Hello again! This week I’m going to to share the materials and settings I use to make my kiss cut stickers with my Cricut Maker.
Note: I’m cutting full 8.5 x11 sheets of sticker paper. I’m NOT using Cricut’s Print then Cut setting.
If you want me to go more in depth into any of the steps, let me know in the comments below!
Let’s get started!
Supplies: (Links below may be affiliate links)
Color Inkjet or laser printer
Light Grip Mat (the blue one)
Printable Sticker Paper (I’m using this one from Online Labels)
Artwork for your stickers (I’m using my Valentine’s Day Clip Art)
I resized and laid out some of the elements from my clip art onto an 8.5 x 11 art board in Adobe Illustrator. (I originally drew my clip art in Procreate on my iPad and brought it into Photoshop to clean it up and make individual PNGs.)
I create a new layer below the sticker artwork. Then I used the Blob Brush (Shift + B) In Illustrator to make my cut lines around my stickers. (There are many other ways to do this, you may have a different method that you prefer).
I made my cut lines with a bright blue fill so they’re easier to see, you can make them any color you like.
I used the pen tool (P) to make registration marks in the 4 corners of the art board.
Save the file as and AI (Illustrator) file.
Then delete the actual sticker images so you only have the cut lines and registration marks. Save that as an SVG file (you will be uploading this to Design Space).
Re-open the AI file, and hide the layer with the cut lines and registration marks.
Now lets print our sticker artwork! Make sure your are printing your artwork at 100% scale, DO NOT select fit to page.
My printer takes forever, so while it’s printing I’m going to set up my cut file in Design Space. Upload the SVG the you saved of just the cutlines & registration marks. Select INSERT IMAGE.
Select the top layer so everything in the cut file is selected - cut lines & registration marks. Check the size of your artwork and make sure it’s 8.5 x 11.
Everything is 8.5 x 11 so with all the layers still selected, I’m going to click ATTACH then SAVE then MAKE IT.
I want the top left corner registration mark as far to the left and top of the mat as Design Space will allow me to go.
I’ve already done some alignment tests with my machine. (If you would like to see a post about my alignment process, leave a note in the comments section below). I’m going to place my printed sticker paper on my mat, right up against the white paper border I have in the corner.
The paper border in the corner represents the area of the mat that the machine will not cut, it’s the same as the area in Design Space where I cannot move my artwork beyond.
Then I’m going to press CONTINUE in Design Space.
For my material I’m going to select WASHI SHEET. So far, this is the best setting I have found for this particular paper and making kiss cut stickers.
(I was going to make a post on how to make your own custom material setting in Design Space, but it’s very glitchy. I’ve reported it and I’m waiting to hear back from the Cricut Team)
Load my Fine Point blade, load my mat into my machine and press GO!
Once it’s done cutting, unload your mat and CAREFULLY remove the sticker sheet from the mat.
Now you have a sheet of cute custom stickers!
