Step 1.1: “All You Need Is Love” Design

1- In order to be able to start our Design, we are going to access our Design Space application and in there we are going to click on the + New Project Green button located on the top Right corner of our screen.

2- After we clicked in there, we are going to be able to access our Blank Canvas, in where we are going to start creating our Design:

3- We are going to start by creating our first design, by using the shapes functionality located on the left vertical menu bar, and we are going to choose a Heart:

After you add it to your canvas you should have something like:

4- We are going to insert a banner, that is going to be located in the Images functionality located on the left vertical menu bar:

Once in there, we are going to search by banner and we are going to choose the Free option

💡Tip: You can also search by the code/ID of the image, in our case the code/ID is: #M8DE4390

Once you added, you should have something like:

5- We are going to duplicate our heart, by just adding another heart from the shapes functionality:

💡Tip: You can also duplicate shapes or images by clicking on the element that you want to duplicate, and then using the Edit functionality (pencil icon) located on the top menu bar, in there chose Duplicate OR after selecting your element, using your keyboard you can combine: ctrl / command + D:

6- We are going to proceed now by resizing our banner, in order to do that we are going to use the Size functionality located on the top menu bar, and in there we are going to add the following measurements: W: 2.89” and H: 0.768”

💡Tip: You can add the measurements that you like, OR you can resize any of the elements by clicking on it, and then overlapping the mouse in one of the little squares showing on the corners and click and move the mouse in order to decrease or increase the size of your element.

If you want the W and H not to be tight together, click on the lock that is showing, so you can add the different dimensions separately.

7- Once that we have our banner resized, we are going to overlap a little bit of the bottom of the banner over the top of our heart (we are going to separate our second heart and not going to use it for now), and by using the slice functionality located at the bottom right menu bar:

After the slice:

8- We are going to eliminate all the elements in there, except the banner, and we are going to place at the bottom of the banner our full heart, leaving a blank space between the two elements, something like:

💡Tip: In order to eliminate the elements that you are not going to use, you select the element and using your keyboard you press the Delete key.

9- We are going to change the color of our two elements, in order to do that we are going to locate an small square located next to the Operation drop down in the top bar menu, and in there we are going to chose the color of our preference, in our case we are going to use:

• Banner: Light purple
• Heart: Dark Pink

💡Tip: When you change the color, in the advanced section, you can add the code for the color that you want, in our case we are using the following colors:

10- We are going to add a phrase: ALL YOU NEED, by using the Text functionality located in the left vertical menu bar, 

11-  We are going to change the font for: Cricut Classic – Chunky, in order to do that we are going to select our text and locate the Font functionality in the top bar menu and in there we are going to search for Cricut and select the font mentioned above.

12- We are going to place our text over our banner, and using the size functionality as before, we are going to resize it accordingly:

💡Tip: If you want to center/align your text with your banner you can use the Align functionality, you need to make sure that the elements that you want to align (two or more) are all selected:

13- We are going to add a the word: is, that is going to be inserted in the heart, for this word we are going to use the font: Cricut Classic – Chunky, using the same process ad before

14- Following the same process, we are going to add a the word: Love, that is going to be inserted in the heart, for this word we are going to use the font: Favorite Fonts Collection – Ole

15- Lastly we are going to add another heart inside the heart shape:

16- Using the slice functionality (the same we used in Step 7), we are going to slice into the heart the 3 elements: heart, is and Love. You should have something like:

And we are going to delete the slice results. Having something like: 

17- We are going to choose all our elements, and we are going to flatten it, by using the Flatten functionality located on the right bottom menu:

18- We are going to generate the offset, for that we are going to choose our design that is already flatten and locate the offset functionality in the top menu bar:

Personally we consider that 0.12” of offset is good for stickers, but feel free to explore and find the measurement that you like! We are going to keep the Weld option checked and then we are going to click on Apply:

After the offset generation:

💡Tip: In the offset (black background) you are going to notice that there is a small blank space, that space is going to be cut, so in order to avoid small cuts in the middle of the design (if you want them you can just leave them like that) we are going to use add a small circle overlapping the blank space and using the weld functionality we are going to fill that space:

After the Weld:

19- After the offset is done, we are going to change the color to white, but keep in mind that you can use any color that you like!

20- And lastly, we are going to attach and flatten our original design with the offset:

21- Now we are going to resize everything to a more sticker size, normally stickers are 3” x 3”, so we can use that measurement as a reference OR you can use any size that you want!

22- After you are happy with the design, especially with the measurements, we are ready to save our design, Click on Save button on the Right Top side of the screen and provide a name to your design and click on Save button.

23- Our first sticker is READY!!!!!! You did an amazing job!

Since when you print and cut, you are not able to print on the same sheet of paper/cardstock/printable vinyl again, we are going to provide a couple of cute images that are ready to be printed and cut so you can add to your design! BUT also, we are going to teach you how to do 2 more designs really quickly using the same functionalities as on the first design! So if you have any concerns, just check the steps that we did with our first design!

