How Do You Select Paper To Design A Button?
Attaching a pin-backed button to your shirt, jacket or bag is a quick way to add color to an outfit or broadcast a personal message. Express your style by designing your own buttons with pens, stamps and an assortment of paper. Select sheets to vary the shades, textures and tones. Use heavyweight cardstock if you’ll be outlining and coloring a design with gel pens and markers. The surface will absorb the vibrant ink and resist tearing. Trim the paper slightly smaller than the button shell so it won’t buckle in the center or wrinkle around the edges. Trim actual photos to serve as your button backgrounds. Use rubber stamps and solvent ink, small stickers or decorative rub-ons to adorn the borders with details. Create a design with quick-drying ink pens on a clear transparency and then back it with mirrored cardstock for a colorful, reflective surface. Cut pre-printed transparencies and layer the pieces over cardstock or photos to give your button a hint of dimension. Find sheets featuri
