Challenge 56 Cute as a Button

Buttons, buttons, buttons! I love buttons! You guessed it right...I challenge you to use buttons on your layout. Wait, there is a twist. I want you to use your buttons creatively. You can alter or dress-up your buttons first before using it on your layouts. You have until December 27 to post a link to your layout on the comments section of this post. Come back next Monday to see the RAK that I will be giving out to the most creative button.

Here are the layouts created by our wonderful design team:

Helga

I stitched the buttons differently.



Here is another layout this time I used alcohol inks to alter the buttons.

Kimmy-
I decorated these plain buttons with a white opaque pen before adding them to my Christmas goodie box. :) Easy peasy & adorable.

This is another altered button project I've done. I crushed buttons and used them to cover a chipboard shape. There's a tutorial on my blog if you want more info!

Michelle--

I love using buttons on my layouts. They give that little extra bit of homemade goodness and added texture to a page. For this layout, I stitched buttons as a frame around the patterned paper--cute as a button!

paloma--

When dotting my i’s, I decided to give myself a little more leeway: in the word ‘kisses’, I dotted my i underneath and instead of the usual dot, I chose a button in the shape of a star. To complete the special note I wanted for that particular dot, I added a rub-on on the starry button. There are also many ways of crossing your t’s. Two square buttons can do just the trick. Add to that a large round button, and you’ve got an easy ‘o’. I sewed my buttons like I normally would and there it was!

Deborah--

I also used alcohol ink to alter my buttons, then stamped on them with black archival ink. To make the colors really show up I layered one button on top of a lighter colored sticker.

Miwako

I made big snow flake by white small bottons. The bones made wire at first, please see my blog if you want to know more details. Also I used glitter on some bottns. I think this way is nice for using a lots of botton was left over.