{A Flair for Buttons}

Remember Today

Mary-Ann here, still trying to catch up with some of my Christmas documenting.  Just last week, I shared a layout of us going to the North Pole Express with neighbors HERE.  I have created another page that coordinates with that.  Same event, same papers.  I did switch up the flair a bit.  With the creepy, kinda cute characters, I wanted to use something a little more cheery or whimsical as opposed to vintage.  

I used:

It's Christmas Time Flair

Although my Elf flair legs are older, there are some super cute legs in the Christmas Fun 1 Flair!

See you soon! 

Just Read

Hello friends! It's Lee-Anne here today with a mixed media layout.  Every once in a while I like to mix it up and play with my inks, sprays, and stamps.  I love this photo of my son when he was reading out loud to his nana.  It was a special moment for him.  

I used two flair buttons on this layout.  I try to think outside the box and use different flair buttons than what they are really intended for.

Let Freedom Ring Flair

Tell Your Story Flair 

  

Be sure and check out all the flair in the shop.

Have a creative day!

 

Jolly Good Times

It's almost the end of January, but I'm here today with a Christmas layout!  Yep!  It's only 11 months away, you know!  HA!  I had so many Christmas photos, and I am in love with the Foil Christmas Flair Buttons.  I used the Foil Christmas Flair 1 and Foil Christmas Flair 2 sets on this layout.  And I just can't stop making circle layouts for some reason!  But I do love placing the flair buttons around the circle design.

I started out with the die cut snowflake design and then I sprinkled Gold Color Shine in the background, before adding any other elements on the layout.  I placed my photo once the Color Shine was dry, and then chose the spots for my Flair Buttons.  I knew I wanted one next to the photo, then I spaced the other two around the snowflake die cut.

Once the Flair Buttons were in place, I added some embellishments from the Pinkfresh Studio Christmas Wishes collection.  I wanted to add in a bit more Red, so I cut a second snowflake design on my Cameo, to fill in the spaces around the snowflake die cut.  Then I cut small circles from Gold Glitter cardstock to place in the center of each Red snowflake, to go along with the Gold Flair Buttons.

So no matter what time of year, you feel like creating holiday layouts, the A Flair for Buttons shop has just what you need!  You can find both sets that I used, by visiting the Shop, and a few...or a lot...more designs!

#happy - a layout by Riikka

What makes you really happy? As the title says, this page is about being happy. And the moment captured in the photo was really a happy one for me. It's me in the photo and the gentleman beside me is the violinist Olli Vänskä. I had just attended a show where he played and gave him an altered violin afterwards. I guess you can see how joyful I am just in the picture with me beaming!

The color scheme of the page came from the picture and the turquoise tint it has. I used a couple of acrylic paints to make the background just by spreading them there. Then I added some splashes to the background as well and added touches of stamping here and there. The white details are drawn with Sharpie.

The two flairs from the camera themed set fitted the page perfectly, the old camera and the "Love this" quote. I also added one flair from the "Lovely Words 4" set with the text "believe" in it. It reminds me about that I would have never believed to meet the band in person and also that it took a bit of belief to actually then meet them!

Have a great day! Thank you for stopping by!

Sets used:

 

I Shoot

Lovely Words 4

Bloom

Hello friends! It's Lee-Anne here today sharing another layout using a flair button from the In The Garden set.  

I love gardening and because my children are older, I love to photograph flowers, landscapes, animals and nature because frankly my children are so tired of me pointing a camera in their faces.  Yes, it is sad when they grow up, so this is the next best thing. Ha!

Daylilies are one of my favorite bulbs to grow and I adore the fragrance in my home when I cut them.

Every once in a while I like to get inky and messy.  I hope you enjoyed your visit and be sure to stop by the A Flair For Buttons shop for this flair set and hundreds more.

Flair Buttons Used On Layout:

In The Garden

 

 

North Pole

Good morning.  I realize that most of us are well over Christmas, I know I am.  However, I am not done documenting our memories quite yet.  In the beginning of December, our family went with our neighbors to the North Pole Express.  It was super fun.  For this layout, I decided on a title that had two "o's."  Perfect place for my flair!

I used Basic Grey's Juniper Berry collection for my papers.  As I was searching through the stickers, I was thrilled when I found the North Pole Express ticket!! (see below)

I love how the flair fits as the perfect "o's" with the Thickers I selected.  They may  be a little smaller than the font  but think that makes them pop even more.  

I used Christmas Words Flair 2 and Vintage Christmas Milk Caps flair.  

Thanks for stopping by today.  Head to Shelley's ETSY shop for even more choices!  

{Pool Time}

Hello, Marinette here with you to share a new layout using Shelley's gorgeous flair.

Those days I dream about summer. I miss sunshine a lot! Here in France we've got a lot of rainy  and dark days :( I would love some warm weather, a little bit of sunshine.

So I decided to create a summer layout with the "This Summertime" collection from Studio Tekturek

 

Shelley have a lot of beautiful Summer Flair sets in her shop!

I used a flair from this one ::

Summertime Flair 1 set

Love is all you need Flair Set ::

 

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by and check out all the amazing flair in the shop;-)

Have a lovely day.

