Cards with buttons

I got the idea for cutting windows in my card from something I saw on Betsy Veldman's website. The banana layer was trimmed down, then I used Nestabilities circle dies to cut the windows and using the windows for placement, stamped the bird parts. The PTI buttons were added for the bodies, some Kaiser pearls for eyes and stamped some wings and attached them. I added the ribbon and then popped up the main panel with foam tape. The buttons are new to my collection and Betsy's idea was new to…

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As I said in my earlier entry, I have always loved canning jars - I guess they bring back memories of the good things my Mom canned from our...

Just stopping by to share a card which has been inspired by the washi tape challenge at Less is More, the floral fantasy challenge at CAS on Sunday and the current Muse challenge where Marion Vagg …

This article is about button greeting cards. It contains 14 new ideas for handmade homemade card making. Make sure to check out Part 1, too!

Yippee -- one of my favorite posts we do for the DeNami Blog. Product Spotlight: Small Heart Outline. As always, it's 10% off for a week, but ALL of the Valentines Stamps are 15% off, so snag up a few! I love Valentines Day, but I know not everyone makes Valentines cards... so I thought I would use the small heart outline stamp to make a Happy Anniversary card. I used a Versamark ink pad and stamped the heart onto several colors of cardstock... cut them out and foam taped them onto a white…

I used some retired button dies from My Favorite Things (that's what happens when you let dies stay unused on your desk too long?) to make a thank you card...I die cut the buttons, layered, then put t

The gesture of giving a thank you card is slowly becoming a lost art, let alone having it be a hand-written and homemade card. Take an extra minute to show that someone how much you really ap…

Last night there was a package waiting for me from Papertrey Ink . I totally splurged the other day and bought a boatload of stamps and oth...