Die-cut stickers are a wonderful and decorative tool for scrapbookers, card makers and even for those creating posters for school projects. Die-cut stickers also make great gifts for younger children who love to stick stickers everywhere. They can be made in almost every shape imaginable, and are much less expensive to make at home than they are to buy in craft stores.
Instructions
1. Cover the back of a piece of decorative paper with double-sided carpet tape, leaving the protective paper on the other side of the tape.
2. Adhere your paper to your cutting mat, with the tape side down.
3. Place the desired cartridge in your Cricut and the key overlay on the keypad of your Cricut. Turn on the Cricut.
4. Select the design that you want to cut using the key overlay, also selecting any special features that you want to use to make the cut.
5. Set the Cricut blade on Depth 5 to ensure that it cuts through the paper and tape. Set the speed and pressure to the appropriate settings for the design you chose. It may be beneficial to do a test run on a regular piece of paper to determine the best speed and pressure settings before attempting to cut your stickers.
6. Load your cutting mat with the paper attached to it into the Cricut machine, move the blade to the top right-hand corner of the paper, set the paper size and then press "Cut.".
7. Unload the paper from the machine once it has finished the cut and remove your sticker from the mat using the Cricut spatula.
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