Thursday, March 7, 2013

Tips and Techniques

Buttons - Buttons - and more Buttons!
taken from Creating Keepskaes Magazine

Circle shapes are a staple in scrapbooking. From brads to buttons, you'll always find circles parading in the scrapbook store--and in your home. It's time to look at these brads and buttons in new ways to see how you can add a creative twist to them on your scrapbook pages and get more from your scrapbooking purchases. Try one of these ideas.

* Place a button in the center of a flower accent.

* Replace the dot of an "i" with a brad.

* Add a brad or button over circular elements of a rub-on design.

* Spell out a title using brads.

* Carefully use wire cutters to snap several buttons in half, and then use the semicircles to create a scallop border.

* Use buttons to frame a photo.

* Create a page border with brads.

* Place mini brads on cupcake accents to look like sprinkles.

* Use a large brad as a journaling spot for a phrase, quote, or caption.

* Secure a long ribbon strip to a layout with a brad on each end.

* Use brads as bullet points for list-style journaling.

* Use brads as eyes on paper-pieced robots and other objects or animals.




 
*images taken from Yahoo
 
It's cold in Wisconsin - Be sure to 'button up' out there! :)

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