Deck of Art- Queen of Diamonds

The Deck of Art challenge is where you use old playing cards as a base for altered art. Once card is chosen per week, with a theme, and results are posted here.
Ruth Ann Landry

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some really great cards here.....reminder....card changes tomorrow!
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I got this finished last night after I got home. I'm glad this is an ongoing challenge with no deadlines so that we can keep adding to the topics with no pressure.
Thinking about this for a week helped me to come up with a personal memory to fit in with my deck theme. When Mom and I first started knitting and then sewing clothes, we would make a special trip to a button store in Atlantic City to get something special. It was a treasure box of a place, higher than it was wide but very deep. All the button boxes were lined up from floor to ceiling with just room for customers on one side of a counter and the servers on the other. It was always crowded.
I used some Haberdashery and Textiles and Notions, the woman is from one of the ads that Lisa (esider) sent to do the cards for her. Button from my stash.
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Holly

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Wow what a range of ideas used here, really terrific ladies!
ChristyB

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great card Marianne.
I remember going into a button store with my mom when I was young. Rows upon rows as far and as high as I could see. Each drawer held a new treasure.
Thanks for the memory
Dani Larcom

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This has been done since forever but I'm just finally posting. TFL!
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Ruth Ann Landry

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cool idea, dani!
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A little springtime with my button entry...
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Ruth Ann Landry

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very nice card, gwen
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Great card, Gwen!
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coolboxuk

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Dani - I love that card. Like it's made for me: UK map and a German postage stamp! (I'm German living in the UK, for those who don't know that but of useless information...) And I love the kite idea. Really neat.

Gwen - that's lovely, too. Did you make that flower yourself? It looks like crochet. Great!

There are some really super cards in this button section - I love them all but didn't comment on the older ones as I've only joined recently... Sorry for that!
gwenj

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coolboxuk wrote:
Gwen - that's lovely, too. Did you make that flower yourself? It looks like crochet. Great!
The flower is crochet--I bought a little set of three of them, but was thinking about trying to replicate them. They do make a nice vintagey embellishment, don't they?
scrappin nurse

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I am amazed at all the cool cards posted here. I have lots of buttons but never really knew how to use them. You all have given me some great ideas!
coolboxuk

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Finally caught up with my last missing cards - here is my take on the buttons.
Clip journal reads: "Of course I have no recollection of my baby days – but lots of photos, thanks to “Uncle Sator”, a friend of my grandma’s. So the “Cute as a Button” idea was a good way to sneak a baby photo into this childhood deck…and after all, grandma usually made sure that her darling girlie looked as cute as possible!"

Peel-offs and bows from Craft Creations; paper from The Paper Company; buttons from a needlecrafts kit.
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coolboxuk

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gwenj wrote:
coolboxuk wrote:
Gwen - that's lovely, too. Did you make that flower yourself? It looks like crochet. Great!
The flower is crochet--I bought a little set of three of them, but was thinking about trying to replicate them. They do make a nice vintagey embellishment, don't they?
Yes, I love them - we should try and make some ourselves, and write it down how to do it so we can share...
Maritza

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So far this is my favorite one for (interperting).. I really enjoy all your creative ideas... here is mine.. I was going for a dimond type thing .. but I could not pull it off.
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