Valentines project: Cute n easy button card

Hello again! Sorry it's been a few days since I last posted but I've been caught up with trying to make a new project for my blog. And here it is: the handmade Valentines project!
So after a long think for today's post I decided to do a series of around four, but anyway...let's get going!
This is what it should look like after about twenty minutes spent on it:

But that was my first time doing it. Below is a tutorial on how to doa similar card that doesn't require as much time but is still fun to do. My little sister helped me complete it which is why it looks more like a card made by a 7 year old rather than someone with their own craft business.
So, you will need:
- A card blank         - A rubber
- A ruler                  - 2 large buttons or 2p coins
- A pink felt tip       - About 20-30 pink, white and red buttons
- A pencil                - PVA glue

1. Place the two large buttons either side of each other on the front of the card blank. Draw around both of these, holding the buttons with your hand so the buttons don't slip (this is a right pain when it happens)

2. Using your ruler, place your pencil diagonally from the large buttons pointing inwards like a heart shape and draw.

3. It should look something like this. A lot better, in fact. My example is terrible.

4. Get yo bu'ons (sorry) and start placing them inside the drawn shape. Once you have your pattern arranged, rub out the pencil heart. For extra cuteness, add four lil heart shaped buttons on each corner.

5. Add a small message like "I love you x" along the side of the button heart. Make sure you write it in cursive to make it snazzy. My lil sister wrote mine for me.

6. Cuteness achieved! (Probably not on mine but it will look a lot better on yours if you spend time on it)
Now all you need to do is find a valentine. No valentine? Get your inner entrepreneurial mind on and sell it. Make your own button heart card business and make millions, then write a book about it.
Have fun creating your card!
Helen xx

What I'm doing for Red Nose Day

Guess what?? :D I've decided to do something funny for money and do a little dare-devil themed fundraising idea involving, yes, dares. The following is a list of dares I'm going to hopefully accomplish if I get 3 or more sponsors for each:
10p: -Wear weird hairstyle for a meeting
        - Pull weird face throughout meeting
        - Have a hug-a-stranger day
20p: - Wear blazer on head all day
        - Wear clothes backwards for half the day
        - Wear shoes on hands throughout a meeting
30p: - Spend the whole of lunch break sat on a bench with coat on backwards and hood over face
        - Randomly lie down on the floor in the office like a snake for about 5 minutes
        - Say I love you to three random people
40p: - Talk with tongue out all day (possible? maybe? :S)
        - Wear clothes backwards all day
        - Give love heart signals to miserable looking people who just need a bit o love
50p: - Wear a Harry Potter scar and glasses all day
        - Wear panda nose hat over face half the day
        - Call colleagues mum/dad throughout the day
60p: - Answer with no to everybody's question
        - Tie someone to myself so we're back to back all day
        - Give my boss a hug and refuse to let go
70p: - Write YOLO across forehead for the day
        - Wear hair in mohawk style
        - Paint entire face red
80p: - Shout "I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE ON EATING EVERYONE PLEASE BE QUIET" with a megaphone in a city such as London
       - Draw on a monobrow to wear for the day
       - Wear lipstick scribbly around area surrounding lips
90p: - Wear a moustache and beard all day, and if someone asks about it I'll insist they're imagining
       - Wear short black wig all day (NOTE: I have long blonde hair so it would make a big difference!)
       - Get a pink dip dye for the day (temporary pink spray)
£1: - Come into work wearing a onesie
      - Patrol streets wearing rollerskates
   
Fancy sponsoring me? Drop your details by to creativecatmail@gmail.com and I'll send you an application form :) xx

All the best!
Helen xx