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To make the daisy buttons, I started by making a template on plain white paper: I punched a 2-inch circle, folded it in half, and made the eye-holes with a 3/16 punch. Then I punched circles out of the shrink plastic and used the template to make the smaller holes. I stamped this lovely Daisy from SP & Company onto the plastic circles, using StazOn ink. To shrink the circles into buttons, I used my heat tool. That thing is amazing. It all happens really fast: the plastic crumples up & then suddenly flattens out into a circle (or, in my case, an oval, which was fine with me). I highly recommend using a surface with a lip (I used the top of a metal gift can) and something long to keep the plastic in place (used my reverse-action tweezers; just don't touch the hot metal!). To make sure it stays flat after melting, I used a tip from Mom: put a wooden stamp on it (wood-side down) immediately after shrinking. I used Copics to color the buttons after shrinking.
I made a tiny flower using the same process but smaller punches, and made a plain button that I then covered in yellow flocking.
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Scrappy Frogs Challenge: Summer Flowers
MelJen's Designs Challenge #67: Buttons and Bows
Stampin' Royalty Challenge #81: Sketch
Tutorial: How to Make Buttons from Shrink Plastic at scissors.paper.wok
Stamps: Dandelion Mouse digi by MelJen's Designs, For all Mothers set by SP & Company, Happiness Ticket by When the Scrap Hits the Fun
Paper: Hammermill, Recollections, pre-embossed paper from stash, shrink plastic from stash
Tools: InDesign, HP printer & ink, needle, awl, Fiskars papercutter, Recollections punches, Crop-O-Dile, Tim Holtz paper distresser & scissors
Other: ZipDry glue, ZIG glue pen, Offray & Bargain ribbon, Recollections flocking powder, Copic markers, Versamark ink
Oh great....ya found Feline Playful...good job they all use the random thingy, or I might as well give up now, if you're playin'....ha!
ReplyDeleteYou are just too stinkin' good, my ickle friend...those buttons are fab....and I want those black-eyed susans!! The whole creation is just adorable....DO NOT PUT IT IN CHALLENGES....Haaaa!
This card is amazing....very cute...I love it ....
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