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How do I fix a bubble in the edge of my mylar?  Bubbles at the edge of your mylar can be an unfortunate side effect of using a laser printer to print your graphics.  Laser printers provide beautiful, crisp images but they can also cause mylar to slip when you crimp your button together, especially if you have a full bleed in your design.  Toner from laser printers contain wax and even if you have made 100 perfect buttons, the printer can decide to dump a little extra wax on that page and suddenly your buttons won't work.  You have the dreaded bubble...

Build-a-Button 6.0 is a powerful button design software that just became even greater!   Text is one of the most important components in any button design.  Having creative flexibility and control is crucial to the process and helps make a perfectly balanced button.  The all new BAB 6.0 is absolutely jam packed with font fabulousness!  We've included things like a path tool that lets you create a shape for your words to follow.  You can also make those words perfect with over 600 stock fonts and the ability to upload your favorite additional fonts.  We've even included a convenient monogram tool with different...

Button making software has reached a whole new level with the release of Build-a-Button 6.0 by American Button Machines and just as you think it can't get any better - it does!  Now you can make professional quality previews suitable for publication on your website, presenting to clients or just to show off your talents on social media in a variety of products and brought to you exclusively by BAB 6.0 and ABM. We believe this is by far the most exciting feature yet and we think you'll agree!  Anybody can make a mock up of a standard pinback button but you can break free...

Build-a-Button Design Software has come a long way.  It all started with the tried and true Classic version, which was amazing for its time, but we knew we could do better so along came 5.0.  Then we heard the rumblings of the masses with suggestions on how to make it even better so we followed their advice, granted wishes and along came 5.1.  Now, we believe we have created button design software perfection with the all new Build-a-Button 6.0!  This takes button designing to a whole new level packed with features you didn't even know you needed and once you take...

Build-a-Button is an industry leading software specifically designed to help you create the best buttons in the universe.  There are a a lot of ways to receive that coveted membership time.  One of my personal favorites is by winning a contest in our super awesome Facebook group, The Pinback Button Making Community.  You can also score a full 3 months with the purchase of any Button Maker Kit on the ABM website and get bonus time each time you order pinback buttons from our website.  Then of course there's the tried and true method of purchasing membership. There are 6 membership options to choose from including 1 week,...