Button Doodle Cards tutorial

Just a little tutorial for you lovely guys this week.  I have been making some little button doodle cards and thought I would share how.  

I used 3x3" card blanks as I had quite little buttons.  I started by sticking a couple of buttons onto my card front. I used glue dots but I have also sewn them in place before and that looks fab too! (I was just being impatient to get to the doodling bit today!) 

Next step ..... DOODLE!  (told you this was a little tutorial!)

I doodled my buttons into flowers.  I also did a few as birds which you may spot below.

Here are just a few of my afternoons creations!  You can see that some cards I only used 1 button and on others I used 3.  I tried to make all my flowers a little different. 

Well off for a quick dip at handmade harbour before an early night ready to get packing up my 'Crafty What Nots' boxes ready for posting!  Yeah!

xxx

Ready..... Steady..... Nearly go!

OOOOh ... so excited! I'm nearly ready to open the virtual doors on my new website.  I've been busy creating new wonders to stock those cyber shelves and very soon the world will be host to yet another online crafty shop!  Jennysis will not only have ready made products to buy but also all the materials for you to give them a go yourself!

Here is a sneaky peak at the 'New Bloom' range

Plain A6 notebooks.

Circle or stripy buttons

There will be all sorts of other things including the paper pads I use to create them.

The other range I will be opening with is 'New Leaf'  I just love the earth tones and sparkly papers.

This little set of notecards will either come premade in a small box or come as a kit with instructions!  I have made one for the 'New Bloom' range too but do you think I can find the photo?????

I particualry love these little draws.  Even my little'ns toy sheep managed to make an appearance!

Well I can hear the subtle crys of a waking baby so better go and de-craft the house super quick before I end up with glue on the ceiling!

Happy crafting all you wonderful people!  Thanks for stopping by my page.  I would love to hear your thoughts on my products, would be good to get some feedback before launching into the big bad world!

Am popping over to Handmade Harbour to checkout some of the wonderful talent out there.

xxx

Week round up

I know I have been a little remis this week, not that I haven't been crafting but I had planed to post at least a couple of tutorials a week and really not managed it this week.  Oh well, in  my defense I havan't been idle!  There has been lots on industrial crafting going on.

Here are a few things I have been making and having a go at.

Recycled keyrings.  I started making these little heart keyrings nearly a year ago and like so many things was left at the bottom of the creative ironing pile.  a little while ago I started creating upcycled and recycled Jewellery under the name ReJenisis.  Since having my little one however I ran out of time.  These are def an example of that.  Was so great to complete these and have already found new homes for them!  Each one is made from cardboard destined for the green bin, the beads were oddments left over from past commissions.

Here are a few recycled blanks ready to be made into necklaces and keyrings!

A new make for me was to have a go at these sweet little buttons, the patterns were paper scraps so fantastically recycled!  the tops are clear plastic buttons.  This little batch of 6 were my first attempt!

I have been having a play with my stamp maker this week and created my logo and  a few birds.  I have created a set of digi stamps (yet to be released) and these little birdies are part of it.

And last but not least!! Yes you guessed it! Another paper cut!  I thought I would give the alphabet a bash!  So far I have decided that the alphabet should only have one letter 'A'. 

Have you all had a creative week?? What wonders have you been up to?

xxx

Button necklace tutorial

Hi there crafty people everywhere! 

Today's tutorial is this fantastic button necklace!  

The buttons are from a mixed bag of buttons I had lying around.  

Button necklace

For this tutorial I used some embroidery thread in a coordinating colour and chose a selection of buttons from my stash.

1.  Measure around your neck with the thread, you will want to drape it around so that it sits where you would like the final necklace to sit.  Now measure that length 4 times.  This is the length of thread you will need.

2. Fold your thread in half and make a loop in the middle and tie a knot.  I made the knot sit about 2cm up.

3.  Thread both ends with a needle.  (If you used a cord it would be a good idea to wrap a small amount of tape around the ends in order to stop it fraying.)

4.  Take your first button.  Thread one of the strands down through one of the holes and then under and up through another.  The other thread needs to go under the button and come up through a hole, go over and then down the last remaining hole. other thread needs to go through in the opposite directions.  This will wrap the button so that it will sit flat around the neck.  If you have a two hole button then you will need to thread both threads through the same holes but making sure that one thread goes over, under, over and the other under, over, under. 

Once you have threaded the button and moved it into place you need to take both strands and make a knot just beyond the button.  This will help keep the button in place and create a good start for attaching the next button.

5.  Now you need to thread your next buttons.  Keep draping the necklace around your neck until you are happy with the length.  When the length is correct make your last knot.  You will need to create the end clasp.  

6.  Tie a further knot about 1cm away from your last knot

7.  Thread a smaller button (this needs to be able to fit through the loop you made in step 2) Thread both threads through different holes from back to front and tie in a tight knot.  (knot it a couple of times at least and if you wish to make it extra secure place a little glue on the knot)

8.  Try out your necklace, The end button you just attached should now easily go through the loop you made in step 2 and it should now be wearable!

How about creating several and layering them up? For the pink necklace I used a hemp cord that I bought from my local bead shop.  There are lots of colours available and it came in pack of 4 different colours.  Although I love the look I did find the hemp quite thick so threading through the button eyes was less easy, you also couldn't thread through the same hole twice.