Altering Buttons
There are lots of ways of altering buttons. Today, we cut off shanks and paint.
I’m back with more buttons from the Butterfly Kisses collection. I needed to do something to make these butterflies match the cards I was wanting to make.
Butterfly Kisses Collection
Here’s how to get started.
Gesso is like paint, but different – it’s almost like a crafty primer coat.
Once your button is primed, you can try lots of products.
Here, I use Smooch in a couple of colors.
Smooch comes in a nail polish style bottle with it’s own brush. So convenient. It’s made by ClearSnap.
To finish off this card, I added some ribbons from May Arts. As a kid, I grew up watching my mom sew. When she passed away, I received her sewing basket, and inside were her orange handled Fiskars scissors. Her scissors were carefully hand labeled – for sewing, for ribbons, and for paper. I still have them all.
You can also ink your primed buttons.
No button should ever go to waste!
Alter buttons to match your next project.
Supplies Used:
- Butterfly Kisses buttons
- Gesso – Claudine Hellmuth
- Ink, Spritz and Smooch – Clearsnap
- Ribbon – May Arts
- Images – Gina K Designs
- Paper – Cosmo Cricket
- Other – Copic Markers
Tools Used:
- Fiskars scissors
- Toe nail clippers
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Love how you altered the buttons, they look awesome!