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The sticker setup that finally worked for me
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items I experimented with different printers, papers, cutting methods and little tricks before finding a workflow I really liked. This collection has the tools that gave me the best results plus a few unorthodox hacks for making high quality homemade stick...
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MY Gear
Making stickers taught me the process matters too
Beautiful prints for so many different applications, not only do I use a printer for making stickers, but it does fantastic prints of my artwork as well! Now, although I do love the quality of Prints, this printer does, the ink is a little expensive....
Canon Pro Printer
This printer will work just fine and it gets the job done. It may not be as high-quality as the other printer I recommend and that’s OK if you’re not planning on making large quantities of high-quality stickers. This also works as a great secondary p...
Canon PIXMA
I really like this machine granted I’ve never tried a cricket. But what makes this different from a cricket is you can scan your images straight into the machine, what this means is you can print out a sheet of stickers go to your scan and cut and sc...
Sticker Brother Scanncut
my favorite laminating sheets for matte finish.
Matte Laminating Sticker Pouches
This is just another laminate pack. It’s a nice durable one that has a gloss finish instead of a matte finish like the other pack that I recommend.
Sticker Laminating Pouches / GLOSS
Now here’s one of those tricks that you might not hear from anyone else. After you print your stickers out, place them back to back with the graphic side outward and slide them into a lamination sleeve. Once you put it through the laminator, you can ...
Thermal Sticker Laminator
This is where it all starts! Vinyl sticker paper is definitely the way to go. It makes them waterproof and gives them a machine that paper sticker sheets just can’t do. I also like the matte paper because it allows you to laminate your stickers with ...
Premium Printable Vinyl Sticker Paper
Now this one is fun. This is like regular paper that you can draw to create your own handmade stickers, and you can use all the steps we’ve talked about you just don’t need a printer anymore. This is a fun option and it makes your stickers more perso...
Label Sticker Paper
The basic essential tools for sticker makers! Not a whole lot to say here, but these tools are so useful when you’re creating stickers I couldn’t imagine trying to do it without them.
Sticker Basic Tool Set
This is the mat that your paper sticks to when your stickers are being cut on the brother scan and cut. I like to have a couple extra of these because they honestly don’t last very long. They seem to work fine for a while and then they just get fille...
Brother Scan And Cut Mat
Perfect for sketching on your computer! I LOVE MINE! They’re super responsive and high-quality. I love that you can customize the buttons as hot keys that help you run through programs like Adobe illustrator or Photoshop extremely easily. It can quic...
Wacom
Now, if you’ve made it through this list and you thought to yourself “ wow, this is a lot of stuff I need and it’s going to be a lot of work” this could be your best solution, especially if you just wanna create a few good quality stickers. I’ve used...
Sticker Mule
Editing programs
This is the programs that inspired me to make stickers in the first place!
I make all my stickers in either Adobe illustrator or Adobe Photoshop. These programs are the leading edge when it comes to digital art and photo editing. I know these products can be expensive and it sucks, but you have to get a subscription to use ...
Adobe Creative Cloud | Details and products
This is a free photo editor. You can use online to help create your stickers. I do highly recommend getting a subscription to something like Photoshop or Adobe illustrator but this is definitely a good second choice, actually it’s a really close seco...
Free Online Photo Editor
Now here is one that I haven’t used, but it’s definitely possible. You can use ChatGPT or any AI generative program to create your graphic, then you can print it out and use all the other techniques. We’ve talked about through this list to create you...
ChatGPT
videos
Here are some of my videos and others that will help you start your sticker journey
Now this is an old video of mine ha ha don’t judge me. But this is showing the exact moments I was learning how to create stickers and I went through all the different stages that ended up creating this list so I thought I would share it.
I leaned how to make stickers Here’s how it went.
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