How to Make Waterproof Stickers with a Cricut

Decorate your water bottle or laptop with cute custom stickers! Here’s how to make waterproof stickers with a Cricut, including my favorite materials and tips and tricks to get Print then Cut right!

Ready to make some fun and trendy stickers for your water bottle or laptop that are actually waterproof? Today we’re looking at Cricut’s Printable Waterproof Sticker Set! This set includes two parts—a printable sheet of sticker vinyl as well as a waterproof vinyl coating. This new set is very easy to use with a Cricut machine that has Print then Cut, including the Cricut Explore and Cricut Maker machines, as well as the Cricut Joy Xtra.

These stickers are great for projects where there might be water involved—water bottles, ice chests, car windows, etc.

The Cricut Printable Waterproof Sticker Set comes in a few varieties. I have several but today I’m using the holographic white because I love how it sparkles!

• White
• Transparent
• Holographic White
• Holographic Transparent

Supplies Needed

Get everything you need to make these waterproof stickers in my Amazon shop!

• Cricut machine with Print then Cut capabilities (I am using my Cricut Joy Xtra)
• Blue cutting mat
• Printer
• Cricut Printable Waterproof Sticker Set
• Vinyl squeegee with felt edge
• Or Cricut scraper and a piece of cotton or felt

Making Waterproof Stickers with a Cricut

Setting up the File in Cricut Design Space

Let’s start with setting up the file in Cricut Design Space. I have uploaded all four PNG files I have for you in this post and I changed the size to be closer to 3″ for all of them.

To easily turn these into stickers, use the Create Sticker tool! I wrote all about it in my post Using the Cricut Create Sticker Tool in Cricut Design Space. For these, I used the Die Cut option with a standard border, but there are other options to explore here!

I used the same option for all four of my stickers.

Then I clicked Make it! On the Prepare screen, you’ll see that Design Space has used two sheets for my stickers. But I can save space!

I used the move and rotate tools (you can learn more in my post How to Fit More on a Cricut Mat and Save Material!). I ended up hiding one of the mushrooms because I couldn’t fit it and I only wanted a single sheet of stickers.

Printing Your Stickers

Before we print, take a look at the two parts of the Cricut Printable Waterproof Sticker Set. There are two different sheets. The one on the left is the printable vinyl and has the green Cricut grid on the back. The other one is the vinyl sheet that makes the stickers waterproof.

Then click Continue and you’ll be prompted to print your image. Insert a sheet of the printable vinyl (with the green background) into your printer. I keep the Bleed checked and the Use System Dialog checked.

This will open up the System Dialog Box. On my Mac, I can change the Quality to Best. If you have a PC, you can change the quality to high in your printer settings.

Then click Print and your image will print on the printable vinyl!

How to Apply the Waterproof Vinyl

Now we need to apply the vinyl on top of the printed sheet—this is what will make our stickers waterproof.

At the top of the waterproof vinyl, there is a strip. Peel off the strip.

The area where you removed the strip will be sticky. Carefully line it up with the edge of your printed sheet. Press down to adhere.

Then flip the vinyl up and start to peel the backing away from the rest of the sheet. As you do this, use the squeegee to press the vinyl into the printed sheet.

Then use the squeegee to fully press the waterproof vinyl onto the printed sheet.

Cut the Stickers on the Cricut

Now we can cut our stickers!

Back in Cricut Design Space, choose your material. All of the Printable Waterproof Sticker Set options I mentioned at the beginning of this post are available as options.

Place your printed sheet on a Cricut cutting mat.

Insert your mat into the machine and your Cricut will cut your project!

Because I chose die cut stickers in Design Space, my stickers cut all the way through my backing material. If you choose kiss cut stickers, then your stickers will just cut through the top layer, leaving the backing material in tact.

I really love the holographic look of these stickers! They shimmer and shine in a way that’s difficult to capture in a photograph. They really are so fun!

If you are struggling with your cutouts being accurate, make sure you calibrate your Print then Cut!

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Are you ready to make some stickers of your own? I hope you found this tutorial for how to make waterproof stickers with a Cricut helpful! You can use any images you’d like—grab them from the Cricut Image Library or upload your own! Let me know how it goes for you, down in the comments!