Playing with Acrylic Buttons

Tips for altering acrylic buttons

Doodle on them….the design options are endless!

Lightly cover with dimensional magic

Sprinkle with Diamond Dust

Spray with glimmer mist

Dry with a heat gun

Heat with a heat gun for around 10 – 15 secs (Be very careful as they will get hot) then quickly stamp over the top. I find texture and background stamps work best.

You will now have a cool image imprinted in your button!

Swipe some ink or paint over the top.
Then wipe excess off….you now have one funky textured button!

Cut a circle of patterned paper to fit in the middle of the button

Ink around circle

Adhere to button

and lastly, coat with crackle accent or glossy accents

Tie a bow with thread.

Separate thread

Tie a bow with thread or baker's twine

Place button on page bow side down….looks great!

 

Use ric rac, lace, baker's twine for centres…You don’t have to tie a bow. Sometimes tying a knot then leaving the ends loose can look pretty cool…and of course you can always stitch them to your page!

Doodle on plain chipboard for a funky look

Emboss with ranger embossing puffs

Stitch onto your page with contrasting thread for a funky look!

 

Make your own Buttons

Cut a circle out of core board. I use everyday household items to trace around for circles ie toilet rolls, lids, jars of distress paint etc then

Ink around the edges

Spray with glimmermist

Paint with distress paint on flat side of coreboard

Stamp over the top….looks gorgeous!

Spray with glimmermist on flat side of correboard

Spread some stickles over…..I find using my finger is the best way

Dry with heat gun

Love and Peace

Jess

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