Get out your big ol' buttons...

Welcome to another Papertrey countdown and anniversary celebration day. Today my good friend Heather Nicols is debuting her Fillable Frames Addition 1 and Tag-Its #1 stamp sets. The Fillable Frames are some of my most used stamps and I'm sure the Tag-Its will soon be just as popular. Be sure to visit Pine's blog and Nichole's blog for all the countdown low down. :)

Thank you so much for the wonderful response to Button Boutique. I'm sure you will love it as much as I do. Want some more ideas? Well let's dig into some more button fun. Today I filled up my little vintage tins with Papertrey Vintage Buttons along with a few other goodies. Let me show you what I have in store:

(don't you just love this photo?)

I'm pairing up my Button Boutique stamp set + Bitty Background Blocks stamp set + Button Card Die Collection Dies. As you can see in the photo below I'm thinking outside the box today and am going with a horizontal button card. You don't see this much in the vintage type button cards but we can now create whatever we want right? You can see that die cut patterned paper (October Afternoon), stamped the outline...then die cut some Rustic Cream cardstock then stamped with the dots.....then stamped strips of cardstock with the 25cent border stamp.
And here's something that you'll flip over. I dug out the BIGGEST Vintage Buttons I could find from my Papertrey stash. I know some of you aren't fond of the big buttons. But whyyyy...they deserve crafty love too. :)
Using 20 or 30 glue dots...okay maybe 4 per button.....I adhered the buttons to my button cards. Notice how each button card is color coordinated with Ripe Avocado accents and ink...Hawaiian Shores....and Summer Sun. Love that. But I'm not done yet.
Using some fantasticly awesome vintage glass *thingies* from my stash, I adhered one to each giant button.
Eeeek. I now have beautiful buttons that look like they would adorn granny's wool coat. Soooo pretty. If you don't have fantastically awesome vintage glass *thingies* in your stash, why not try some big rhinestones...or a cluster of smaller ones...or another vintage type button stuck on top. I challenge you to dig through your stash and find something suitable. I finished up the button cards with a pretty silk bow.
I tucked each button card into a small glassine bag. Then I stitched a brown paper sack into a pouch to hold the button cards.
Then I tucked all the little button card sacks inside, safe and sound.
I created an accent for my pouch by die cutting a piece of patterned paper with the Button Boutique die. Then I stamped a button card topper and craft worthy sentiment onto a die cut and stamped Fillable Frame Additions 1 piece of cardstock. Isn't that kinda cute? Makes an adorable label, I think. I finished off the pouch with Hawaiian Shores ribbon and a clip on earring from my vintage stash. My grandmother wore earrings like these every day. I never saw her without them. And a hanky. She called the earrings her *baubles*. I have a few pairs of hers that I keep in my cedar chest.
So there ya have it....lots of button goodness today. I little creative play. A LOT of fun! Thanks for stopping by!

(don't you just love this photo too?)