In this tutorial we'll make these cute print and cut sticker sheets. Our four seasons planner stickers are Free when you subscribe to ShibaMail.
What's included? Glad you asked, you'll recieve SVG and DXF files suitable for Silhouette and Cricut cutting machines.
Supplies:
- Silhouette Cutting Machine
- Colour printer
- Silhouette Vinyl sticker paper (or any sticker paper of your choosing)
- SVG sticker design file
Step1: Download and open your SVG sticker file in Silhouette Designer Studio software.
Using a DXF file? The steps for making stickers is the same except the setup takes a few more steps. When you import the DXF in Silhouette it will show the cutlines but not the artwork, so you'll need to open the artwork files seperately and copy and paste them into the cutlines document. Right click and send the artwork layers to the back and align them with the corresponding cutlines.
Step2: Select the Design tab in the top right and go to Page Setup. Check Registration Marks on. Note: Make sure the designs fit inside the registration marks on the page. If not click on Advanced Options and adjust the registration guides to the correct position.
Step3: This step is more of a precaution to avoid your cutline being printed. If you don't have the issue with your red cut lines showing up when you print your stickers you can skip this step. Select around the sticker set, go to Line Style and change the transparency to 100. (change this back to full transparency after you finish printing).
Step 4: Hit print and go into your printer settings. These settings will of course differ depending on your printer but these are the setting we use on a Canon Expression home printer. The import thing is to make sure your printing at a high quality, we find choosing photo printing gives us the best colour prints.
Step 5: Right click on each design and ungroup.
Step 6: With the cutlines ungrouped, select the outside line of each design and go to the line styles. Here you can assign a different colour to the outer edge. You'll need to do this so that you can apply different cut settings to the cutlines. The inside cutlines will be kiss cut and the outside will be cut through to make individual sticker sheets.
Step7: Click send, then go to Line, all your outside lines should be one colour and inside another. Select the red and choose your cutting material to Vinyl Printable and adjust your settings. We used Blade Depth: 3, Force 12, Speed 5. You can experiment with the cut settings as it will vary depending on your material and sharpness of your blade.
Step 8: Select the blue and choose your cutting material to Vinyl Printable and adjust your settings. We used Blade Depth: 3, Force 29, Speed 5. You can experiment with the cut settings as it will vary depending on your material and sharpness of your blade.
Step 9: Align your sticker sheet onto your cutting mat. We're cheating here and using a Cricut cutting mat just because we find they are more durable. Once your sticker paper is on the mat go ahead and feed it into your machine. Note: before you send to cut make sure you have good lighting so that your registration marks are read properly! We usually have the room lights on plus a desk light above the silhouette machine when cutting. Remove from mat and enjoy your stickers!
