Making Stickers

Normal Stickers

  1. Design the sticker

    1. Typically best to design it in a drawing app or somewhere else and upload it to the Cricut Design Space Canvas

  2. Open an app like Adobe Photoshop and open a page in size 8.5”x11”, make sure it’s transparent

    1. Put as many stickers as you can fit onto the page

      1. If you want them to have an outline, go to the bottom of the right side of the page and click the “fx” button

      2. After, select “stroke” and then double check that the settings are right (outside instead of inside)

      3. Adjust the size of the outline as needed

    2. Save the page, and print it out on the bypass tray

      1. To do this, go to printer settings and select “printer options” (on Mac, “Preferences” on Windows), then “Printer Feed”, and change “Auto” to “Bypass Tray.”

    3. After, turn the stickers white and save the image

  3. Put the sticker paper into the printer in the bypass tray

    1. The bypass tray is on the right side of the printer; it’s a “ledge” on the side

    2. When sticking paper into the bypass tray, it should be flat, face down (so the side that will have the pictures printed onto it will need to be in contact with the bypass tray)

  4. Go to the printer and select “Print” on the screen (should be accompanied by an image of a printer on the bottom left side of the screen)

  5. Select “Job Status” in the bottom right corner of the screen

    1. It should show you the printer with the bypass tray turned blue. If the bypass tray isn’t blue or it’s blinking, you need to open it before printing

  6. Click the “start” button at the bottom right, NEXT to the screen (Big blue button with diamond shape and line inside)

    1. It shouldn’t take more than 5-10 seconds for the paper to pop out. When it does, close the Bypass Tray and go back to Makerspace

  7. Open Cricut Design Space and import the white stickers into a canvas

  8. Make a size 8.5”x11” box and put the white stickers on top of it

  9. Select the “Make” button in the top right corner

    1. On the left side of the screen, there will be “mat” options. Make sure you select “on mat (12”x12”)

  10. Make sure the “cut” is as far to the left side of the mat as possible, then select “cut”

  11. Put the sticker sheet onto the mat, and slide the mat into the Cricut (there are directions for this as you go along in the Cricut app)

  12. Remove the mat, and pull off the sheet. If cut correctly/”strongly,” sticker cut-outs should stick to the mat

    1. Use the spatula to gently scrape the stickers off the mat

Vinyl Stickers

  1. Depending on the cut, put the vinyl into the Cricut, making sure the ends line up with the white pieces meant to hold it

    1. If your cut involves anything except a basic cut, you need to put your vinyl on a mat, then put the mat in the Cricut instead (or if the vinyl is too small to fit into the white pieces on its own)

      1. Reference “Designing Things & Printing” in the "Cricut Basics" chapter for instructions on how to print; it is the same for the vinyl as it is for anything else

  2. After the Cricut cuts out your design and the design is small, cut the vinyl into a square, with your design in the middle

    1. Try to use as little of the vinyl as you can to save material

  3. Use the weeder (white “pen body” with silver hook) to rip off the excess vinyl (anything not part of your design)

  4. Cut out a piece of transfer tape (large enough to go on top of your vinyl design) and peel off the white part. Stick the clear, sticky part of the transfer tape onto your vinyl design, then use the scraper (rectangular equipment in the same location as the pens and weeder in the Cricut that’s flat but then “bulges” up) to press the tape against the design to make sure it sticks

  5. Stick the vinyl onto what you’re trying to transfer it to, and use the scraper to stick the vinyl on well

  6. Peel off the transfer tape, and you’re done!

    1. If the vinyl keeps sticking to the transfer tape instead of your item, even after using the scraper, use your finger to hold the vinyl onto the item as you peel off the transfer tape