Scrapping 4 Fun - #26 Buttons and Bows

I'm SO excited, because this is my first post as a new Design Team Member for Scrapping 4 Fun! It's hard when you have good news and cannot share it with the world, but it's out now.  I'm sure this group of talented ladies will teach and challenge me in new ways of crafting.  Thank you Rachelle for this opportunity :o)

For the part ya'll been waiting for...the challenge. For the next 2 weeks, we want to see projects with buttons and bows.  (This post is posted on Thursday night due to the time difference for our Friday challenge. It's Friday in Switzerland :o))

I started off with this metal pail I found at Michael's.  Then decided to paint it a blue/green color.  After a couple of coats, I painted white wash over the top.  Wanting some of the blue color to come through, I took the softest sandpaper I could find and gently sanded some of the white wash paint off.  In some of the the design work, I sanded down to the metal.  Afterwards, a couple layers of decoupage was used to seal the paint.  

Some dp was added just to the bottom of the pail.  As you can see, I didn't paint or paper the lip or bottom ledge of the pail.  I knew I wanted an image for this pail, but it was hard to find one small enough to fit the area, which is smaller than 2 inches.  The bird image is from Unity called Chirp, Chirp and measured 2x3 (little of the bottom was chopped off to fit, just don't tell anyone).

Of course a sentiment was needed.  I found the perfect sentiment, but it was huge.  It was bigger than the whole pail itself.  So....I stamped it, put it in my copier and shrank it down to the size I needed.  I know you wouldn't have known from the pictures, but someone might have figured it out...lol.  The sentiment is also from Unity called You Are Filled.  There are buttons used on both images.

To complete the challenge, I needed a bow.  I had an off white ribbon leftover from a previous project and decided to dye it to match the paper.  

thanks for looking and reading :o)  Come join us at Scrapping 4 Fun

I would like to enter my pail in the following challenges:

• Divas by Design - Anything but a card
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #53 Anything Goes with Twist Shades of Blue
• Just Inspirational Challenge - Bows
• Paper Pretties - PWC328 Buttons
• Ruby's Rainbow - #88 Anything Goes
• Unity Friends with Flair 

stamps used: Unity Chirp, Chirp and You are Filled

paper used: Crate Pape-Oh Darling

die-cut used: MFT Oval Stax 1

embellishments used: the Paper Studio-Ribbon/Lace Scrap, Prima wooden button, mini buttons from stash, scrap ribbon from stash