i-top Button Feature - Day 3

Welcome back to our i-top Button Feature. 

We hope you're finding lots of ideas and gaining more ideas on how to use this awesome tool!

Today we have some more amazing projects with fabulous tutorials to share with you.

And remember ... check out our Design Team members blogs as they will often have more photos of their projects and tutorials on how they create their projects.

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Regina Mangum

Spring Button Bouquet

I have had a sweet little vase sitting on my desk for years just waiting for something to fill it with, so when I had the chance to create some buttons with my i-Top tool, I thought it would be fun to create a springtime button bouquet! 

I used the Medium Button Daddies and covered them with some bright, happy fabric. They were the perfect size and I changed them into "blooms" by threading some florist wire through each, which I wrapped in ribbon. They made just the right posies to brighten up my craft table!

#1: Making a covered button was so easy. First, I cut fabric into rough squares and got my Button Daddies ready.

#2: After placing the Button top into the i-Top, I centered the fabric square over it.

#3: Give it a good squeeze!

#4: Now the Button top is 'caught' inside the other side of the i-Top. Flip the whole thing over so that you can fold the edges of the fabric into the Button top.

#5: After the folding is finished.

#6: Flip the i-Top back over and put the Button bottom in place. One more squeeze!

#7: The finished Button!

Supplies used:

Tools & Accessories: (i-Top, Medium Button Daddies); Fibers: (green wired ribbon) Kate's Paperie; Other: (floral wire) Jo-Ann; Dies: Blossom Party Originals (Sizzix); Fabric: (Honeydew) Charms

Sara Zenger

I-Top Buttons / Coin Purse

I picked this coin purse up at Michaels about 6 months ago just knowing I loved it but had not idea how I wanted to embellishment.  Well, let me tell you I found the perfect way to decorate this with ease - the I-Top!  I dug into my fabric stash and found several coordinating fabrics to cover server different sized I-Top Buttons.  

The tracing templates that with each sized button made cutting the fabric so easy and then the button top and bottom went together perfectly, with no extra bit of fabric coming loose.  The I-Top is a must have for every crafter.

Once I covered all the bottoms I randomly sewed them on.  I wanted to add a little gift tag to this and the new Childhood Memories line has the same color tones as my fabric.  There you have it, my cute little coin purse ready for a special someone! 

Supplies:  Imaginisce - I-Top, I-Top Buttons sizes 16, 22, 34, 28,  Childhood Memories Paper and Stickers

Other :  Fabric Coin Purse, Adhesive, Thread

Don't forget about our Giveaway!

If you love to cover buttons then you will love this prize!

We'd love to hear what you would create using the i-top tool and some accessories.  

Just leave us a comment about what you'd create and you'll be automatically entered into the random drawing for an ...

i-top tool package!

(winner will be announced Fri., March 1st)