{A Flair for Buttons}

2018 December Daily

Hi, it's Laura and I'm excited to share my first post with this amazing team! I love making a December Daily album to remember the little things that happen amongst the Christmas chaos. It's all those little moments that make up what's really important in our lives.

My friend made 80 ten page mini albums for a kid's camp this summer, so she had 800 pieces of kraft scrap left over. She decided to make a bunch of tags to have on hand and sent me a big pile. I thought the larger style tag would make a cute DD and not take a ton of time. I really love how it turned out and I'm going to have to make more of these tag albums in the future.

I used the Snow And Cocoa collection from Crate Paper. I just love these papers. They are cute and have a good mix of colors and patterns. For my cover, I used some of the chipboard elements and added the So Fun flair from Phrases 2

Thanks for tuning in. How do you like to remember the season?

 

Winter

Hi everyone! I hope that you had a good Christmas and had some special time with family and friends. 

I love to create winter cards, I think they are my favorite ones to do... with fall close behind. Anyways, today I have a quick and easy card to share with you using the Hot Cocoa Flair. 

 

Such fun images on this one. I can't wait to use that cute little snowman!

For my card, which is for the Inspired By Challenge today - I kept it simple and just used the winter sentiment button.

Nothing says winter like snowflakes and ice skates. I imagine skating on a frozen pond which we did do a few times when I was a kid. Such great memories.

The button just ties it all together.

Supplies used:

Flair: Hot Cocoa

Stamp: CTMH

Die: Simon Says

Embellishment: Studio Katia

Thanks for visiting today and enjoy the rest of the holiday season. 

What do you like to do in the winter?

december daily | orange gearle

Hi friends, Orange Gearle here with a layout and process video for you. This might seem strange, but stick with me! I am using sloth flair in my December Daily album!  Here is a look at Days 5 and 6 in my album.

Day 6 is all about my sloth wrapping paper!  I have loved sloths for years, but apparently they are really popular right now -- and they are everywhere!  So, I was super excited to fine sloth Christmas wrapping paper for this year!  So, I thought I might as well use that sloth flair, right? Especially since Day 5 is about being so tired I went to bed with my daughter at 8:30. That's also sloth-ish, right? So, I added another sloth flair for that page! here is a closer look at Day 5.

I added my typed journaling below my photo and did some stitching around the photo. On Day 6 I used a big photo and kept it pretty simple with flair , a number, and a couple of enamel dots.

For my journaling on Day 6 I made a little pocket (between pages 6-7) to add my journaling on a tag that I made using my manual die cutting machine.

Here are a couple of close ups of the awesome flair from the Sloth Love Flair Set.

This two-day spread came together quickly and I love the 'non-Christmas" flair on this page! I made a video of my process, if that suits your fancy!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! I will see you again soon! XO o.g.

Falala

Hey everyone, Michelle here today with a new LO to share.  When I was looking through my stash of Christmas flair buttons, I wasn't really finding what I was looking for so I decided to look through my other flair buttons as well.    Then I came upon this gem.  A plaid moose!!  It was so perfect I couldn't believe it.  It's actually from the Canada 2 flair set!  I also used papers and embellishments from Crate Paper and a cut file from The Cut Shoppe.

Shiny thread is my new favorite thing.  I used gold on this LO and I love the effect it created.

Here are a few more close ups

So remember when you're shopping for flair, make sure to look at everything because sometimes you'll find that perfect one in an unexpected place!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Go Pokemon Girl - a layout by Riikka

Moikka! It's Riikka again here to share a layout with you. Even though Christmas is just around the corner, this page I'm sharing isn't a holiday themed one. It's connected to a gift, though, and is about my family so there's some correlation between the closing Holiday and the layout.

When my older daughter received her first phone, the first app she wanted for it was the Pokemon Go. Some of her friends, who already had had phones had it and she was excited to try it as well. That naturally meant that I needed to download it too, just to know what it was and how to use it. So during that summer and fall the two of us or the whole family would go Pokemon hunting. When out and about, we sometimes checked if there was any stops around and noticed some even close to our summer cottage. This photo is taken during that trip.

