{A Flair for Buttons}

..:: love fall ::.. with orange gearle

Hi, Orange Gearle here with a new layout and process video to share with you!  Here is my layout:

I started with white card stock and I added some Shimmerz paints to my background. I used a pretty yellow/orange called Vibez Sunset Strip because I thought it matched the pretty leaves on the trees in the photo! As an accent color I wanted pops of aqua, that's where the flair came in!

This "be present" flair is a piece that had Shelley make for me a few years ago. My word for the year was "present" and so I had her make up some "be present" flair to use on projects. I found this in my stash and I thought it fit the sentiment of the layout --- stop and notice the beauty of fall -- and it also added the perfect pop of color! 

This camera flair is from the Take a Picture 1 flair set. Once again I used to to add a pop of color and I placed it in white space, right on the photo. I like how it draws your eye to photo as if to say, "CHECK OUT THIS PHOTO!"

I also made a video of my process, if that's something that suits your fancy!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! See you again soon! XO o.g.

Who We are Now

Hello there! It's Devra here today and  I have a layout to share today inspired by the OOTD blog article at Get It Scrapped!

 

I thought I'd share my inspiration outfit. It's one of my very favorites from my own wardrobe. It's easy, comfortable and I always feel good when I wear it. 

I chose to take most of my inspiration from the neutral and organic aspects of my OOTD. The colors, woodgrain patterned paper and stitching on it represent the texture of my shoes, the organic nature of leather and rope as well.  The marble flair  and lovely words 7 flair I added also have water color and natural feels to them. They also tie all the colors together!

 

Just a little short and sweet project today! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Sweet Fall, Sis! - a layout by Riikka

Moikka! It's Riikka here to share my second October project with you! When I made this page, the weather had just taken a turn towards autumn. It was still warm, but the rains started to set in and there was the scent of autumn in the air. I bet by now we are deep in the autumn already. How about you? Do you experience all the four seasons or just two of them?

What I used as inspiration to this page was the squirrel flair, this picture and my younger daughter. I showed her the picture, of two of them climbing to a rock near my parents's place, and asked what she'd like to say to her sister, would she have some autumn greeting for her. She thought about it a moment and then said she'd like just to say "ihanaa syksyä, sisko" - "sweet autumn, sister". So thus the title! 

I used a rich, autumn color palette in the page and brought other fall like elements to it besides the squirrel flair from the Woodland Creatures set. I added leaves and branches in different ways and managed even to add one flair from my favorite set, Texture 1. But I have to be honest - the picture in the layout isn't taken during autumn. It's actually taken on Christmas day two years ago when the weather was really warm and strange for the season!

Besides autumn like flair, I also used a heart one from Two Tone Heart, which matched the warm autumn color palette. As I usually love to add something black and something white in my layouts to give them contrast and brightness, the "Fab!" flair from Smash Words 1 fitted this purpose perfectly. And the saying fitted the page as well as I think the greeting is fab and also the fact that my kids climb and know how to go about in the wild. 

Thank you for your visit today! I'll be seeing you again next month! Maybe some winter projects then already? Or maybe it's still a bit early for that... Let's see what I come up with!

Flair sets used: 

   

Woodland Creatures ; Two Tone Heart ; Smash Words 1 ; Texture 1

..:: Singing in the Rain ::.. with orange gearle

Hi Friends! Orange Gearle here with a layout all about making the best of a not so fun situation. My daughter decided to literally sing in the rain, instead of the alternative -- letting the days and days of rain we have had this fall get her down. Here is my layout:

Fun fact: These photos are actual stills that I grabbed from the video I took of her singing.

I mixed media - ed the background, added lots of paint and stitching -- and then added flair from the Linen Heart Flair Set. I love how the color blocking turned out. Here are a few close ups:

I paired the flair with pieces of like-colored ephemera from Vicki Boutin's latest collection. I love all the hearts!

This was a super fun layout to make. I made a process video if that suits your fancy!

 

 Thank you so much for stopping by! XO o.g.

Thankful for Fall

Hi everyone, Laurel here with another fall themed card. I think fall/winter are my favorite seasons to create projects for. What about you?

