| Buttons are not just for clothing. It's unclear when | | | | colors now. A button makes a perfect center for a |
| scrapbooking with buttons began as a trend. Even in | | | | flower. An added benefit is that the button can hide |
| early scrapbook albums, it wasn't unusual to see a | | | | the adhesive that typically shows through a paper |
| button placed on a scrapbooking page. Quite often it | | | | flower. |
| was a keepsake button, like from a vintage piece of | | | | 8. Take 4 small buttons and attach them to the 4 |
| clothing or a baby girl's first dress. As scrapbooking | | | | corners of a photograph. The buttons will look like they |
| pages started to become more 3-D and scrappers | | | | are holding the photo to the page. |
| looked for unique embellishments for their pages, | | | | 9. Create a bullet list for journaling. Use buttons as the |
| buttons became more popular. Manufacturers started | | | | bullets. |
| offering buttons to coordinate with their paper lines, | | | | 10. Scrapbooking tags can be used for page elements, |
| and buttons with themes like Christmas and sports | | | | photo mats, and journaling blocks on a scrapbooking |
| became available. Monthly scrapbooking kits and page | | | | page. You can use a button to decorate the hole at |
| kits often include complementary buttons as part of | | | | the top of a tag. |
| their packages. Consider these tips for using buttons | | | | 11. Try placing a button on a page and then hanging the |
| on your pages. | | | | string from a scrapbooking tag from it as an anchor. |
| 1. Buttons lined up together can make a border for | | | | 12. An antique, vintage or unusual button can be used |
| your scrapbooking page layouts. | | | | individually on a page as a page element all its own. |
| 2. Place buttons in your titles by using them to dot your | | | | Try double matting the button to highlight it on your |
| "i"s. You can also use them as the center of letters like | | | | layout. |
| "o" and "p." | | | | 13. Attach a button to a page with the holes empty, or |
| 3. Buttons can be secured to a page using embroidery | | | | thread some floss through the holes and tie it in a knot |
| floss by sewing it onto the page. | | | | or bow for an added accent. |
| 4. Glue dots work very well to adhere larger-sized | | | | 14. Don't limit yourself to one size of buttons on your |
| buttons to a page, as well as buttons that are not flat | | | | page layout. Mix sizes and styles of buttons. You could |
| on the bottom. | | | | stay with the same color, but have a variety of |
| 5. A few buttons make nice accents to anchor a | | | | different buttons in that same color on a single page. |
| ribbon border to a page. Again, glue dots will securely | | | | 15. Buttons can be memorabilia. Save buttons from |
| attach the buttons to the ribbon. | | | | shirts, handbags, hats and other clothing that have |
| 6. Try placing a button on the flap of an envelope to | | | | sentimental value, but that you no longer can use. The |
| decorate a simple page element. | | | | buttons can be added to a scrapbooking page to |
| 7. Flowers are still very popular on scrapbooking | | | | remember the times when you wore those items. |
| pages. Silk or paper flowers come in all sizes and | | | | Baby buttons look cute on a baby page layout as well. |