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# Buttons

Create pinback buttons with any image or photo!

### **PART ONE: Create Your Design**

1. **Go to:** [**Canva Button Template** ](https://canva.link/k0sh9m6hoicrgq1)
2. Upload your image.
3. Click and drag image to the center of the circle (image frame). 
4. To print: Share and download your design as a .pdf. 
5. **If you’re working on an EDGE Lab computer: open the .pdf and send it to the Canon UniFlow printer. Then, go to the printer to retrieve your print. (Follow instructions on the printer to log in & print.)**
   * If you logged onto the computer with the EDGE lab account, you’ll use the code **381** to log into the printer.
6. If you’re working on your Chromebook, email the .pdf to yourself and log in to an EDGE Lab computer to print. 
7. **Once you’ve got your design printed, bring it to the EDGE Lab to use the button press.**

### **PART TWO: Using the Button Maker**

**What you need:**

| Clear Plastic Disk                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Back of Button                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Front of Button                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![](https://2752764861-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FnadtNWy8P59g551Wu8wG%2Fuploads%2FMHg7vFUVsI6HuNaSvVHQ%2F4.jpeg?alt=media)                                                  | ![](https://2752764861-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FnadtNWy8P59g551Wu8wG%2Fuploads%2FYmHIesYyNrYih0mHWznL%2Fbuttons.PNG?alt=media\&token=3c478a1e-4f76-4d0b-972c-3da56ec66fc5) | ![](https://2752764861-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FnadtNWy8P59g551Wu8wG%2Fuploads%2FpVF4IuiaZNud1GZAAGFg%2F2.jpeg?alt=media)                                                  |
| Circle Cutter                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Button Maker                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Image                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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Directions

1. Put the **Front of Button**, smooth side up, on the left side of the button maker.

2. Put your **Image** face-up on top of the front of the button, then put the clear **plastic circle** over both.

   <figure><img src="https://2752764861-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FnadtNWy8P59g551Wu8wG%2Fuploads%2FgELQq13eBpLpF2ZcWdv2%2F9.jpeg?alt=media" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Preparing the button</p></figcaption></figure>

3. Place the **back of the button** into the right hand side of the button maker. Make sure that the button’s ***zig zag*** is facing the stamp.

4. Next, flip the side with the **front of button**, **plastic disc**, and **image** to the back and pull down, firmly, on the handle. Then, release.

   ![](https://2752764861-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FnadtNWy8P59g551Wu8wG%2Fuploads%2F8ia13hL93Z58NQokawZF%2F10.jpeg?alt=media)

5. Flip the sides so that the button back is at the back of the machine, and pull down again. When you release the handle, you’ll have a button!