Step 1.2: “LOVE” Sticker

We are going to apply some of the same concepts and functionalities that we used with our first design!

1- We are going to use the Text functionality and we are going to add 3 different texts: L , V, E and we are going to change the font to: Annlie Extra Bold and we are going to change the color to Black.

2- Using shapes functionality, we are going to add a heart and change the color to red:

3- At this point we are going to arrange the letters and the heart so it reads: LOVE, something like:

4- Now, using the Align functionality, we are going to align them so they are centered correctly, in our case we aligned them horizontally:

5- When your alignment is done, we are going to just flatten the design.

💡Tip: We are not going to attach the design, because if we attach it, we are going to lose the 2 different colors of our design.

6- The last step is to create the offset, the same as we did with our previous design. 

💡Tip: Remember to attach and Flatten you offset with your design!

Step 1.3: Adding cute extra images!

1- Using the upload functionality, the same as we used before, we are going to upload the following images:

• Rainbow_star.png
• Flip.svg
• Cassette.svg
• Pineapple.svg
• Flower.svg
• Ice_Cream.png

💡Tip: You have to upload them one by one, BUT you can select them all together in order to add it to the canvas. Also, you can use any image that you want, there is no need to have a SVG extension for the print then cut functionality.

2- After you upload them, you should have something like:

3- You are going to select each image at the time, resize it to the desired size and add the offset.

💡Tip: You can change the colors to one of the flowers for example to create more stickers if you need to fill the sheet that you are going to print. Or you can play with different offsets colors.

4- Remember to Save your project every time that you do a modification in order to avoid losing anything if something happens!

Step 2: Print and Cut The Design

1- Before start printing and cutting our design, we need to make sure that we are going to cut with the right cricut machine, in order to do this, we are going to click on Maker in the top Right Menu, next to Make Green button and in there, we are going to choose our machine, in our case we are using a Cricut Maker

2- We are going to turn on our cricut machine by clicking on the power button:

3- We are ready to start printing and cutting, so you are going to click on the MAKE green button.

4- Before proceeding with the print and cut, we are going to present to you all the functionalities/configurations that you can see on that screen:

💡Tip: Since we are not using different configurations than the default ones, there is no need to change anything on this page.

5- We are going to click on Continue

6- When you click on Send to Printer, in here you select the printer device, the amount of copies. We are going to turn off the Bleed. And then click on Print.

💡Tip: Based on your printer, you should change the paper type by enabling System Dialog and also in your printer. In our case with our printer, only changing the paper type in the printer is enough.

7- Based on your printer, you need to add the paper on the tray, in our case, the glossy part of the paper is going to be facing down.

8- After the print is ready, we suggest waiting at least 5-10 minutes before cutting so the design is not affected by the cricut rolls while cutting.

9- When we are ready to cut, we are going to click on Browse All Material:

Once in there, we are going to search by the word: vinyl

Or you just simply can go down to the bottom of the list and click on it and then click on DONE button

💡Tip: If you click on the favorite icon next to the cricut small icon, you can easily access the material without searching for it every time, so you just click on this icon:

And after that your materials are going to be displayed in here:

10- In our case is just Vinyl, so we are going to choose Pressure Less the following configurations:

11- Now that our configurations are ready, we are going to proceed to add our vinyl in our physical mat, in order to do that, we grab our vinyl/stickers and our mat. 

12- After our Mat is ready, we are going to make sure that we add the mat under the rollers, and we are going to click on the upload button:

💡Tip: Remember that this instructions are for Cricut Maker, if you have another Cricut Machine, the instructions could be slightly different.

13- Once the Mat was uploaded, we are going to click on the Cut button and the machine is going to start cutting and you are going to be able to see the progress of the cut on your device screen.

For the print then cut process, the machine first is going to read the square lines that were added when printed, if you are cutting in a very dark room, we recommend turning on the lights.

14- After the cut is done, the upload/download mat button is going to start blinking, meaning the cut is ready, so you are able to download the mat from your machine and proceed to add the next mat following the same process. 

Also, you are going to notice a check next to your mat on your device screen, so with this you can differentiate which mat/design was already cut and which ones not yet.

Some extra Tips:

• For Print and Cut, if you arrange the design differently than the cricut default arrange and something happen and you need to re-start the process of printing and cutting, BUT you already printed and want to cut that sheet, you are going to obtain something like this:

So we do not recommend re-arranging the images on print then cut scenario.

• If you do not flatten or attach the images that are PNG/JPG. Also in the image below you can see the difference between a sticker with and without offset.

Step 3: Weeding

1- After the cut is ready, we are going to use our fingers very gently to remove the stickers:

2- Once you separated all the stickers you are going to have something like:

Step 4: Use your stickers!

1- You are ready to start using your stickers!!