Teri Anderson
I’ve said it before and I will say it again.
I am a do-it-yourself kinda gal.
I get the biggest kick out of tinkering around with my craft supplies and trying to come up with unique, one-of-a-kind embellishments.
The other day I was looking at my vat of buttons and brads and thought it would be fun to try to mix them together. After a bit of messing around, I came up with something I like to call: Button brads.
Button brads are way cute and really easy to make. All you need is: floss; buttons (small and large); brads (preferably big ones, but small ones will work); a hot glue gun and scissors.
Start by using floss to tie two buttons together. (Note: Nevermind said Go-to Gal’s bandage in the picture. Paper trimming incident. But I digress.)
Bring floss through the back side of your buttons and knot it. Snip off the excess floss.
Squeeze a glob of hot glue onto the back side of the stacked button. Press a brad into the glue. Let the brad sit until the glue cools.
The end result?
Cute, adorable button brads!
They make fun accents for any card!
Here I placed two button brads on my card. Then, I wrapped a piece of string around them.
They also make great flower centers like on the teal Storytellers journaling card from Ormolu.
Cute, huh?
Ready to make some button brads of your own?
Leave a comment for me by Thursday at 5 PM MDT, and I’ll pick one of you to win some brads and buttons from the Paper Crafts magazine prize vault.
Yours in crafting fun,
Teri Anderson
Paper Crafts Go-to Gal
What an awesome idea! I love adding buttons to cards. Thanks for the tip….I can’t wait to get started. Beautiful cards!
Fantastic idea! Just in time for Christmas crafting!
cute idea!!! I just bought 2 jars of buttons at a house sale for $.50 ea.!! Going get my glue gun out today!
What a neat idea! Using two of my different goodies will be fun. The hot glue gun happens to be out right now. I think that’s a sign that I’m meant to do this!
Cute idea! I’ve been wondering what do do with the legions of buttons in my craft stash!!
Great technique! Thanks for the new idea
I love these! So cute and easy to make!
Teri! That is awesome! And so incredibly easy! Only problem is I don’t have a glue gun (I know, I should be ashamed). Guess what I’ll be going out to buy today…. I will definitely be trying this one out.
They look great!
Oh yes…totally trying this. Put it on my pinboard, so I can refer back!
Thanks for the great idea! I love buttons & brads!!
Such tiny perfection!
What a brilliant idea! Maybe I can use up some of those why-did-I-buy-those brads I have hanging around.
Those buttons are sooooooo cute! Can’t wait to try them myself! Thanks for sharing.
This is a great idea! Thanks so much for telling us about it! (hope your finger is better)
Hugs!
Pam
Teri, your button brads are totally cute!! Sorry to hear about your paper-trimming accident
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very cute!
You are such a clever girl! I love this idea!
These are adorable! Love the two buttons together and mounting them to a brad is brilliant! Thanks for sharing.
What a wonderful idea! I love how the button appears to be sewn onto the project, but in fact, it is actually attached via a brad. Clever.
oh so cute!
This is so cool I will need to dig out my button stash and give them new life!
Thanks for the info and inspiration!
THANKS for sharing!! =) I LOVE buttons and ALWAYS have fun using them in different ways!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
What a fabulous idea!! I’m trying it tonight after the kids are in bed!!
I love using buttons but have not been very imaginative with them. I worry they will fall off my cards. I’m excited to see and learn about new ways to use buttons as well as learning a great way to feel confident they will stay put!
Thanks for the great tips!!
Looks so easy! I’m going to try it! I’ve bookmarked this post so I can go back to it.
Oh, very cute!
What a great idea! Thanks for the great tip!
Great idea! I think it would be a fun way to add buttons over something lumpy like a bow.
Thanks for showing this great idea from start to finish. And I hope the finger is soon healed!
What a neat idea!! Looks so simple and fun to make! Thank you for sharing with us all!
A PERFECT match made in heaven!!! Thanks for the inspiration, Teri! This idea really ROCKS!!
WOW!!! What a clever idea! Can’t wait to give it a try. I LOVE buttons!!!!
That is easier than sewing directly onto the paper. I love it!
I guess this sort of thing is why YOU work for paper crafts and I don’t. I never would have thought of that. Good going, Teri!!
I have so many buttons and now you’ve shown a new great way to use them. I love it!! Thanks so much!
cute project! thank you for the opportunity to win some.
Too clever Teri, too dang clever!!
Totally cute Teri! Love the button brad combo, especially as the flower center!
What a great idea! I’ve got to try this one.
wow-absolutely adore that first card!!! amazing!!
You always have the coolest ideas! Love this one and will give it a try!
Great idea…another “why didn’t I think of that” moment. LOL
What fun embellies!! Thanks for the opportunity to win some!
Fabulous idea…and the cards you made with the new brads are amazing!
Wow, What a great idea! TFS joy4umetoo at hotmail dot com
I REALLY love this idea. You are a genius ! ! !
I’ll be making some of these for sure. Thank you !
You’re so smart Teri…how do you do it? It must be that cut.
Wonderful idea, making the buttons into actual brads. I love this idea, would look great on my layouts and cards. Thank you for the inspiration and chance to win.