How are you all doing this morning?
It's time for the new challenge over at That Craft Place Challenge Blog and the the theme is buttons. Something that I know lots of folks have a fondness for but not something I tend to use very often so I had to have a serious think.......and in the end I made this little "button Box"
I started off by using a glue gun to attach an assortment of buttons to the lid of the box and covered everything with a coat of gesso. When that was dry I added a few layers of a thin wash of paint. I used Decoart Traditions in Blue Green Light and Transparent Red Iron Oxide. I just kept adding layers until I was happy with the look.
I guess you are thinking that this is now where I keep my buttons.......wrong! This box is the box that these gorgeous metal tags arrived in so that's what is inside. I love these tags, they are strong and sturdy, yet they emboss through my Vagabond beautifully as you can see, the top one has been embossed.
To finish I added a flower to add a bit of a different texture to the buttons. I look forward to seeing what you come up with too.
6 comments:
I like your box, it looks lovely as a place to store buttons, but for me, It would not work because I have soo many. Maybe should think about making something with them.
Cheers,
Aurora
Really like your button box. I love the randomly placed lace it really gives flow and fluidity as well balance lov,e it ! Debs x
Lovely! Adding the lace was a great idea.
This is lovely!!! Can't wait to receive my DecoArt paints! Where did u order those awesome metal tags from?
LOVE the colors and
vintage buttons are always super cool = )
That's lovely Neil x
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