The Pokemon craze didn't last that long, but it was something I wanted to document anyway. I chose to go with a black, white and yellow color palette. The yellow is coming from Pikachu and is also the color Pokemon logo.

I used flairs from four different sets here. The text flairs are from the Smash Words 1 set, the wood patterned one from the Texture 2 set and the two heart ones from the Two Tone Heart and Just Hearts 2 sets. "Want it" and "Need it" seemed appropriate with the exclamation marks for the urge to catch new Pokemons. The hearts are there for the love of my daughter and family but also for her love of the game back then. The wood pattern somewhat fit the color scheme and reflects the material of the structure we're climbing - an observation post.

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a pleasant Holiday time and a creative, happy New Year, too! 

Sets used: 

   

Smash Words 1 ; Texture 2 ; Two Tone Heart ; Just Hearts 2

Sending you Warm Wishes with Hello Coffee

Hi everyone, Laurel here. I am sharing a card I created using the Hello Coffee Flair. It is perfect for those coffee lovers out there. Wouldn't these make cute magnets for a stocking stuffer? I think that is next on my to do list!

I used mine on a Warm Winter Wishes card and what better way to show off one of the flair than a cute snowman holding it. Much like he is holding a cup of - well hot chocolate of course ;)

I mounted the snowman on foam squares for some dimension and this more in line with the flair as well. 

Who on your list would love to get a card like this? Perfect for inserting a Starbucks gift card don't you think?

Flair: Hello Coffee

Stamps: The Stamps of Life

Paper: Crate Paper

Die: Stamplorations

Welcome to our newest Designer!

Please help me welcome Laura Mooney to the AFFB Design Team! Laura has been a long time customer and always rocks the A Flair for Buttons Flair!! I love her style and she makes a great addition to an already stellar team. Laura lives in one of my favorite places (Oregon) so I always live vicariously through her post of her beautiful state. She is an amazing photographer, card makers, and scrapper!!! I am so happy she has agreed to join my team!!! So get ready to be inspired by this talented lady! Welcome Laura!

Merry Christmas cards by Riikka

Hi there! It's Riikka here today sharing some Holiday cards with you. All of the three cards here are done the same way, I only used different patterned paper in the background and layered a bit different papers and embellishments to my cards. What they all have in common, though, is the flairs I used. They are from the Vintage Christmas Girls set.

I played a little with the colors in my cards. I chose red for one as the background as you can see above, but the other two have a bit more non-traditional colors in them. One is made with dark blue and the other with bright candy colors. I added some paper flowers together with the flair and a die cut Christmas tree as decorations to each of them. What the cards also have in common is the greeting I added to each. It's a silver colored sticker saying "Hyvää Joulua" which is Finnish and means "Merry/Good Christmas".

I also added same mixed media touches to each card. There's some dusty pink acrylic paint and white gesso as a bottom layer in each one and then some white embossing powder on top. I also drizzled some white embossing powder on top of the paper layers to get a snowy effect.

Where the cards differ is the use of colors. The red card has a mix of muted and bright tones, the blue one is more muted and the one with candy plaid is the brightest. I used same papers through them all but just picked the ones to each card that fit the color scheme of the background.

What color is your Christmas? 

Thank you for stopping by today! Happy creating! 

Sets used: 

Vintage Christmas Girls

Rock the Year

Hey there! It's Devra here today.  I used one of the Traveler's Notebook cut files from The Cut Shoppe Story Teller group on a 12x12 scrapbook page. It was super easy!

 I loved the Alphabet one from the minute I saw it. I thought it would be great for a back to school page, which is what I did today. All I did was enlarge it.  Then I centered it on my page, using it as a back drop for my photos.

I stuck with the school theme using some Simple Stories School Rocks collection. I was so excited to use the new Back to School2 flair! The books one fit perfectly on top of that green notebook don't you think? How about that ABC-123? Yep. Goes perfectly with this cut file and paper!  Sometimes its fun to go super themed. Today I'm glad I did!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Catch you again next time!