How To Make Stickers With Cricut & Free Layout Template

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A question I get asked by a lot of Cricut beginners is how to make print then cut stickers with a Cricut? And the answer is a huge yes, if you have a Cricut Maker or Cricut Explore Air you can make print and cut stickers very easily, and there are several ways to do this. Today I am going to take you through step-by-step How To Make Cricut Stickers in Cricut Design Space using printable sticker paper.

If you have a Cricut Joy you can also make stickers, however these are cut out stickers, but still super cute. check out my guide to make Cricut Joy Stickers.

How To Make Print Then Cut Stickers With A Cricut Machine

What Is The Best Cricut For Making Stickers

You need a Cricut with the print and cut feature, for this you will need a Cricut Maker, Explore, Explore Air or Maker or Explore Air 3. The Cricut Joy will not make print and cut stickers, however you can cut vinyl stickers with the Cricut Joy.

Which Is The Best Sticker Paper For Die Cut Stickers?

Personally, I much prefer either the Evergreen printable sticker paper when I am creating print then cut stickers, this comes in gloss and mat. Gloss looks great, but matt is much more durable. The Cricut printable vinyl is also great but a little more expensive.

 If you are planning on using the Cricut sticker paper? Do bear in mind it is quite thick, my printer cannot feed it through. So check you settings to see the weight the printer can pass.

Start By Deciding On A Template For Your Cricut Stickers

It’s a good idea to set a template pattern for your sticker design to start with, for the stickers I am making today I have chosen 3 simple shapes, square, circle and zigzag speech bubble. This way you can plan what stickers to want to make, or at least have an idea of how many stickers and what size they will be, you need to be aiming for an overall size of 6.75. x 9.25 or less to use the print and cut feature.

If you make the pattern yourself position your sticker layout and then right click and select attach in the bottom right hand corner of Cricut Design space. This will connect your layout together, now duplicate and put one copy to one side and un attach the other. You now have one template to work on, and one as a spare.

 You can also scroll down and click to download my Cricut print then cut free SVG files template to upload and use. Simply download, upload the sticker template to Cricut Design Space and ungroup to edit and use . Heres how to add them to Design Space.

How To Design Stickers In Cricut Design Space

Choose An Image

To design your stickers start choosing a selection of images in Cricut design space, I typed in rainbows, happy, spring and positive and selected my images. You can choose any images, even cut and layered images. There is more choice if you have Cricut access subscription , however there should also be a selection of free images. 

Once you have all the images for your print then cut stickers  build the stickers one by one. Starting with your first template, drag the 1st template square over from the template set and choose your first image.

Choose Your Background Pattern

Once you have decided on your image choose you sticker background this enables you to really create your own custom stickers. On the top menu bar click on fill, select pattern and choose a patten for the background.

Flatten Your Image To Create A Printable Sticker

Now hover your image over the top of your background and size it to fit on your background before selecting all and clicking  the flatten tool in the bottom right corner. This will flatten the whole sticker image into a flat printable image.

You can now create a white outline for your stickers using the offset feature. Click on the offset tool on the top menu bar and choose the size of your offset layer. Click apply and change the colour to white or any other colour you choose. Now select and a click flatten to create one print and cut image. 

Organise Your Sticker Layout

When the images are flattened they look visibly different, the colours are more blended and softer. You can now re-arrange your stickers, right click and attach your stickers together, you can view all the layers on the layer panel, if you want to change any layer colours you can do it here by clicking on the layer and selecting the colour options.

Attaching ensures your stickers stay together and organised when you send to print and cut, this is a great way of avoiding wastage. 

How To Print Cricut Stickers

Once you are happy with you stickers, click on the corner and drag the attached images until they are the correct size to print and cut. They need to be 6.75. x 9.25 or less to use the print and cut feature. This is why I work to a template, I feel I can organise my stickers and there is less wastage as I can fill as much of my sticker sheet as possible.

Now click make it, this will take your print then cut image to the print preview page, ensure you feed your sticker paper is the correct way into the printer and press print, when you see the print preview screen select use system dialog, here you can choose a fine print quality for a better quality print. If your system dialog box doesn’t pop up, reduce design space and it will be sat behind, select fine and send to print and cut. 

When you unload your printer avoid touching the black registration marks around the edge of the printed stickers as I find this smudges easily.

Cut Your Cricut Print Then Cut Stickers

Once printed, gently load the sticker sheet on your cutting mat, don’t roll it with a brayer as you usually would, simply gently press around the edge so the don’t smudge the registration box . But always ensure I use a sticky mat.

You will now be taken to the cut screen, here you can choose your material. I always use printable vinyl, I find this the perfect setting to kiss cut the stickers. This successfully cuts the top sticker layer only. And press go on your Cricut.

What Is Kiss Cut And How Do I Kiss Cut Stickers?

Kiss cut is a term that means the fine point blade of the Cricut Machine will cut the top layer of the sticker paper but not the backing sheet. To do this you simply choose either printable vinyl, sticker paper or washi settings in Cricut Design Space when sending your stickers to cut.

Troubleshooting Cricut Print Then Cut

Cricut Can’t Read The Registration Marks.

Check there is no direct sunlight or lights shining on your Cricut machine. This can affect the sensors, try moving away from direct sunlight or bright lights. 

Next try moving the printable sticker sheet slightly on the mat. When my Cricut can’t read the registration marks I adjust the paper position so it is sitting on the 1 inch axis and this often resolves the issue. 

The System Dialog Box Doesn’t Show

Click to reduce Cricut Design Space and the system dialog box will be behind, for some reason it won’t pop up in front of design space.

The Cut Is Not Even

If the stickers are not cutting correctly or alignment is wrong recalibrate your Cricut machine to the printer. Also move away from direct sunlight or spotlights as this can affect the sensors and the end result.

More Print And Cut Projects.

• Printable Kitchen Labels
• January Planner Stickers
• Magnetic Dress Up Dolls

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