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Tutorial: Custom Buttons with Silhouette Cameo and Button Maker

Filed Under: All Things Silhouette Conference, Project Tutorials

Today, I’m making my way home from the All Things Silhouette Conference. One of my favorite activities at the conferences is the swap! If you aren’t familiar, it’s an optional event where attendees make a small project at home and bring it to trade with other attendees. Today, I’m sharing why I chose buttons – and how I made them.

Why Did I Choose Buttons for the Conference Swap?

Of all the projects I could have done for the swap, why did I choose buttons? Well, buttons are fast to make, and great for small businesses. I chose buttons so I could give you ideas on how to use them in your own small business.

Ways to Use Buttons in your Silhouette or Cricut Business

  • Great inexpensive impulse items at craft shows and fairs.
  • Perfect for kids. Imagine this – you have a basket of assorted buttons at your table at a craft show. A mother is trying to have a conversation with you as her child is at her side. She can hand him/her the basket of buttons to dig through and you can finish the conversation quietly. (She will likely buy one as well!)
  • Branded buttons make great giveaways to put in orders because they are cheap to make.
  • While not directly business related, buttons make for great fundraisers for kids. My eldest recently had to make and sell goods at school – and buttons were our go to.

Button Tutorial

You’ll need:

  • Plain copy paper – I used inexpensive paper from my printer.
  • Button maker and buttons. I picked up this one from Amazon.
  • Silhouette Cameo or Cricut Explore
  1. Using Print and Cut (Silhouette) or Print then Cut (Cricut), create your button designs and print them on copy paper. Tutorial: Custom Buttons with Silhouette Cameo and Button Maker - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  2. Cut them with the Silhouette or Cricut. Tutorial: Custom Buttons with Silhouette Cameo and Button Maker - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  3. Remove the excess paper. Tutorial: Custom Buttons with Silhouette Cameo and Button Maker - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  4. Now, use the button maker to quickly put them together. My button maker has two steps. Quickly, here is how it works. Take the flat metal portion, the circle paper, and the mylar film and place them in that order into the first hole in the button maker. Then, pull the lever down. Tutorial: Custom Buttons with Silhouette Cameo and Button Maker - by cuttingforbusiness.com
    Tutorial: Custom Buttons with Silhouette Cameo and Button Maker - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  5. Place the button back in the second space, and pull the lever down. Tutorial: Custom Buttons with Silhouette Cameo and Button Maker - by cuttingforbusiness.com
    Tutorial: Custom Buttons with Silhouette Cameo and Button Maker - by cuttingforbusiness.com

See, easy as can be! Of course, you could use scissors with your button maker – but honestly it would take forever. In less than an hour, I cut and assembled 120 buttons.

Oh! If you wanted, you could remove the pin from the backing and glue a magnet instead.

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Tutorial: Custom Buttons with Silhouette Cameo and Button Maker - by cuttingforbusiness.com

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Comments

  1. Teresa D. says

    June 12, 2017 at 1:07 pm

    Thank you so much. I have been thinking about making some buttons for my business and just haven’t jumped in yet.

    Reply
    • Christine says

      June 12, 2017 at 9:41 pm

      Always happy to share, Teresa!

      Reply
  2. Lycia says

    June 12, 2017 at 11:05 pm

    I saw these at the swap and loved them! I want to try making some myself. Thanks for the tutorial.

    Reply
    • Christine says

      June 13, 2017 at 10:10 am

      My pleasure!

      Reply
  3. Lisa Hoyt says

    June 22, 2017 at 2:51 pm

    Wow! I didn’t see your buttons at the swap, but I made my own that said “help me get my Curio out of the box”. I had no idea how to use ANY software to make the buttons as I bought the machine on a whim so that my fellow football moms could make their own buttons with our player’s numbers on them. After the Conference, I was sure that I could use my machine in a totally new way – and you have made it so much easier!

    Another idea that I totally stole from another blogger is to make blank template circles to have on hand at craft fairs for kids to draw on, and then for a small (child affordable) fee, make a button out of their own drawing! This would also be a win at school festivals.

    Reply
    • Christine says

      June 25, 2017 at 12:48 pm

      Great idea, Lisa!

      Reply
  4. Elle says

    August 27, 2017 at 10:58 pm

    you are such a genius!! I’m so glad I found your blog!!

    Reply
    • Christine says

      August 28, 2017 at 9:08 pm

      Aww thanks, glad to have you as a new reader!

      Reply
  5. Kim says

    March 21, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    What program did you use to create the design? The buttons came out great! I have to make about 125 pins for my daughters big golf tournament and am looking for ideas. TIY!

    Reply
    • Christine, Cutting for Business says

      May 18, 2019 at 8:48 am

      Silhouette Studio.

      Reply
  6. Mel says

    February 3, 2021 at 12:39 pm

    What brand button maker do you use? I’m looking to start making buttons for my business, but not sure which one to purchase.

    Reply
    • Christine, Cutting for Business says

      February 8, 2021 at 2:52 pm

      Hello! I have this button maker: https://amzn.to/2MEnqO0

      Reply

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