- P. Kelly Smith
Okay, friends! I know it’s a bit delayed but we finally have the list of the Gallery Idol Top 10! As always, it was a close race but these 10 gals received the most votes in our around the house-themed card challenge. Here they are in no particular order:
Finalist 1: Jo Kill's Sometimes Life Sucks...Card
Finalist 2: Rae Barthel's Sweet Dreams Card
Finalist 3: Heidi Van Laar's Party Card
Finalist 4: Lizzie Jones' Right at Home Card
Finalist 5: Tessa Wise's The Right Pair of Boots Card
Finalist 6: Carla Peicheff's Kind, Loving, Hugs Card
Finalist 7: Debbie Nicholas' U Make My World Go Round Card
Finalist 8: Belinda Chang's Thanks Laptop Card
Finalist 9: Chris Severs' Hello from the Heart Card
Finalist 10: Shanna Vineyard's Mixed with Love Card
Congratulations, ladies! By making it into our Top 10, you’ve each won a free special issue and this fantastic prize package, courtesy of BasicGrey!
- Top 10 Prize Package: BasicGrey’s June Bug collection, plus a free special issue.
Top 10, are you ready for the next theme? Round 3’s theme is… buttons! Whether you create borders, layer them or fashion beautiful button flowers, we want to see your creative and unique uses for BUTTONS! The deadline for submissions is next Monday, July 20 at 9 a.m. (MST). All “Button” cards must be posted to our gallery by this time. Voting for Round 3 will begin at noon!
Best of luck, Top 10!
Kelly
P.S. Since it’s Freebie Friday, I simply can’t blog without giving away a prize. To go along with Gallery Idol’s next button bonanza of a theme, I’m giving away an assortment of fabulously colored buttons from Papertrey Ink. To be entered to win, leave a comment telling me your favorite use for buttons. All comments must be received by midnight (MST) on Monday, July 20. I’ll announce the five winners (each person will receive two bags of buttons) on Tuesday’s blog.
Five lucky winners will receive an assortment of buttons from Papertrey Ink!
I use buttons on both my cards and scrap pages. I like to use them for the center of flowers and sometimes I use them on the center of my bows too.
WOW! Incredible projects! Congrats to the Top 10!!
And as for the buttons – who doesn’t love buttons?!?! I think my fave use is to use them as the centre for my flowers. Thanks for the chance to win some yummy PTI buttony goodness!!
Congrats ladies! I love ti use buttons to add that simple pop of colour to my cards and pages!
Congrats
I love to use buttons on my cards and also for the center of flowers .
thanks for the chance at your goodies
Nikki C
Congrats ladies – well done. WOW… look at those beautiful buttons. I use buttons on all my cards. LOVE THEM.. thanks for the chance to win goodies.
Congratulations to the top 10! Your cards are all stunning! My favorite use for buttons is as a flower center on a layout or as a much needed page embellishment for that little extra.
Congrats to all the winners! These cards are fanatastic!!!
I love to use buttons on my cards, I usually tie them to the ribbon. My next project is to incorporate them with fabric on my cards. Thanks for the opportunity to win some more for my stash!
Congrats to the Gallery Idol Top Ten!
I use buttons quite a lot for flower centers, but I also like them for attaching bits of ribbon. I even used one to simulate the sun in a funky little card scene recently.
Congrats to the top 10! What gorgeous creations! I love buttons, especially now that PTI has delved into them. I like to use them in various ways, but I really like to make borders around my projects, both in card making and in scrapbooking. Thanks for the chance to win!
I love using buttons on my cards! Lately, I have been adding even more texture to my cards by making fabric yo-yo’s and putting a button in the center!
Congrats to the top 10!
I love to use buttons as accents with some floss or twine tied on ‘em.
Congrats to the ladies who made it to the top 10!!
I love to add buttons on flowers or riboon tie them with twine. They add great dimension to your cards.
Congrats to the top 10! Love the buttons, thanks for the chance to win.
oooo, I soooo {heart} buttons!!!! I love to use them with ribbon-I love to tie a ribbon bow, add a button with twine and then tie another bow! It’s one of my trademarks, LOL-ribbon-button combos!
I love just using them as quite stylized flowers
I usually like to use buttons and ribbon together…but lately, i have found that buttons are a good use for space that can’t seem to be filled in any better way!
Thanks for a chance to win some!
