How To Make Stickers With The Cricut Offset Tool Cut (Step By Step)

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Today I want to share How To Make Stickers With The Cricut machine using print and cut and the offset tool.

Who isn’t in love with the Cricut Offset Tool ? When it was first announced I was a bit indifferent, thinking it would be fab for cake toppers, but I couldn’t see what else. How wrong was I? The Offset tool is perfect for so many Cricut craft projects. So far I have used it for cards, cushions the list is endless. Check my tutorial here to make a Mickey shaped card. However it is an incredible resource for using the the print then cut feature when making Cricut stickers. 

How To Make Stickers With Cricut

Today I want to share how to make stickers in Cricut Design Space using the offset tool to create a border. Creating borders was always a bit of a faff before a resizing an image changed the proportions of the image.

How Does The Offset Tool Work?

The Offset tool traces an image to create a larger copy exactly to scale. This is so useful when creating decals, cut files and stickers as not only does it allow you to create back files and backgrounds easily. It also allows you to add backgrounds and borders too stickers.

What Do You Need To Make Stickers With Cricut

• Cricut Maker or Cricut Explore Air
• Cricut Cutting Mats
• Sticker Paper
• Cricut Tool Kit
• Design Space
• Printer
• Coloured Ink
• Printable Sticker Paper this can be glossy or matte
• Or Cricut printable vinyl sticker paper
• Fine Point Blade

What’s Best For Stickers, Sticker Paper Or Printable Vinyl

I love the Cricut printable vinyl, but find Cricut own make sticker paper a little too thick it doesn’t feed through my printer. However love the Evergreen Glossy Sticker Photo Paper, in my opinion that always turns out better.

What Can My Printable Positivity Stickers Be Used For?

• Planners
• Bullet Journals
• Classroom Murals And Positivity Wall
• Scrapbooking Layouts
• Celebration And Motivation Cards
• Positivity Tree

How To Make Stickers With Cricut

Designing Your Stickers In Cricut Design Space

Start by clicking images and searching speech bubbles, there is a huge choice however I went for solid shapes, although your shape doesn’t need to be solid with the offset tool. Choose a selection and click select. You could also choose any other shape from the shapes bar such as a rectangle or circle. 

Now go back into images and search for images to fit your theme. I wanted happy vibes and had a few ideas, although anything goes, this is your creation. It doesn’t matter if your image isn’t a cut image, you can flatten it. Also bear in mind you can change colours or any cut images and remove layer.

How Do I Make Images Into Stickers In Cricut Design Space

Position your image and click on the image to change colour, you can choose colours on the top bar of Cricut Design Space. If you want too add text click the text bar on the left, choose your font and type. To curve the text select the text tool on the top bar, simple slide along the bar to increase, decrease the curve.

Create An Outline With The Offset Feature 

To create the outline offset background click on the speech bubble, select offset on the top bar and choose the distance, this will make the Offset bigger or smaller.

Once you are happy click apply and you will be left with a black background shape, this is your offset layer. To colour it, simply click colour on the top bar and choose a colour.

How Do You Use Patterns For Your Stickers?

I like to use printable patterns on some of my stickers and this is so simple to do. Click on operation in the top menu, choose print then cut and you are given a choice of colours and patterns. When you choose your pattern you can also edit it by click edit on the bottom of the section box, this will allow you to scale and size your pattern.

Flatten The Stickers

When you are happy with your sticker right click and select all, and click flatten in the bottom right corner. You now have a print and cut sticker.

Of course you don’t need to use a speech bubble, the offset tool with create an offset around any image or word. However I wanted to have a border on my stickers, the offset tool is perfect for this.

Now arrange your stickers and group together, before sending to print and cut. If you can arrange them close together this will prevent wastage.

If You’re Having Problems?

Check out my trouble shooting page, hopefully it will answer any questions you may have.

Uploading A Sticker PNG File To Cricut Design Space

To do this click new project and upload in the left hand bar at the bottom.

Click on upload image and select browse.

Choose your Positivity PNG file. Select complex file, then continue. The next window allows you the take the back off your Positivity, but I have done this for you.

Now select save as a print and cut and select your images to pull into Cricut Design Space. Alternatively you can use printable images from Cricut Design Space if you have a subscription to Cricut access, or layered cut images. 

If you are using layered cut images for your sticker design? You are able to change the colours in the layer panel. When you are happy select all and use the flatten tool to make the image a Cricut print then cut image. 

Size Your Stickers

To size drag the image size to 6.553 by 9.237 this was the largest I managed to get mine to fill more page. This will ensure your image with fit between the sensor marks. Your printer will print the stickers with a black registration box around it. Its these registration marks that allow the Cricut machine to read your images on your canvas. 

Send The Stickers To Print On Your Cricut

You can now press the go button and send your print then cut stickers to print, before cutting on your Cricut. You will see a print preview, click use system dialog, if it doesn’t pop up reduce design space and you printer settings will appear behind. You can now choose fine quality to get the best quality print then cut stickers. 

For the glossy sticker paper I am using, I use the printable vinyl sticker setting and find this is perfect to kiss-cut stickers layer and leave the backing layer intact. Note when you send your project to cut 

Cut The Stickers On Your Cricut

When the sticker sheet is printed the black line around the edge can smudge to avoid touching it. I use a standard grip cutting mat, and gently apply my sticker sheet by smoothing around the edges. This sticks it to the mat enough, but not too much, thus it is easier to peel off afterwards.

To weed simply lift away the outer area of the sticker paper.

A Few Useful Tips And Hints For Using Cricut Print And Cut

• Calibrate your printer before using with you Cricut, this will save so much time and effort.
• Load your paper the correct way into the printer. Obvious I know, but I have made that mistake many times also ensure your printed stickers are the correct way round on the cutting mat.
• Avoid smudging the black guide lines, they are quite wet when they come out of the printer.
• I cut on the printable vinyl setting and find this is perfect for kiss cutting sticker projects, and it works every time. However if you are having problems also try the Washi tape setting.
• Also see how to use Cricut Print Then Cut.

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