Buttons and Fabric!!!

This card is for SCS Ways to Use it Challenge (WT205). As soon as I read that we are to use fabric, I knew I wanted to combine it with the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday button challenge(FTTC2) for the week.

I have been making a lot of CAS cards of late. Why? These cards are the HARDEST cards in the world to make to me!!! LOL!!!! I tip my hat to all you CAS PROS!!!!! For me, it is easy to throw layers and stuff on a card and have it look okay, but when you get down to the bikini of cards...there is NO HIDING!!!! I find the CAS simply challenging!!!!

I have had a box of fabric swatches my sister gave me for well over a year. I do not think I have made anything with them...until now. This striped fabric actually had the pinking edge already there. I selected some cardstock that matched it and I was on my way. I am using Flourishes, LLC Spring Ephemerals set. One can never go wrong with this set. I should have picked it up first.

Currently, I am without a CUTTLEBUG!!!!! I am really down to the bare minimums it seems!!!!

For those of you on the fence about getting a cuttlebug, GET IT!!!! It is probably the most used item in my craftroom aside from cardstock, ink, and stamps!!!! A few months ago I was running an embossing sandwich through the bug when I hear an awful sounding cracking noise. I thought....I bet I just cracked my first plate. Plate cracking must be fairly common....no problem. Anyhow, when I looked. it was NOT the plates that cracked but the side of my cuttlebug all the way across. I almost freaked. Of course, I checked to see if I could still cut out dies with it, and it did work. However, when I would try to put my sandwich through it, it would creaked and the crack would open. I thought the whole side would crack and the bug would split in two. So for over a month or more, I used a bone folder to emboss with my nesties. I mentioned my cracked cuttlebug on one of my DT threads. I had a friend mention to contact Provocraft. I never thought to contact them. I mean....my CB is over a year old and well loved. I did it anyway...nothing to lose, right. I received an email back giving me a shipping address to return it and they would replace it. WHAT!?!??!? Of course, I had to pay the shipping to them. It cost $15 UPS, but still.....I am getting a new cuttlebug. That is fantastic customer service!!!!! So, for now....I have NO cuttlebug which means NO textured plates, NO NESTIES shapes, NO swirls and flourishes...NOTHING!!! I wonder how long it will take for me to get my bug back? Patience!!!! I know!!!

STAMPS

Flourishes Spring Ephemerals

CARDSTOCK PTI Ripe Avocado, Aqua Mist, Vanilla Cream, SU really rustINK,Aqua Mist, Adirondack Lettuce

ACCESSORIESAqua Mist ribbon, corner punch, buttons, kite string, fabric