Button ideas for handmade cards

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Buttons

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Sourcing Buttons

Buttons are an easy way to add some interest and depth to your handmade cards, they can add a finishing touch or be central to your design.

You can use the buttons hiding at the bottom of your kitchen drawer or use those spare ones that sometimes come with a new item of clothing! Charity shops often have a tub of spare buttons you can rummage through

or you can buy buttons from craft or sewing shops – not always a cheap option but you can get some really beautiful ones.

Online button stores: http://thelittlebuttonshop.co .uk/ http://www.lotsofbuttons.co m/

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Card ideas

Here are some card inspirations from the talented Jellypark Design Team who love using buttons in their crafting.

It’s just such a simple but effective way to finish off your projects!

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Why not try out these button ideas?

Follow these easy steps to attach a button to a ribbon bow: 1. Place thread through button holes, leaving a loop at the back

2. Loop ribbon as below:

3. Push down where cross is shown to flatten the ribbon loop:

4.Slide the ribbon through the thread loop:

5. Pull the thread tight and tie off at the front.

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Button ideas

Some people prefer to actually stitch the button to their card but if you decide to glue it then sewing a little thread through the holes before you stick it on will look fab!

1. Button flowers are easy to make! Take 1 large button, 5 medium sized buttons and one small button.

Think of using something different such as ribbon, wire, lace or twine to thread through the button’s holes if they are big enough.

Buttons for children’s clothes sometimes come in all sorts of funky shapes and designs like cute little bugs or animals – keep you eye out for unusual ones that will match a card theme.

‘The fish on the sentiment flag is a button, I cut off the shank and used a glue dot to adhere it.

There are so many really cute buttons that can be used for embellishments, you just need to have a little wire snipper in your stash of tools.”

2. Cut a circle of card the same size as the largest button and glue the medium sized buttons around the edge.

Chris – Jellypark Design Team

3. Glue the largest button on top of this and then the small one in the centre – a quick button flower!

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Button ideas

A quick card for triplets – peas in a pod!

Instead of just using buttons as embellishments, why not make them the star of the card? Follow these simple layouts and ideas to make lovely button themed

This works well with many shapes, draw out an outline and simply fill it with buttons.

Start with the largest buttons and then fill in the gaps with smaller ones – it’s a good idea to work out where you are going to place them all before you start gluing!

Try using the same colour buttons but uses lots of different shades – a mixture of creams and whites look really lovely.

Different shapes you could try are butterfly, initials or numbers, car or a hot air balloon – just use your imagination!

A quick but fun Christmas card! Simply draw the strings and bows with a black marker onto your card stock and glue on brightly coloured buttons to make some festive baubles.

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With thanks to the lovely ladies who make up the Jellypark Design Team for all the fabulous cards in this magazine – for more of their work check out our Jellypark Challenge Blog.

Cards were made using digital stamps from the Jellypark website – come and visit and join the free Jellypark Club to get regular free images and lots of competitions and special offers!