THE CREATE STICKER TOOL IN DESIGN SPACE

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THE CREATE STICKER TOOL IN DESIGN SPACE

The following instructions will teach you how to use all of the options in the Cricut Create Sticker Tool in Cricut Design Space.

Author: Cori George

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Instructions

Accessing the Create Sticker Tool in Cricut Design Space
Using Cricut Design Space Beta
If you don't see the Create Sticker tool in your version of Design Space, you may need to switch to the Beta version. To do so, go up to the menu on the right, click Settings, and ensure you have Beta checked under Application Experience. Design Space will restart after you choose Beta, so make sure you have anything you're working on saved before switching.
Note that Beta can be glitchy! This is where they are testing things out and finding bugs. So you'll probably have to deal with some annoying glitches along with getting early access to new tools.
At some point this tool will be moved to the general feature set and you won't need to have beta turned on to access it.
Cricut Access Members Only
Additionally, Cricut Create Sticker tool is only available for Cricut Access members. Cricut has been really pushing their Cricut Access subscription by adding more tools that are only available for Cricut Access members, like the Monogram Maker and the Warp Tool. Cricut Access members also have access to 300,000+ images, 700+ fonts, and other perks. At less than $10 a month, Cricut Access is a good deal for most Cricut crafters.
If you don't want to pay for Cricut Access, you can do a lot of this using the Offset Tool.
Which Machines Work?
You can use the Create Sticker tool on any Cricut Maker machine, any Cricut Explore machine, Cricut Venture, and Cricut Joy Xtra. You cannot use it with Cricut Joy because Cricut Joy does not support Print then Cut.
The Cricut Maker 3 is being used for this project.
Desktop Only...For Now!
This feature is currently only available in the desktop version of Cricut Design Space, but Cricut has it roadmapped to be included in the iOS and Android apps in the near future, so keep checking your app.
Print then Cut Calibration
Print then Cut Calibration
Because creating stickers is a Print then Cut project, you may need to calibrate your Cricut. You can follow the steps in this post How to Use Cricut’s Print then Cut Calibration.
Where is the Create Sticker Tool in Cricut Design Space?
On desktop (Mac and PC), the Create Sticker tool is found at the top in the toolbar. It's right in the middle next to Offset.
Using the Create Sticker Tool & Uploading Images
You can use this tool on most images in Cricut Design Space, including images you upload yourself. These instructions will show you three different sticker options. This project is using the cute little houses shown above in the Supply List and it is a free download for you.
Go to Upload in the left-hand toolbar. From here, click upload file and navigate to the file you want to upload. Then you'll see a Select Image Type screen. We're using print then cut, so choose Complex and click continue.
In the next screen, you'll remove any background. The free house files have a transparent background (indicated by the gray checkerboard), so there's nothing to remove. But if you have a file with a background, you'll want to remove it here. Click Apply & Continue.
Then you'll select your upload type as a Print then Cut Image and choose Upload.
Then you can add your images to your Canvas. This project is using three images to make three different types of stickers.
Select your first image and click the Create Sticker dropdown in the top toolbar. Here you'll see two options: Die Cut and Kiss Cut. Choose Die Cut first.
Then you'll see some more options. You can choose to have a border around your image and there are several sizes here. Here Standard was chosen. You can also change the color of your border fill if you'd like.
There's also an option for Cut Interior Shapes. These free images don't have any interior shapes, but if you were, for example, cutting letters of the alphabet, you could have Design Space cut the insides of the letters A, B, etc.
Click apply and you'll see that your sticker is created. It has a dark gray line around the edge of the border you chose and your image is flattened if you started with a cut image. You'll also see Sticker in the Layers Panel on the right.
Creating a Die Cut Sticker in Cricut Design Space
Next up, let's do a Kiss Cut sticker. Choose Kiss Cut from the initial dropdown and again you'll see similar options. The same standard border and white border fill color was chosen here. Don't click Die Cut Edge...that will be next. Again, you'll also have the Cut Interior Shapes option if you'd like.
Click Apply and you'll see your border around your Kiss Cut sticker. Notice that the Kiss Cut border is slightly lighter than the Die Cut border. This is so you can visually see that the darker border will cut all the way through the liner, whereas the lighter border will only cut through the sticker layer.
Note: you'll see an error of "Review Warnings" at the bottom of the screen...but there are no warnings. This is a small example of how Beta can be a bit glitchy!
Creating a Kiss Cut / Die Cut Sticker in Cricut Design Space
For the final house, you will do all those same Kiss Cut options, but this time you will be choosing a Die Cut Edge.
Click Apply and you'll see there are TWO borders on your image. There's a light gray border—this is your Kiss Cut sticker. And there is a darker gray border—this will be Die Cut all the way through the liner.
Printing and Cutting Your Stickers
Once you have all of your stickers ready to go, click Make It in the upper right. You'll be taken to the preview screen where you'll see your stickers. For this project two copies were made to make use of the piece of printable vinyl used, and also the tips and tricks from this post were used: How to Fit More on a Cricut Mat and Save Material!
Click Continue to go to the Make Screen. Here you can print your image. The bleed was left on, but it doesn't really matter since the bleed will be white because there is the border. If you have NO border, then definitely use the bleed option so you don't end up with white edges where the image didn't cut perfectly.
Using the System Dialog box was also selected so that the the print quality could be set to "Best."
While your printer is printing your image, you can set the material for your project in Cricut Design Space. An older Printable Vinyl was used for these stickers so the correct material was chosen.
Then place your sticker sheet on the Cricut mat and your Cricut will cut out your stickers! It was surprising that it cut all three types of stickers in one go—normally, you can only do one type of cutting on a single sheet, but here it did all three.
Results!
Now let's look at how these three sets of stickers turned out! The registration on this sticker wasn't perfect, even after calibrating the Print then Cut. So if you're struggling with that, you're not the only one!
First up are the Die Cut stickers. These stickers cut all the way through the liner sheet. They worked well, though Printable Vinyl is not the best material for die cut stickers, only because it's a little thin.
Next up are the Kiss Cut stickers. These were actually printed out of a different sheet of Kiss Cut stickers just because the whole sheet of stickers didn't photograph well with so many of them die cut out of it! These worked perfectly and are a great use of the Cricut Printable Vinyl.
And then finally we have our Kiss Cut and Die Cut stickers. This is basically a combination of both methods above. You can just see that it left the white border on the liner. This is not a favorite way to make stickers, only because it feels like it uses more material than necessary.