For my card I have used the Burlap 2 Flair.

 

Some great images on these buttons and I love the texture of the burlap.

I combined it with some fall papers, punched leaves and twine. 

I scattered a few sequins and cork embellishments to add some interest. 

Of course, I am thankful for fall... :) 

Thank you for visiting today.

Products used:

Burlap 2 Flair

Pattern Paper, cardstock & cork: Close to My Heart

Twine: May Arts

Different is beautiful

Hey everyone, Michelle here today sharing a new LO using the let your heart decide collection from Pinkfresh Studio and a cut file from Paige Evans.  My girl has never been afraid to be herself.  She never changes herself to fit it with others.  That makes me so proud of her!

I very often use black flair buttons because I love how they stand out!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Stay Wild Mini Album

Hello friends! It's Lee-Anne here sharing another project with you. I am crazy about mini albums these days and wanted to make a little mini album of my dog Syd. 

After I finished creating the pages of the mini album and added my patterned paper, I wanted to embellish the album with some fabulous flair buttons from A Flair For Buttons.

For the binding of my mini album, I decided to add some binder rings. This allows me to embellish my album with some lumps and bumps. Flair buttons have quite a lot of depth to them so it was a perfect opportunity to go crazy with the fabulous flair buttons from A Flair For Buttons.

I used several flair buttons from several sets. Anything that fits with the colors and theme of my album would work. That's what I like about combining different sets. I dug deep into my flair jar and added these flair buttons:

The front cover has an adorable owl from the Woodland Creatures Flair. 

On page 2 I added a flair button from the Good Dog Flair Set.

Moving along to Page 4, on the left page, I added the squirrel flair button that is from the Woodland Creatures Flair Set.

On the right side, I added a flair button from the Linen Heart Flair.

On the next two pages, they don't have any flair on them, but I wanted to show you all the pages of the mini album.

Moving right along on the next two pages, I added a flair button from the Good Dog Flair on the left page

and on the right page I added a flair button from the Phrases 2 Flair Set.

And finally turning over this page is the back cover.

I loved created this little mini of my silly Golden Retriever. All the patterned papers for this mini album are from the Norwegian Wood Collection, a digital paper pack with elements created by the amazingly talented Cat Martin. I resized the papers and elements in my Silhouette Designer Edition software and printed them out on my home printer. I LOVE this collection and the beautiful vibrant autumn colors.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope I have inspired you to add a variety of flair buttons to your projects. Check out the A Flair For Buttons shop for these flair buttons and hundreds more. Happy creating!

Lee-Anne

Flair Buttons I Added To My Mini Album 

Good Dog Flair

Phrases 2 Flair

Linen Heart Flair

Woodland Creatures Flair

 

 

Art Is Good For You - a layout with a video by Riikka

Hi there! How are you doing? It's Riikka here today to share a layout with a process video with you! The layout is about how I love to attend art museums with my two daughters. The colors of the page as well as the flag button hint where we were when I took this photo. In the United Kingdom, London, visiting Tate Modern.

My daughters are not strangers to museums. We've been visiting different art exhibitions and museums all of their childhood. When they were younger, the visits were naturally quite short and we thought a little what they'd be interested to see, but now I enjoy exploring art with them. I love to hear what they see in expressionist pieces, for example. 

As the topic of the page is partly Tate Modern, I wanted to make somewhat minimal page with clear elements. That's why I started by painting a red circle to my layout. I recorded a video while working on the page so you can see how I made it! I hope you enjoy!

As you can see from the video, I had again selected some flair buttons to start with and then edited my choices when making the page. The Union Jack is from UK set and just needed to be in there. I also thought that the View-Master fitted not only the color palette but also the theme of looking art and seeing it differently. The machine is from the So Retro 3 set. The grungy textures of jeans, knit and wooden boards are from the two textures sets, Texture 1 and Texture 2.  Last but not least the black background star flair, which is from Rainy set, balances the black bits of the title and brings a lovely modern twist.

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a lovely start to October!

Flair sets used: 

 

  

UK ; So Retro 3 ; Texture 1 ; Texture 2 ; Rainy