Xo. Marinette

If You're Happy and You Know It!

Hey, friends!  Missy back with you, and today I'm sharing a layout I created using the With All My Heart Flair Set along with some MAMBI Project Life cards & stickers.  I decided on a grid design of some sort, and I used watercolors on the background.  These cute heart flair buttons really added the perfect touch to the layout.  I wound up not using any patterned paper at all on this...just the cards and some tissue paper layered under my photos. 
The fun and bright colors on this flair button matched my color scheme perfectly.  I always like to add a tangled nest of colored thread under them to add an extra pop of color.  I used watercolors and a tiny brush to color in the words on this card, and I added in some machine stitching and a few older Crate Paper rub-ons.
I love this PL card...such a fun font and sentiment.  I love the hearts on this flair button...very fun and whimsical.  I love how it looks layered on these cards and the stitching.
I fussy cut this heart from another PL card and used it as an embellishment.  I paired it with some tangled thread and added a few stickers.
More stickers!  I love these clear sentiment stickers...they are perfect for any project.  My journaling fit perfectly down beneath it.
Finally, one more close-up of the upper left side.  I usually don't use a lot of lime green colored pieces, but it just fit this color scheme.  I love how it turned out! asdf

 

Here is the Flair Set I used...With All My Heart:

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a GREAT day!

 

Missy

Sunshine & Happiness

Hello! It's Lee-Anne here on the blog and today I am sharing a layout of my eldest son and daughter in law on one of their many vacations to the Dominican Republic. They have done lots of travelling in their seven years of marriage and I love to live vicariously through them. Ha!

I added lots of flair buttons to this vacation layout. Actually four flair buttons in total from three different flair sets. The "#travel" flair button is from the Hashtag Summer Flair Set, the "Hola" flair button is from the Mexico Flair Set, and the "relax" and "at the beach" flair buttons are from the Relax Flair Set.  I love mixing and matching sets and love the softness of vellum and I thought I would use a circle punch to add some vellum circles underneath some of the flair buttons I think it makes it stand out more from the bright background.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by and check out all the amazing flair in the shop.

Flair Sets Used On This Layout:

Hashtag Summer Flair Set

Mexico Flair Set

Relax Flair Set

 

The Great 8

I'm excited to be here today, to share my first post for 2016 on the AFFB Blog!  I love creating large shapes on my layouts, and then filling them with stuff!  It's always fun designing this type of layout.  And what better embellishments to use for filling in space, than Flair Buttons!  I created a large number 8 on my layout, with the Silhouette Cameo Sketch Pens, then added in a mix of embellishments, including flair from the Epic Flair set and the Minimal 2 Flair set.

I love the Black & White flair sets because they can coordinate with any collection.  I used the Happy Place collection from Fancy Pants for this layout, and filled in the 8 with puffy stickers, Bits, wood veneers and my title.  I placed the flair buttons first, to have them balanced inside the shape.

Once I had the inside of the number 8 filled with embellishments, I stitched around the outside with Black embroidery floss for a more defined shape.  I placed my photo to the right of the shape.  And I wanted to bring in a few more patterned papers, so I cut four different patterns from the Happy Place 6x6 paper pad, to add in each corner of the layout.

So next time you're looking for a fun, new way to use your Flair Buttons, try incorporating them into a large shape on your layout.  You can check out the full sets of the Epic Flair and the Minimal 2 Flair in the A Flair for Buttons Etsy shop!

 

 

Believe in magic - layout by Riikka

Hello there! It's Riikka here today to share a page with you. For this first page of the year I wanted to make something a bit different and use as many lovely flairs as possible. So I made up this circus style design and added flairs across the circle. Like the balls of a juggler. There's also small punched circles along the line as well as hole reinforcements. 

The page is about the love of my life so to say - crafting and scrapbooking. Making things keeps me going and peace on Earth. Don't take me too seriously, though! But it was when I thought about studies in my late teens when I realized that university studies weren't for me even though my grades were good enough and I've always loved academic subjects. It hit me when I was familiarizing with Turku University before the applying process and I realized that there wouldn't be any crafts among the studies as there had been so far. So I took a completely other route and went to study design. 

The color scheme of the page came from the Fairy flair as the others I chose for the page are quite neutral. Like I love mixing and matching patterned papers and different paper collections, I find it exhilarating to mix different flairs together. And there's so many to choose from in the shop!

I added some orange and red watercolor to the background and made the harlequin pattern using a stencil and red ink. I also used red papers in the layers behind the photo and turned the piece of the resist canvas into orange with watercolor.

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a wonderful 2016!

Sets used:

    

Capture Life 2

Tell Your Story 1

Vintage Fairies

I Create Large

I Shoot

FBI?

Hey there! Ashli here with you today to share a fun layout about the time I fancied myself a future FBI agent!

I think it's pretty safe to say that I am about the furthest thing from an FBI agent now! Although, I do practice my fair share of conflict resolution and problem solving as a homeschooling mama of 4. HA!

I had more fun adding little bits and bobs along the background of the large leaf shape, and of course adding FLAIR!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!