Lori
Congrats to the Top 10!! What a amazing work! I have been eyeing PTI buttons so this would be a great way to start!! I LOVE BUTTONS!!! Thanks for everything you ladies do!
you can never have too many buttons!!!! I love using them on ribbons and as flower centers!
I love to dot i’s with buttons and use then as photo corners(3)! Thanks for the chance to build up my collection!!
Congrats to the ladies! Those buttons on are my wish list! Crossing my fingers!
Congrats Ladies…awesome job and inspiring! My favorite way to use buttons is as flower centers and use cord to tie a ribbon. Of course lately I find myself using buttons on everything!
I especially LOVE clear buttons because you can really tailor them to your project! But all buttons are awesome because of their versatility. I remember as a kid going to the big box craft store and they had this gigantic bag of buttons – I HAD to have them. Even though I only have a few of those particular buttons left, my button collection hasn’t dwindled. LOL!
I like using buttons for the centers of flowers, or groupings of a few buttons for some visual interest.
I just love looking at buttons, especially the great colors of PTI buttons! Lately I’m really liking them tied to the center of ribbon knots or bows and with the new Everyday Button Bits stamps from PTI.
Congratulations to the talented top ten! Everyone did such a nice job! I am anxiously awaiting my Everyday Button Bits stamp set from Papertrey Ink. Not being a big button user, this will definitely get me to use all the Papertrey buttons I own!
Wow, such amazing cards!
I usually use buttons as flower centers.
Love the PTI buttons. I use them as a center for a bow, flower or as a faux enclosure on a card envelope.
Can’t wait to see all the top 10 winners cards using buttons, those are awesome button colors, love adding buttons to my pages and cards!!!
I love using buttons on cards and layouts. Papertrey has a new stamp set made just for button lovers! Mine is on the way. Would love to win some buttons!
I love buttons! I recently taught myself to crochet flowers and have been really having fun searching for the perfect button for their centers. My stash includes many one-of-a-kind vintage buttons from my grandmother and I use those particularly on my ‘Very Special’ cards.
I firmly believe one can never have enough buttons!
Gosh… I just love buttons… I usually use them with ribbon… I also love to put it in the middle of a flower.
Oh my, I love to use buttons on my cards. They really add so much dimension, and put the finishing touches on a card. I love buttons!
You can never have enough buttons. I love to use the in a collage to make other shapes – such as trees, hearts flowers, etc…Fun stuff!
Congrats ladies and good luck!
Congratulations to the Top Ten! Hmmm, buttons are great and I love using them in line – 3, 5, or 7 buttons, depending, flower centers, within circles, etc. Lots of uses! Thanks for a chance to win!
Oh buttons, what’s not to love! I have to say I just got PTI’s new Everyday Button Bits stamp set…now you can turn buttons into THINGS…it is my new fave use for buttons!
What can’t you do with buttons. Cardmaking, jewelry, magnets…….
I love buttons for flower centers!
Gratz to the top 10!!
My favorite use of buttons is as a border to a photo, or perhaps on the edge of one of my pps in a layout
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gorGEOUS cards ladies!!! wow!
I love those buttons! I really love tying them onto bows on cards or using them for fun borders on my layouts!
My favorite thing to do with buttons is to hoard and display them! LOL! Thanks for a chance to win!
Congratulations to the Top 10!!!
I love using buttons on cards and for the centers of flower embellishments.
I love using buttons on everything !! As accents, as focal points, closures on envelopes and templates…..Buttons Everywhere !!!
Yea for buttons, buttons, buttons! I use them for flower centers, special touches on ribbon bows, and details on cards. Thanks for the chance to win!
Congrats to the Top 10 . . . I’m totally loving those buttons! They are in such great colors!! I love Papertry Ink stuff!! Thanks for the opportunity!!
I like seeing buttons as flowers probably the best, but there are some real inventive ladies who can come up with other lovely uses!
Oh my!! Look at all of those yummy buttons!! I love tying a bow from ribbon and then putting a cute little button on top of the knot. It just adds the perfect little detail sometimes!!
Buttons……besides scrapbooking…….I dump all my buttons together and have my granddaughter sort all the colors and put in containers. She loves it and I love the time to scrap with her in my scrap room with me. The buttons have been sorted many times…….so I need some new ones for her and me to play with. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love buttons … especially on scrapbook LO’s. I like to make borders out of them – adding a little floss through the holes.
Well, besides sorting buttons by size, shape, and color with my First Grade Math class, I love to decorate cards in all sorts of ways with wonderful buttons!
I love buttons anywhere on a card from a solo accent to becoming part of an image.