The Cricut is such a versatile machine. It can do so much. One of the things that I get asked a lot is how to make stickers using your Cricut.

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Making your own stickers is a lot of fun. You can customize them to anything you want. Previously I’ve made a bunch of planner stickers for my Happy Planner, but here I’m going to talk about the basics.

I use stickers for a lot of my orders and gifts. They include washing or care instructions or they are simply to say thank you. Customizing your own stickers opens up a world of possibilities.

To make stickers, I am going to use the Print and Cut feature on Cricut Design Space. To me, this is the easiest way to make stickers. You can make stickers using the draw feature (you get the Cricut to draw on the stickers), but there are a few limitations with the draw feature.

You are limited to the colour of the pens that you have.
The pens are expensive.
Not all text can be used in the draw feature; those that can on Cricut Design Space, you have to pay for.

So print and cut is just way easier for me. Just make sure you have a good, colour printer.

Supplies You Need to Make Stickers Using Your Cricut

Cricut Machine – I’ve made stickers on both the Explore Air 2 and on my Maker
Printer – any inkjet or laser printer will do. I like to make my stickers in colour, so I have a colour inkjet that works well. I have an HP Envy Printer – it works well for not only making stickers but for my kids’ homework as well. It’s a colour inkjet and even prints double sided. It’s also wireless so I can print from another room which is handy.
Sticker paper – the easiest is full sheet labels/sticker paper. I use white but you can also get colours and even clear. There are a variety of sources in stationary stores, craft stores and online. I’ve tried dollar store full sheet sticker paper, but I couldn’t get it to separate from the backing – I guess you get what you pay for.

That’s all you need to make stickers using your Cricut. Now all you need are the designs.

Create your Sticker

Choose what you want to put on your stickers. It can be images and/or text. Anything goes!

Google search an image that you want. Note that most images online are copyrighted so you are not allowed to sell stickers with those images. Some may be watermarked which will not allow you to use as well.
Purchase ready-made designs online on places like Etsy.
Save the image – either as a jpeg or png.
Upload to Cricut Design Space and save as either a print and cut image. This will save the colours in the image. If you save as a cut only image, it will be one file and so everything will have to be the same colour. However, you can change that colour in Design Space to anything you want, as long as it is all the same colour.

Choose a Shape for Your Sticker

I’m simple. I make circle, square or rectangular shaped stickers. These can easily be found and made in the shapes toolbar on the left side.

Shapes on Cricut DS — ShpThis is located on the left-hand side of Cricut Design Space

TIP: It defaults to coming up as dark grey. I always change to white so that I can see my design better. It is best to change the colour of whatever your sticker paper is.

Alternatively, you could also upload a particular shape to Cricut Design Space. Just save it as a cut image. Again, you will want to change the colour to white or whatever colour your sticker paper is.

Put the 2 Together

Now all you do is put your design elements onto the sticker space. Here is where I spend the most time fussing with sizing and layout.

TIP: I make the sticker shape really big to design so that I can see it clearly and it is easier to manipulate the design elements (plus I have old, tired eyes!). It’s easy to resize later.

When making circular stickers, I like to use the “curve” feature at the top to make the text fit the circle.

This is located right above the ruler when you have a text box open.

TIP: If you want to change the colours of the text, curve it first. Then once you have the correct shape, you can “ungroup”, select the letters you want to change colour. I like to “attach” afterwards so that it keeps it together. If you have more than one colour, you can’t “attach” the whole thing as it would have to be all the same colour.

cricut — Before flattening – it’s basically a bunch of cut files on top of each other.

Now it looks kind of funny – that’s okay! We’re not done yet. The reason why it looks funny is that it is a cut file (the text) on top of another cut file (the shape).

Once you have your sticker designed, you will select all and “flatten” (bottom right hand of your screen). This will meld everything together as one unit. See how it looks different?

This is after flattening.
This will allow you to print, using your home printer.

Once you have the design done, size the sticker accordingly. I readjust when it comes to printing as I want to maximize the Print and Cut space – more on this coming up.

Don’t forget to save your work!

Print Your Stickers

When making multiple stickers, I just make one and then when I go to make it, I adjust the quantity. I find it easier this way as I find that any file in Cricut Design Space with a lot of text seems to take forever to load.

Keep in mind that the maximum space you have for Print and Cut is 9.25 x 6.75 inches. I try to maximize that space and adjust the size of my stickers to max that out as sticker paper is not cheap! So I must admit that I hit “make”, see how many stickers I can get on a sheet, then cancel the cut to tweak and size and then make again. I do this a couple of times to get it right. I like to print full sheets.

Before you print, don’t forget to load your sticker paper into your printer. Each printer is different in terms of how you load it – face up or face down. You can always do a test on a regular piece of paper. Or, if it prints on the back, it’s okay as you’re not going to use that side anyway – just load it back in the other side up and now you know!

It will look a little funny as the outline of the stickers is not there. Don’t worry, the Cricut knows to cut that!

Cut Your Stickers

Once you’ve printed it, you can send it through your Cricut to cut them out. You want what is called a “kiss cut” – this cuts the sticker paper, but not the backing. There are a few sticker settings when it comes to cutting. Don’t forget you can also adjust the pressure of the blade – default, less or more. However, these settings have never worked for me. I use the “washi paper” setting for my stickers and it works fine.

Now, this all depends on the type and brand of sticker paper that you use. I guess the thickness varies slightly, making the difference. Once you figure it out, be sure to note it down so you remember for next time!

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That’s it! Now you can create your own stickers using your Cricut. The print and cut feature is the most versatile in terms of getting the colours you want.

I use these customized stickers to go with my projects. They include care instructions. I use them for HTV on shirts, vinyl on mugs and stencilled wood signs, to name a few.