🌈Full Color Stickers

Make a paper sticker with any design or photo!

Making Full Color Stickers

1. Log into one of the EDGE Lab computers using the login credentials displayed on the terminal. Make sure the computer is connected to one of the Sihouette Cameo vinyl cutters.

2. Find the image(s) you want to make a sticker of. Most people find images online, but you can also use original artwork or photos. If you want to use an image saved on your phone, email the photo to yourself.

3. Once you’ve found the image(s), download to the desktop by right clicking the image and selecting “Save Image As”

4. Open Silhouette Studio on the computer by clicking the icon, or by typing “Silhouette Studio” in the search bar “

5. In Silhouette Studio, click the Page Setup icon to open the Page Settings

   a. Set the Size to Letter

   b. Set the Cutting Mat to Cameo 12 x 12

   c.Click the Registration Mark icon and set to On

   The paper should now have a crosshatch pattern along the top and on the bottom left corner

1. Place your image into Silhouette Studio by going to File -> Merge and selecting the image you saved.

2. Resize your image

   1. Click the image once, drag any of the corner squares to get the sticker to the size you want

   2. Make sure that the image is not too close to the crosshatch or the red border.

   3. If you’re placing multiple images repeat steps 5 and 6. Be sure to leave some space between each of the images (as you’ll be creating border cut lines later).

1. To print, go to File -> Print. When the Print window pops up, select Print@Helix (for the color printer).

2. Click on Preferences and make sure that it's set to "color" (not black and white).

3. Click on the Paper Source tab and select Multi-purpose Tray.

4. On Paper Type, click Settings and select the Labels option

5. Click Print to send your file to the printer. A "Cost Center" pop-up will appear. Choose "General Printing" (or "Assets" if you're printing during Aspire time).

6. Take a sheet of Sticker Paper and locate the big Canon Uniflow printer on the other side of the library

7. Log in to the printer with the code 381.

Select “Secure Print” and select either "General Printing" or "Assets"

Open the Multi-purpose tray on the side of the printer and place the sticker paper, making sure the printable side is facing down.

Select the document you want to print and Select “Print Jobs”

1. Return to the EDGE Lab computer and get a cutting mat

2. Make sure the arrow on the cutting mat is pointing up

1. Align the bottom left corner of the paper with the the 11 inch line and the left borderline on the cutting mat

1. Make sure the paper is lying flat on the cutting mat

2. Place small pieces of tape on the top, bottom, and right side of the paper

3. Turn on the Cameo and load the paper into the Cameo

Align the left edge of the cutting mat with the blue line inside the Cameo

Unlock the rolling bar

Move the white right roller to the right corner of the cutting mat and lock the rolling bar

Press the load button on the Cameo screen to load the paper, making sure that the cutting mat stays aligned

If the cutting mat loads crooked, hit the unload button on the screen and load the paper again

1. Return to Silhouette Studio to give your images an outline for the Cameo to cut

If your image is a square:

Click on the image and then select the Offset Panel

Then click on Offset to give the image a red border around it (which tells the Cameo where to cut).

If your image is NOT a square:

Click the Trace Panel

Click Select Trace Area

Click and drag to highlight your whole image

Click Trace Outer Edge

Move the image away and you will see the trace result of the image

Select the outline and select the Offset Panel

Then click on Offset to create a red border around the trace (this tells the Cameo where to cut).

Select the trace result (inner border) and delete it to keep only the offset (outer border).

1. Send the file to be cut

In Silhouette Studio, click Send on the upper right

Select Line

On the material option, scroll down until you see the sticker outside option

IF the option is not there, you’ll need to add it:

Click Add New Material Type

Name it Sticker Outside

Set the Speed to 6 and the force to 28

Click Save and close the Materials window

Now select the sticker outside option

Click the Send button on the bottom, and the Cameo will start to cut the images

1. Remove the stickers

When the Cameo is done cutting, press the Unload button on the Cameo

Take the paper of the cutting mat and your stickers should stay on the mat

Take them off the mat, and they’re ready to be peeled!