Technique Spotlight with Paige Evans: Buttons and Brads

I’ve been in love with buttons and brads ever since I started scrapbooking! They just look like little bits of candy that I want to eat! I thought I’d share some layouts and a card that feature these fun little embellishments.

LOVE by Paige Evans

I lightly drew the big “LOVE”, watercolored over the letters, and then topped them with a rainbow of colors!

LOVELY DAY by Paige Evans

Buttons make a great finishing touch and add lovely texture and dimension to your projects!

THANKS CARD by Paige Evans

Use buttons and brads in place of flowers on a card and then draw the stems with a pen.

TOUGH LOVE by Paige Evans

Dig into your stash and create big shapes out of your buttons and brads!

WATCH ME GROW by Paige Evans

Here I made a big heart frame using buttons and brads!

If you’ve got more buttons and brads than you can even count, pull them out and give some of these stash-busting techniques a try!