Papertrey March Blog Hop Challenge and Button Storage

First things first:

Today I am joining the Blog Hop over at Papertrey Ink.

Here is the Challenge Photo:

Here is what I came up with for today:

This card is for the Blog Hop as well as the Make It Monday

 Betsy Veldman does a great tutorial on how to make your own cover plate of sorts, just by using the dies you already have.  I knew I wanted to use my tea cup and emboss them(high gloss for the HOP) but just wasn't sure how.

I followed what she said to do and made my coverplate by moving my tea cup around the paper and passing it through my Vagabond a gazillion times! No, not that many, it actually went pretty fast.  

I used the post it note to hold my die in place. The stickiness from the post it note took the coating off my die, weird. It chipped off just like paint would. It doesn't matter to me. I just thought I'd mention it incase anyone might have an issue with this. It's all shiny now.   

So, then I secured my cut up paper into place with removable adhesive so I could stamp my tea cups. After I stamped them in the PTI colors I wanted, I restamped over everything with Versamark. I then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.  I tried to get a better shot of this here, it looks so much better than the picture.     

After this step I decided the "cover plate" was a bit too white so I stamped it with Background Basic: Twinkle in Aqua Mist which seemed to finish it off a little more.

I also wanted to share my button storage with you today. I have been working on what works for me in the storage department and this is how I store my buttons and I LOVE it!!
Thanks to the White Cow Dairy, for the jars, awesome yogurt by the way!!

The lids of the jars are screwed into the bottom of my shelf. These yogurt jars are the perfect size for a bag of buttons. Sometimes I have to really shake the jar to make them fit, or take out a large button or two.

I am currently working on storage of my dies and stamps and I hope to post some of these pictures soon. Stamp Storage Folders from Hobby Lobby is the route I took but that's all I will say for now.

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!