Want to know how to make sticker with Cricut Maker? We are here to help you make your sticker with the Cricut machine. All you need is a Cricut Design Space installed on your computer or mobile, whichever device you have connected with the Cricut machine.
We will start with the essential things you require to make your stickers with Cricut. So here is the list for you:
Printable sticker paper or vinyl sheet: You can use any printable sheet paper or vinyl sheet of your choice. We have recommended you top 5 sticker paper brands you may consider in our FAQ section.
Printer: A printer is a prerequisite for printing your sticker. You can use any high-quality full inkjet printer.
Cricut Maker Machine: You need a Cricut machine to cut your stickers in shape. If you don’t have a Cricut machine, you can do it manually with scissors to cut the stickers in shape.
Cricut Design Space: The mandatory software you need for Cricut, without which you cannot use the Cricut machine. From background removal to setting up the page border size. You can install it on iOS/Android and Windows/mac devices.
You can design your stickers using apps like Procreate or Illustrator, or Cricut’s design space for designing the sticker, which is free software.
To upload the sticker image you made, open the Cricut Designer Space software, then click on the new project.
After opening the new project, click on the uploaded image and select the image from the desired location you saved it.
Then the Designer Space will ask you to select the image type. You can select the desired image type; for instance, we use a complex one.
Then, on the next screen, click on Save as Print, then the Cut Image button. You can also name the image by your choice. After doing so, click on the save button.
Now click on add image to add the image to your canvas.
The maximum printable area of the sheet is 6.75” by 9.25”. The sticker size cannot exceed the maximum limit. Fit the image on the canvas, and make sure it fits perfectly on the canvas to make it compatible with the “Print and Cut” command.
Now load the sticker paper or vinyl sheet of your choice into your printer.
Finally, click the “Make it” button to send the printing command to your printer.
You can set the desired quality of your print from the printing window.
Once you have printed, notice that the outer edges of the image are printed with black lines.
Set the material of the sheet you’re using in the Cricut Space Designer Space. Select the setting according if your cut Kiss Cut or Die Cut.
Load the mat and set your printed paper perfectly on the Cricut mat. Line up the sheet and the mat perfectly with each other and insert them into the Cricut machine.
When you reinsert the mat inside the Cricut machine with the printed sticker paper placed on the mat, you will see a Cut option; click on the cut option to start the cut process.
After the Cricut’s cutting process ends, unload the mat and remove the stickers from your mat by turning the mat upside down and peeling it from the sticker sheet. Finally, your cut stickers are ready.
In this blog post, we have discussed step by step guide on how to make sticker with Cricut Maker, which includes the printing and cutting process. I have even included all the solutions to errors and troubleshooting you might get in the process. You can apply the same process as it is in any Cricut machine you have.
Removing the background from the image is the first thing you have to do when set to print the sticker. You can use any background remover app to remove the background from the image. You can also use the erasing tool in your Cricut Designer Space.
You can use any high-quality full inkjet printer, and the quality of the stickers will be good.
Cricut Explore Air and Cricut Maker both produce high-quality stickers and support print and cut feature, though there are models in which this print and cut feature are unavailable.
You can use many free websites, like Etsy, Creative Market, and Creative Fabrica. You can download stickers from anyone of them.
To make good quality stickers, you can go for matte white, full printable sheet paper made specially made to be used for inkjet printers.
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