I love this LO! I love all the buttons, chipboard, and odds and ends you put into the balloon and I like the way you did the title! Into my faves! It gives me an idea!
OMG I LOVE this!!! What a great use of all those buttons and such a darling page! I especially love how you altered the buttons so they coordinated! LOVE how you did your title work.. .okay just love the whole thing! Straight to my faves!
What a clever layout. I love the collection of buttons for the balloon. Making the photo into a journaling spot too was a great idea. this is so striking!
I am in awe of your absolutely gorgeous page. What a creative and beautiful way to use buttons. And I am so LOVING your hidden journaling, too. Thanks for sharing this awesome page with all of us!!!!
I did a huge button project several years ago. It was fun, but it was HEAVY, so I backed it with chipboard to stabilize it. I love your take on the idea. A button balloon is such a wonderful and delightful surprise. :-) Darling project.
Two days ago, while rummaging through my stash I rediscovered my enormous stash of buttons so I set a challenge for myself- use as many of those pretty buttons as possible! Earlier this evening, I had complained to my husband, Anders, that I wasn't getting enough sleep these days since his alarms woke me up at ungodly hours every morning...and ironically he slept through all 3 of his morning alarms like a log! So, I told him I was a bit annoyed and grumpy. Anyway I soon forgot about it and after a nice dinner and watching an episode of our favourite Korean drama, I told him that I was going to make a scrapbook page about us and the theme/title was going to be 'Love is in the Air'. I asked him to write a few lines so I could include them in the layout. This is what he came up with...
“ Love is in the air... and the air smells like cake, tea and coffee! That is what your A* hubby does just because he is in love with you! He will squeeze your feet in the most expert way... He will press your back when it is sore... He will be your master chef when her Highness wants something delightful to munch on in between meals... What all your amazing hubby will do because he is in love with you !!!”
I burst out in chuckles when I read this. He sure is amazing, eh?! He definitely deserved a big fat hug.
The journaling is hidden behind the photo and opens like a book. I used magnets to keep the flaps in place. Since I was too lazy to take my sewing machine out and stitch the strings attaching the basket to the 'balloon', I used drinking straws instead! I used buttons of various shapes, sizes and materials to fill the balloon. The 3 big Wooden buttons are painted in florals. The medium sized wooden buttons are painted in black, white and yellow-orange abstract patterns. Some of the chipboard shapes and buttons are covered with washi or gesso, water colours and acrylics. One button is gold heat embossed. I hand drew and fussy cut some vellum clouds and embellished them with light blue glitter stickles. I used my favourite yellow stars paper and red ric rac to border the page. Once I had the buttons and shapes where I wanted them, the layout came about quite quickly.
Thanks for Looking and Have a lovely day! Ava Entered in the following challenges: - July 5 Ingredients +Yours Challenge - July Hoarders Challenge (Twist: shapes used) - July Wooden Embellishments Challenge ( Twist- Star used in the ballon, 'gesso'ed and covered with white 'n gold washi) - July Tis the season Summer Challenge: Even though this is not your typical summery or 'beach'y layout, it is a real life moment in July so I figured it qualified ;-) - $10.00 Share and Win Challenge
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