Creating your own decorative buttons is simple with this idea from Kelly Purkey. Use decorative scissors and your scraps of patterned paper or cardstock to design these easy-to-duplicate handmade buttons just like these adorable paper buttons-and create fun embellishments for your layouts snipp-ity quick!
Dinner at a Diner by Kelly Purkey as seen in the January 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine.
Here's How to Make Your Decorative-Edge Buttons:
1. Stamp cardstock.
2. Cut square using decorative scissors.
3. Punch holes, and thread.
--Joannie McBride
If you'd like to enter the contest, here's what to do:
1. Create a layout using homemade buttons created with decorative scissors.
2. Upload a scan or photograph of your layout to the Club CK gallery. (Learn how to upload to the gallery here.)
3. Leave a comment below with the URL link to your layout posted in the Club CK gallery; for example, your comment could look like this: "My layout is posted here: http://clubcreatingkeepsakes.com/media/p/31086.aspx." Note: Previously uploaded layouts are not eligible; layouts must be posted on or after January 3, 2011 to be eligible.
Your comment must be left before 9:00 a.m. MST on Monday, January 10, 2011 to be considered for the contest. One winner will be randomly selected from all entries. The announcement will be made at the bottom of this article.
Happy scrapbooking!
WINNER ANNOUNCED!
Congrats to Becky who was the randomly selected winner. To claim your prize, look for a conversation from Erika H in the My Conversations section of your My Profile page.