Cute As a Button Threaded Button Friendship Card with Vanessa

Hi everybody! Vanessa here today with a card using Cute As A Button and the Sew Word Die. Stamping those buttons can become so addictive, I had to stop myself :) 

For my card, I chose three colors for my button collection combined with a simple black and white design.

I started with a panel of polka dot patterned paper that I had trimmed slightly smaller than the black card base. Now I die-cut the "sew" from black cardstock and black foam tape, assembled the words and adhered them to the card. Next, I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment onto a strip of black cardstock, trimmed it and adhered it.

After I had stamped and die-cut the buttons, I threaded them with black twine and adhered them to the card, using foam tape for the top ones.

I hope to have inspired you with today's design! Thank you for stopping by!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Cute As A Button Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cute As A Button Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sew Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cute As A Button Friendship Button Card with Nancy

Hey there everyone, Nancy here today with a look at the Cute as a Button stamp and coordinating dieset. I love intricate designs that can be created quickly and this set delivers! The multiple sentiments are perfect for so many different types of cards. I love the versatility and dose of cute.

The buttons were stamped using two shades of pigment ink for an opaque and colorful coverage. Layering the pigment ink gives the buttons depth and a pop of color. 

The "sew" title was created using the Sew Word die and layered on a bed of buttons. The stamped needle image leads straight to the point - happy we're friends! A sprinkle of sequins in a few sizes adds movement to the design.

Take a closer look at the Cute as a Button stamp and coordinating die set for your next craft fix. There's something about creating all of those little circular shapes that feeds the crafty soul (and makes for cute cards!).

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Cute As A Button Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cute As A Button Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sew Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Quilted Hexagons Focus On Dies Friendship Card with Vanessa

Happy Thursday, everybody! Vanessa here with a colorful card using Quilted Hexagons! Although this fab set offers so many stamps with various patterns, I couldn't resist to use the dies with scraps of patterned paper I had lying around. This is what I made with them:

I trimmed a panel of Kraft cardstock slightly smaller than my white card base. Then I die-cut all the hexies from various scraps of patterned paper and adhered them sorted by color to create a rainbow. After I had adhered the panel to the card, I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment from Cute As A Button onto a strip of black cardstock, trimmed it and adhered it to the card with foam tape.

Finally, I selected matching buttons, accessorized them with thread and adhered them to the card.

I hope you like this idea on how to use up some scraps! It is so fun to play with all the colorful paper :) Thanks for visiting today!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Cute As A Button Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Quilted Hexagon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cute As A Button Baby Boy Themed Card with Lexa

Hello everyone! Lexa here to share a card with another brand new release from Sunny Studio, the Cute As A Button stamp and the coordinating dies. As soon I saw this set I knew it right away that it would look adorable together with the Baby Bear stamp. So here I am with a card that combine both sets.

I stamped a lot of button stamps in blue, yellow and green with the help of my stamping tool. After I finished, I die cut all the buttons with the coordinating dies. You know what's the best about the dies? They don't leave any white borders like other dies usually do, they even created the button holes for the bigger one. So it looks more real after I popped them out from the dies. They are adorrrable! 

The images from Baby Bear are stamped with Versafine black ink and watercolored using Distress Markers. The baby bear and all his accessories are just adorable inside the button frame. I blended Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink on the bottom of rectangle panel so the bear won't look like floating. The sentiment is stamped on a strip of fishtail banner and adhered on the middle. The baby blue polka dots patterned paper was perfect for the card base, don't you think?

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you like today's card...have an amazing day everyone!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Baby Bear Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Baby Bear Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cute As A Button Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cute As A Button Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Simon Says Stamp Guest Post with Four Cards by Mendi

Hello there!  I'm popping in with four sneak peeks of cards being shared over on the Simon Says Stamp blog today (make sure to keep scrolling down to see Amy's sweet card for the day).

Sneak Peek of Card No. 1: Barnyard Buddies Card 

Supplies Used:

Barnyard Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Barnyard Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Missing Ewe Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Missing Ewe Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek of Card No. 2: Happy Owl-o-Ween & Pirate Pals Card 

Supplies Used:

Island Getaway Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Island Getaway Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pirate Pals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pirate Pals Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owl-o-ween Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Owl-o-ween Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek of Card No. 3: Happy Owl-o-ween Halloween Card

Supplies Used:

Halloween Cuties Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Halloween Cuties Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Happy Owl-o-ween Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Happy Owl-o-ween Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek of Card No. 4: Cute As A Button & Happy Hexagons Card

Supplies Used:

Cute As A Button Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cute As A Button Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hexagon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hexagon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sew Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Thanks for peeking.  I hope you will check out the full post over at Simon Says Stamp. :)

Inspiration Week: Introducing Quilted Hexagons & Cute As A Button

Hi there!  Thank you for joining me for our second day of sneak peeks as we count down to our fall release coming out on Friday.  :)

Today I have two fun new sets to share that play nicely together called Quilted Hexagons and Cute As A Button.  A while back a sweet customer emailed me asking me to create a quilt-themed set and it sparked something in me so I totally ran with it.  ;)

First up, I have a card using both sets with a happy rainbow color scheme, along with our previously released Color Me Happy Stamps and Color Word die.  The Quilted Hexagons come with a row of stitched hexagons and a second row of hexagons that allow you to build on the first row.  You can then fill in the spaces with the different patterned hexagons in all your favorite colors and patterns.  

