Polkadot Door Blog Hop!

Welcome to My Paper Tales! I am absolutely delighted to have been invited to be part of the Polkadot Door blog hop! Today's hop is all about celebrating their second anniversary ~ congratulations Rebecca & Sarah!!! You should be arriving here from DeeDee's blog. If not no worries; you can head over to the Polkadot Door at any time to start from the beginning. The designers have been given this beautiful inspiration photo to work with. Hopefully you'll be inspired to create something as well! I've put together a Mother's Day card and little sparkly gift.

When Rebecca sent this inspiration/color story board to me I was completely smitten with the buttons and felt. I knew they would be a big part of my design. I chose a sheet of paper from Webster's Pages: Lullaby Lane collection containing just about all of the colors! It even had a smidgen of the blue used on the little cakes and napkin ring in the photos. To this I layered felt flowers made from Papertrey Ink dies and an assortment of buttons. I found these splendid leaf buttons at Hobby Lobby and had to get just a few! I wanted to echo the picture frame assortment from the inspiration photo so I die cut (PTI) some shimmery brown paper. I added two layers of die cut banners (PTI) for my sentiment and topped this with a pretty floral focal and felt butterfly (PTI). When threading the button to adorn my butterfly I left the ends of the thread long to serve as it's antenna!

I store my buttons in little glass jam jars with raspberries on the lids (too sweet!). So I thought I would make a sparkly little pin cushion/button jar gift to accompany my card. This is a cut glass canning jar that I picked up at Hobby Lobby for a song. I used a scrap of fabric and cotton batting to create the cushion portion. Then I set about decorating the jar with layers of felt die cut borders, flowers and an assortment of buttons. And there you have it friends. Next up on the hop is the fabulous Rebecca; she's sure to have a simply fabulous creation to share!

Thanks for taking a peek into my little corner of the world today! ~Lisa