Sale-A-Bration – Polka Dot Punches

Feb 23, 2009 | Embossing, Sale-A-Bration 2009, SU Buttons | 0 comments

Hi everyone!  It’s Monday and the kids are back in school – we just had a week long winter break and I’m glad we can all get back to a routine again.  Morning came early but we all got up and out the door and no one was late!

Here is a Sale-A-Bration project that I created as part of my entry into the next Stampin’ Up! class challenge.    Remember the embossed colored buttons from a few weeks ago (click here) – well I decided to use that idea again on some little 3×3 love notes – I made one in each of the colors featured in the Sale-A-Bration Delicate Dots Designer Series Paper – So Saffron, Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery.  The buttons using those colors didn’t have the pop of color that I wanted because they were so light.  So I turned to my Color Wheel to look at the Dynamic Duos and find a darker color that coordinated.  And the colors I used to marker my buttons were More Mustard, Brilliant Blue and Old Olive.  Here is a close up of the blue button:

  

Blue Button

Blue Button

The stamped flowers are stamped in VersaMark ink and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder.  Then punched with the 5-petal flower punch and sponged on the edges.  I think they turned out so cute.

SAB Love Notes

SAB Love Notes

Supplies:

Polka Dot Punches Stamp Set (SAB)

Sahara Sand card stock: 6” x 3” (3 pieces); 2” x 2” (3 pieces)

Bashful Blue card stock: 5-1/2” x 4-1/4”

So Saffron card stock: 5-1/2” x 4-1/4”

Certainly Celery card stock: 5-1/2” x 4-1/4”

Delicate Dots Designer Series Paper (SAB): 2-1/2” x 2-1/2” – one each of the Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and So Saffron designs.

5 petal flower punch

VersaMark® ink

Clear Embossing Powder

Heat Tool

Button Latte buttons

Classic Ink: Sahara Sand,Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Certainly Celery – used for sponging flowers

More Mustard Stampin’ Write Marker

Brilliant Blue Stampin’ Write Marker

Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker

Craft Tweezers

Stampin’ Sponge

Stampin’ Dimensionals

Mini Glue Dots

White Embroidery Thread

 

Have a Happy Stampin’ Day!

Monika

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www.monika.stampinup.net

 

Colored and Embossed Buttons!

Feb 6, 2009 | Embossing, SU Buttons, Techniques | 0 comments

I discovered something new today!  I was playing with the new Button Latte buttons this morning.  I took the little white flower and was trying to add it to a card but it was just missing something.  So I thought what if I color it with a marker  and then emboss it with clear embossing powder – so I tried it and it worked – and now I have the cutest little flower button – and I can make the flower any color I want!  How exciting is that?  We will be doing this at my club meeting tonight so I’m not going to show you the whole card (I don’t want to spoil the surprise so I will post it after our meeting) but here is what the button look likes:

Colored Embossed Button

Colored Embossed Button

So this is how I made it – I poured a little bit of clear embossing powder in a small container.  Since a little bit of ink gets on it I wasn’t planning to put it back in my container.  I used tweezers to hold my button.  Then colored the flower with my Rose Red Stampin’ Write Marker and quickly dipped it into the embossing powder.  Then I heat set it with the heat tool.  I added a piece of matching embroidery thread to the center of the button.  I am one of those people that doesn’t like my button holes to be empty.  I debated on the color – I actually wanted to use black (there is some on the card) but I didn’t have any.  So I used the color that matches the Rose Red.  White would have worked too now that the flower was colored.  By the way the original button was all white.  These are the new buttons in the Stampin’ Up! catalog.