I love that the backgrounds don't have to be perfect to still be beautiful.  For both my first card and my next card, I stamped all of these freehand with no stamp positioning tool.  The patterns are busy enough that no one is going to notice if you don't have them stamped perfectly centered and it adds to the homespun feel.  :)

For my second card I incorporated a row of buttons using the Cute As A Button stamps which come with 7 sentiments that play on the word "sew", along with two layering buttons, a layered needle and a stitched heart.  I have to say my heart skipped a beat the first time I saw the buttons layered together--They truly look 3-D without any of the bulk, making them perfect for putting through the mail!

For my third card, I was inspired by THIS quilt.  I found for this particular card it was easiest to line things up by using my MISTI (using the instructions outlined below) and the coordinating dies for this set.  This pattern utilizes a stamp that has three of the six sections of the hexagon and then you turn your paper a half turn and stamp again with a lighter color. The image has a fine outline in the center to help you line up your second layer.  

I found once I got them lined up in my MISTI, I was able to stamp out all my colors rather quickly. I then was able to add the die-cut hexagons to my card with a glue pen in a fun, random pattern.  I just drew some light vertical pencil lines to help me keep my rows straight which I was able to erase after my background was assembled.

For my sentiment, I heat embossed my words with black glitter embossing powder on vellum, pairing them with the Sew Word die cut from black cardstock.  To hide my adhesive, I added a simple scalloped edge and sewed around the border to tack down the open side.

My next card uses the stamps in a more modern, free-form look.  To creat this card I started by stamping my sentiment in the bottom, right portion of my card and then stamped the larger hexagons, working out towards the far corners.  When I was done, I went back with the smaller hexagon from the set to fill in some of the spaces.  I finished off my card with some pearlescent sequins and clear jewels for a bit of sparkle.

My next card uses more of the buttons to create a layered border that honestly would be quite bulky and difficult to achieve with regular buttons.  For the bottom half of my card, I blended on Worn Lipstick, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers distress ink, before going back over in the same colors and stamping a stitched border using the trail from our Backyard Bugs stamps.

For this card I created an overall pattern using the stamped and die-cut buttons.  It looks pretty cool here, but I honestly think it looks even better in person.  It begs to be pet with the optical illusion created.  I had one friend who kept feeling it, certain they were more dimensional than they really are.  ;)  

When stamping my buttons (and the hexagons on my third card) I found it easiest to first die-cut them from cardstock and then to create a template to slip them into so I could stamp them assembly line style using a stamp positioning tool like the Mini MISTI.  I then stamped the darkest layer first, going color by color and then followed with all my lighter colors.   Because circles are round, they obviously can rotate around in the template, but I found if I just did my best to line them up perpendicular that they generally lined up pretty well.

For the Quilted Hexagon set, you really are only limited by your imagination.  For these patterns, they both started with a simple stitched background and were built into the two patterns shown here using the diamond and triangle stitched inserts.

To help get your creative juices flowing, I have pinned some patterns and ideas of real hexagon quilts HERE.

Here's a full look at the new 4x6 Quilted Hexagon and 3x4 Cute As A Button clear stamps and coordinating dies available for purchase on Friday morning.  I made sure to also add the word "So" the regular way to expand the versatility of the set for everyday use.  :)

     

        

I frequently am asked what ink colors I've used.  While I have used a variety of brands in my samples, there's a good chance you can achieve similar results with inks you probably already have in you stash.  I highly recommend stamping your inks out and creating a swatch book to aid you in choosing two inks that compliment each other.  These are the ones I happened to use here today from lightest to darkest:

Hot Pink
Colorbox Candy
Colorbox Pinkolicious
Colorbox Very Berry

Ranger Pink Gumball
Colorbox Guava

Red
Colorbox Strawberry
Colorbox Cranberry

Orange
Simon Says Stamp Orange Slush
Colorbox Tangerine
My Favorite Things Orange Zest

Yellow
Colorbox Lemonade
Colorbox Banana
Simon Says Stamp Orange Slush

Green
Colorbox Kiwi
Colorbox Tree Frog

Aqua
Colorbox Seaglass
Colorbox Ocean

Pale Blue
Colorbox Sky
Simon Says Stamp Blue Jay

Medium Blue 
Colorbox Poolside
Colorbox Wave

Royal Blue
Colorbox Moody Blue
Colorbox Atlantic Blue

Purple
Colorbox Grape Slushy
Colorbox Grape
Colorbox Imperial

I hope you've enjoyed today's sneak peek.  Would you like to win a $25 gift code to our online store to spend on some of the new sets?  Use the rafflecopter below to enter to win.  We will be giving away a new gift code each day for a total of five chances to win!  Contest closes on July 22nd at Midnight PST.  Winners will be announced on Sunday, July 23rd.  :)

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Make sure to check back tomorrow when I will be sharing another fun new stamp & die set. :)

Other Supplies Used Today:

Backyard Bugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Colorbox Archival Dye Ink- Very Berry Shop at: Sunny Studio

Colorbox Archival Dye Ink- Grape Slushy Shop at: Sunny Studio