Kiss-Cut Sticker Sheets with Silhouette Cameo

Learn how to make kiss-cut sticker sheets with a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine! Just follow this easy Silhouette Print & Cut sticker tutorial!

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate – Cutting custom stickers with your Silhouette Cameo is an easy beginner project; however, working with sticker paper and home printers can sometimes be a bit finicky. This may require some trial and error that is better suited for intermediate crafters.

Making custom kiss-cut stickers with your Silhouette Cameo is a fun and creative way to bring your designs to life! Whether you want to create stickers for personal use or as part of your small business, your Silhouette Cameo is a great at-home solution for making your own sticker sheets.

What is a kiss cut sticker? Kiss-cutting refers to cutting through only the top layer of the sticker material while leaving the backing sheet intact. This technique allows you to create sheets of stickers that can easily be peeled off – perfect for organizing planners, decorating notebooks, or adding a personal touch to any project.

Kiss-Cut Silhouette Cameo Stickers:
Video Tutorial

If you prefer to watch video tutorials, click the video above to learn how to make stickers with your Silhouette Cameo cutting machine. Or keep scrolling to read all about it!

How to Make Kiss-Cut Sticker Sheets

For this tutorial, I am going to walk you step-by-step through the process of designing, laying out, and cutting stickers using your Silhouette Cameo. I will be creating a sheet of stickers using a single image; however, you can also use this same technique to create sticker sheets with multiple images as well.

Designing Your Sticker Sheet

First, open up a new project in the Silhouette Studio Software. Open up the Page Setup panel and select your machine type and paper size.

Toggle over in the Page Setup panel and turn on Registration Marks and Print Bleed.

Next, go to File>Merge to insert your sticker design (preferably in PNG format). If necessary, resize your file to suit your needs – I’m making my stickers 1.5″ round.

Use the copy/paste function to duplicate your sticker design, and then arrange the images in a grid or pattern that allows you to fit the most possible on a single sheet.

Note that you can NOT have any printed material extend beyond the red border or into the registration mark area (denoted by hash marks) or your Cameo will not be able to cut your stickers properly.

Printing Your Sticker Sheet

Once you have your sticker sheet arranged, it is time to print them out. Click on the Print icon in the upper toolbar, and your Print Preview box will appear. You will notice the added print bleed around the edges of each sticker. This allows the Cameo to cut all the way to the very edge of the design with no white space.

Click the blue Print button, and set your Printer Settings. I recommend printing at the highest quality and selecting Heavy Glossy or Premium Presentation Paper from the paper settings.

Cutting Your Sticker Sheet

Take your printed sticker sheet and place it in the upper left corner of the Silhouette Cutting Mat.

Load the cutting mat into your Silhouette Cameo.

Go back into the Silhouette Studio software, and open the Send panel. Set the following settings:

• Set the Materials – I am using Sticker Paper, White
• Set the Action to Cut
• Choose which Tool and Tool Carriage you will be using – I am using an Autoblade in Carriage 1
• Select all of the stickers on the page, and then make sure it is set to Cut Edge only. This ensures that none of the interior portions of your design will be cut.

Finally, choose your Blade Settings. You want the blade to cut through the sticker paper without cutting through the backing paper.

This may require some trial and error to perfect with your particular brand of sticker paper. The settings shown below are what I use with J&J Packaging Sticker Paper and may not be the same for you; however, these settings are usually a good starting point for your testing.

• Blade Depth: 2
• Passes: 1
• Force: 11
• Speed: 8

When everything is correctly set up, click the final blue Send button in Silhouette Studio to send the cut job to your machine. First, the Cameo will scan the mat for the registration marks, and then it will begin cutting.

When the cut is complete, unload the cutting mat from the Cameo, and remove the sticker sheet from the mat.

Remove the excess sticker material, leaving your stickers cleanly on the backing sheet.

Now, you can easily peel and remove each of the individual stickers from the larger sticker sheet.

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