Hello there, Stefanie here to encourage you to take another look at buttons. They are cute, small and easily add dimension and visual attachment to a layout. Most kits have them and I think they can be easily overlooked for their flashier embellishment cousins the flairs. In many ways buttons are dependable and unobtrusive and add a special “made with love” feel to a beautiful layout.

Buttons can be used as part of a cluster, they are small and easy to tuck in with flowers or sequins as a small grouping. Small embellishments like this add dimension, fun and a homemade touch without really drawing attention away from the photos.

This layout features A Fresh Start by Digital Scrapbook Ingredients and Zoe Pearn.

I love stitched buttons or buttons that have a bow in them to aid visual attachment. I love that they can be used to dot the “I” within a title, or as a punctuation point as in this layout.

 

This layout features Only Him by Digital Scrapbook Ingredients and Studio Basic.

Flowers can be layered one on top of another and a button can be added as a little crowning element and to finish off the multi-layered bloom.

This layout features Road Trip by Digital Scrapbook Ingredients.

Buttons can be used to visually attach goodies. In the same way that buttons can close a shirt or jersey, they can be overlapped and appear to fasten a journal card or photo to the background papers.

This layout features School Starts Again by Digital Scrapbook Ingredients.

Buttons can be used in a sprinkling or to create a sequence or sense of movement through the layout as well. In this layout buttons have been placed along an imaginary diagonal line from top left to bottom right, this helps to move the eye throughout all of the details on the layout without getting stuck in a particular spot.

This layout used Besties  by Digital Scrapbook Ingredients and Sugary Fancy.