar 29, 2011 @ 4:04 PM
Emily, what an awesome beautiful card!love all the buttons and it made me think that I wish I had gotten my Grandmas button collection. She sure had a bunch!! Also thank you for the down load. That is very generous.