Buttons, glitter buttons, variety buttons, eyelets, brads, pearl brads, jewel brads, rose brads, and more! These little embellishments that provide such eye candy on any project are what American Crafts calls Elements.
Add color, texture and style to your projects today! Michelle Lanning and Wendy McKee are in the spotlight today with their layouts and cards featuring Elements.
Michelle shares, "For this layout I thought I would keep the background simple with white on white cardstock. I added some scalloped edges with border punches and 3D adhesive squares. I think it allowed for a nice background to make the photos and button and brad accents pop."
"I went with a rainbow theme on this card. I drew one horizontal line as a marker to keep all my buttons straight."
Supplies: Charlotte's Web Paper (35307), Three Musketeers Paper (35295), Monte Cristo Paper (35305), Treasure Island Paper (35312) - The Classics, The Classics Medium Brads (85525) - Elements, The Classics Fabric Brads (85524) - Elements, Paperback Chestnut (52131) - Thickers, Preface (42184) - Remarks Books, 12x12 White Cardstock (71081) - AC Cardstock, 12x12 Chestnut Cardstock (71048) - AC Cardstock
Wendy says, "I wanted to make a different pattern for some of the rectangles in the page so I grabbed my brads and went to town! They give a different effect to what a spotted patterned paper would have and a chance to use the gorgeous fabric brads that i have been hoarding!"
What's on the agenda for tomorrow? An awesome tutorial for making an Element monogram. You won't want to miss it!
WOW! Amazing job with these projects!
Posted by: Becky Williams | Monday, February 21, 2011 at 11:57 AM
fab bright & cheery page wendy x
Posted by: sarah | Monday, February 21, 2011 at 12:09 PM
awesome projects! ... excited for this week ... little bits are my favorite part of the page :)
Posted by: ShellyJ | Monday, February 21, 2011 at 12:27 PM
Great job....love elementes =}
Posted by: Silvana | Monday, February 21, 2011 at 02:09 PM
just my kind of thing! elements!!! love love love!!!
Posted by: genevive/bebang | Monday, February 21, 2011 at 06:04 PM
Awesome. elements....can't wait to see the projects in the morning.
Posted by: Ann Allen | Monday, February 21, 2011 at 08:38 PM
This is my kind of week, I love adding lots of elements to my layouts.
Posted by: Donna C | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 04:05 AM
Very creative page. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Bambi Pro | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 06:06 AM
Fabulous projects! I particularly love the way Wendy used those brads! Very effective!
Posted by: Cassandra aka Scrap Savvy | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 10:17 AM
I love the elements! Michelle's layout is AWESOME as is Wendy's!
Posted by: Tiffany Johnson | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 06:39 PM