Since I wasn't sure how this was supposed to work, I had a few trial and error moments, but finally decided this was going to look best if I simply embossed the entire surface of the button. I used a button from the Neutrals buttons, a white one in this case, and used some teeny tweezers to grab the holes from the opposite direction, and ink up the front of the button, coating it with versamark. Then I dumped gold embossing powder over the inked button to get a nice even coating. The tricky part was trying to use the heat gun on it, without burning my fingers, as the tweezers are metal. Trust me, DO NOT try turning on the gun towards a single button sitting all by it's lonesome on the table. It WILL blow away. lol. Ask me how I know...
Anyways, next I used the flowery heart image from Simply Said stamp set, and using versamark stamped it 4 times, each pointing inward, to look like a flower. I just love making flowers using hearts, it always turns out so cute. Next I dumped gold embossing powder over the images, and embossed again. I cut out the image. I think next time if I were to try this I would have attempted to simply cut a circle around the flower in the Very Vanilla, or else stamp the hearts onto the Night of Navy CS, for a more subtle look. I cut out several circles using the Coluzzle cutting system (hmm, seems to be my favorite lately, eh?), and created a little matting for behind the image. I glued all the pieces together, and attached the button to the center of the flower using glue dots.
The Card base is actually Night of Navy, however I used a piece of Prestwick DSP and completely covered the front of the card base with it. Gives the card stability as opposed to using only the DSP. Stamped the sentiment in Versamark yet again, and embossed with gold. I then tied a bow around the card front with Very Vanilla Taffeta, adhered the circle mat to the top. I decided to give the flower a tilt, it seems sweeter this way.
Enjoy!
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 GMT Views: 145
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