Try It Out Tuesday #58--Spring Buttons!

Today is Try It Out Tuesday for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design and I've challenged the DT to show off their buttons on their creations!  I LOVE buttons--I have them in every shape, size and color and they're fun to use.  I wanted to create a very vintage looking Easter Gift Set--I'm very into vintage these days I tell ya (a phase I'm going thru, hee hee)!  I love with vintage that it's a bit primitive with very feminine touches, lace, glitter, swirls with roughed up edges!  Hey that's how I would describe meself too! LOL!  Anywho I created an Easter gift bag and matching glassine bag that holds a card inside and used a fabulous Lockhart Stamp called "IB Birds"!

I took a small glassine bag and gussied it up on the outside with pearls, ribbon, button and some swirls.  The patterned paper swirls were cut with a CB die cut and the glittered swirls were cut with my new fave tool "SLICE" (man I love that lil' thing).  I cut the swirls with my slice from Sookwang Tape Sheets and peeled a layer off and added lots of MS glittah!

Inside the glassine bag is a little card with one of my favorite sentiments (Heidi Grace set) that you can write a note on the back or the recipient can use as a bookmark.  I added some small pearls and a MS butterfly punch-out to pretty it up (along with some distressing and inking).

I took a plain kraft gift bag and decorated it with some paper, flourishes, glittah and other fun trims!  The papers are all by Stampin' Up in Bayou Blue!

Here's a close-up of the tag (made with my Slice machine), I added some ribbon and buttons--the sentiment is from PTI's "Mega Mixed Messages" along with some swirl stamps thrown in there.

A close-up of the front bag--I used the Lockhart Stamp "IB Birds" for the centerpiece of the bag.  To me nothing signals Spring more than the green grass and birds chirping outside the open windows--so this image was perfect for the center!  The back cream panel is a Spellbinders Pendant "Lattice" (35% off HERE), then the next cut-out is from Spellbinders "Labels 4", and lots of glittery swirls from my Slice machine!  The bag trims were made with my MS punch to create paper lace!  All of my buttons are from PTI as well.

I just love how it turned out and hope you do too!  Now scroll down to see the rest of the DT's fabulous projects!

hugz,

Suzanne