Buttons n' a Little Bow.....

Hello everyone: There is a new challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH that I think you'd like to play with, this time we want to see BUTTONS, big ones, little ones, shaped ones, critters or flower ones, the sky's the limit so I hope you join us in the gallery.

Here is a card I made to inspire you to play and, for more inspiration, hop over my teammates blogs and check out their awesome creations.

It's funny we are having this challenge because I just happen to have a nice bag of gardening buttons I got at my local craft store, 30 buttons for $1.00, now that's a bargain. I used it to make THIS CARD,

and I still have a bunch of them, my favorite are this cute flower ones.

So I stamped this old, old retired image from Impression Obsession with Stazon Dove Gray ink, it has a bucket filled with little flowers that look like my buttons so I knew they would look great. I then colored the stamped flowers with some SU markers and I used Prismacolor pencils for the bucket. 

I stamped the two little bees from a Power Poppy set called Foxglove and Ranunculus. I cut them off the stamp just to be able to use them on other projects, they are beautifully detailed and a perfect size.

The little tag is die cut with a Spellbinders die set and the word "Love" is from a retired Flourishes set called "Old Fashioned Florals", this set has 4 teeny tiny words that fit inside this teeny tiny tag perfectly, I made a little bow with some embroidery thread.

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Here is a picture of the finished inside of my card.

This image is also from the same set as the one on my front panel and so is the sentiment.

That little butterfly was added last minute because I smudge a bit of pink ink on my finish panel😡, oh how I hate when this happens, don't you? Sheeesh!!

So I hope you feel inspired and go dig out your stash of buttons and join us in the gallery.

For more inspiration, check out the SHOPPING OUR STASH challenge blog and my teammates' projects, you will be delighted.

I'm entering this card onto the following challenges.

Always Fun Challenges Challenge #5 "For a Female or Mom"

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge #36 "Use Faux or Real Stitching" I used a cross stitch die.

Make my Monday Challenge #45 "May Flowers"

Crafting from the Heart Challenge #158 "Anything Goes"

Great Impressions Rubber Stamps May theme challenge "Feminine"

Thank you for stopping by, I always read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.