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hi in this video I'm going to show you
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how to make your own Button Art this
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video is less than five minutes because
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it's really easy to do there's a heart
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one I've made but this flower picture is
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the one I'm going to show you in this
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video I'm Christine of christines
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craft.com and this channel is dedicated
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to crafting on a budget so what do you
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need to do some Button Art you need a
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simple piece of canvas mine's a boxed
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canvas a really small one it's only a
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few inches across you're going to need
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some buttons whatever you want or
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whatever you've got available some glue
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I just use an ordinary multi-purpose you
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might want a pencil to draw a design and
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for this one I want a mark pen to draw
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my stems and leaves so the first thing
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you need to do is if you're' taking a
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design from somewhere else you might
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want to draw it out on your canvas
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lightly with a pencil so that you can
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place your buttons on it because mine's
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freestyle I've just got to work out
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where I want these buttons to make my
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flowers so simply place them on if
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you're freestyling and then move them
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around until you're happy with them so
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mentally I'm just drawing those stalks
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in and working out what's going to look
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me once you're happy with all your
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buttons or you've got a general
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placement on your pattern that you've
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got there it's time to glue them in
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place and that's as simple as it sounds
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simply take your glue add a little bit
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button and then put the button in
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place so if you have a design to follow
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make sure you're covering those pencil
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lines so you can't see them at the end
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and if you're freestyling just give us
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some thought to where it's going and
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make sure you put it in the right place
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straight away you don't really want to
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be moving them around and ending up with
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glue on your canvas that's
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showing so then it's simply a case of
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working your way through all your
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buttons another option when you're doing
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Button Art is that you can paint the
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background which I have done in the past
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and then place your B your buttons on
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top of your painted back ground this can
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make a really nice effect too so as you
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can see you just glue them all on if all
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you're doing is putting your buttons on
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glue them all in place and you should
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have your completed artwork if you want
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to make it more detailed or you've got a
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fancier pattern and you're using a pen
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then now is the time let all your glue
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dry so your buttons don't move and then
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you can draw on any extra features so if
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you're looking to do the flower pattern
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like me I've placed a ruler on the
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bottom of the canvas to make sure I stop
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all the stems in exactly the right place
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so it's a nice horizontal line at the
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bottom and then it's simply a case of
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hand drawing those stems in you'll see
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I've curved some one way some the other
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some have curved both ways just add a
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little bit of interest because in the
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real world they're not usually all
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straight so now look at those stems and
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see if you're happy with them in my case
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I think they need to be a little bit
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thicker I don't think they're quite
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clear enough I think when you you're
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looking from a distance they look a
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little bit too skinny so all I'm going
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to do is run along those lines and just
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out and you can see how much thicker
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they look as I work my way
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across then once you've got your flowers
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you've got your stems there's just the
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go it's up to you you might use a little
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stencil but I'm personally just
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freestyling mine and just placing them
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in different positions on each of the
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stems so keep taking a little step back
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have a look see where you think another
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Leaf should go is one per stem enough
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should there be two on some of the stems
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this is your artwork you
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decide just keep taking a a step back
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and have a look some of your leaves
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could be big some could be small they
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don't all have to be exactly the same
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shape and then once you've got all those
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leaves on there you've got a completed
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piece of art so well done that could
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anywhere so as I turn that around you
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completed so thank you for watching I
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hope you've enjoyed my Button Art and I
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hope you enjoy making yours they're also
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great for putting on gift tags and cards
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depending on the size you make and how
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complex or simple great Valentine gift
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if you do a heart so thank you for
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watching please give me a thumbs up
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