A Peek Into My Stamping Room

Mini Glue Dots & Buttons!

I don't know about you but I have a ton of buttons. You should see the embarrassing amount of buttons I hoard have in my craft room!  They are a super fun embellishment for almost any project and let's face it, pretty cheap too!  The fastest and easiest way to adhere buttons to my projects is to use Mini Glue Dots® from Glue Dots® Brand Adhesives.  I have tried liquid glue and pop dots but I always go back to Mini Glue Dots!

Here is a tag I made using some fun Candy Store Buttons and some My Little Shoebox papers from my stash!

So the first thing I did was cut some 1" squares out of Papaya Puree cardstock and some My Little Shoebox patterned paper.  I layered them onto my 6 1/2" x 3 1/4" tag that I made from Kraft cardstock.  Then I started adding my embellishments.  At the bottom of my tag, I put a line of Scor-Tape down and pleated my paper.  I took a doily (purchased at the grocery store!) and accordian folded it and uses some Mini Glue Dots® to adhere it to the tag.  To adhere my buttons into place, I used Mini Glue Dots.  For the little butterflies, I used some Pop Up Glue Dots. The sentiment was computer generated and printed onto some Chamois Cascata Felt cardstock.  I hand cut it to look like a banner.

This was a fun project to make.  I would encourage you to get out those buttons and go crazy!

Supplies Used:

• Cardstock - Papaya Puree, Kraft, Chamois Cascata Felt - Discount Cardstock
• Buttons - Candy Store Buttons - Discount Cardstock - February Posh Paper Kit
• Patterned Paper - My Little Shoebox - All A Flutter Collection
• Accessories - Doily (Wilton), Eyelet Circle Nestabilities, ribbon, Mini Glue Dots, Pop Up Glue Dots

Easy Shamrock Pin!

Yes, I know its not even close to St. Patrick's Day but now is the perfect time to make this quick and easy craft with your kids.  This is especially good for Girl Scouts!  For this project I am using Glue Dots Brand Adhesive.  The best thing about Glue Dots products are they are super safe for kids to use. 

Here are the supplies you will need:

Glue Dots Brand Adhesives Craft glue dots, glue lines and Mini Glue Dots (not pictured).  You will also need 3 green felt hearts (I die cut mine using Hearts Nestabilities), a button, a pin back, a bottle cap, a little piece of felt cut to form the stem plus a sentiment.

The first thing you should do is smash your bottle cap.  I used the Wizard die cutting/embossing machine to smash mine but you can do this by placing a heavy book on the bottle cap and pressing down very hard either with your hands or with a tool.  Then you will need to cut 3 small hearts out of felt and cut a small piece of felt to form the stem.  Then using Craft glue dots, stick your hearts onto the bottle cap.

The you can add your stem and button using Mini glue dots!

Using my printer, I typed out a sentiment.  After printing, I punched it out and cut the end so it looks like a banner.  Apply the sentiment into place using the Mini Glue Dots.

Using Glue Lines, adhere the pin back to the back of the bottlecap.  Glue Lines are really neat.  If its too long for the pin back, don't worry just fold it to fit!

Here is a picture of my finished Shamrock Pin!

This is an easy and fun project to make.  You don't have to use a bottlecap, you could put your felt shamrock onto any circle of sturdy material - chipboard, cardstock or even plastic.  That is another good thing about Glue Dots......you can stick them to just about anything! Hope you will give this cute project a try.  My youngest daughter is in Junior Girl Scouts and will be makings these in just a few weeks!