Day 26
August 17: Stickers!
Yesterday's live was another low-lift sticker day — but not because I wasn't inspired. The night before, I finally had a reunion with my color eco printer and a stack of sticker paper. This was the first time I got to actually print out some of the goodies I've been uploading for y'all to play with, and I'd been dying to print the moth stickers in particular.

I also broke out my Cricut to cut them out. Holy crap — game changer. My fingers thank me for not having to fussy-cut a stack of tiny moths by hand.

If you've got a Cricut too, I'm including the PNGs with transparent backgrounds below so you can skip the fussy cutting and go straight to the fun part.

To see the live chat in real time watch this video on YouTube here.

Download and printThis file will work with a Cricut.This one works because the moths are silouhetted on a transparent back ground. 

Print & Cut Your Moth Sticker Sheet on a Cricut

  1. Upload the PNG. In Cricut Design Space, click Upload → Upload Image, and select your moth sheet PNG.
  2. Insert to canvas. Click Insert Image to place it on your mat.
  3. Confirm Print Then Cut is active. With the image selected, look for the printer icon in the Layers panel — that means Cricut will print the image, then cut around it using the registration marks.
  4. Set your cut line margin. Click on the image, then open the Contour tool in the top toolbar (this controls the offset/margin for your cut line). Alternatively, some versions show this as an Offset option in the side panel. Enter a small value — around 0.05" to 0.1" — to push the cut line out slightly from the artwork, giving you that thin white sticker border instead of a cut line that hugs the design too tightly.
  5. Click Make It. Select "Print then Cut" when prompted.
  6. Print the sheet. Print onto your sticker paper — make sure your printer settings are set to Actual Size / 100%, not "fit to page," or the registration marks will be off.
  7. Load and cut. Place the printed sheet on your mat, load into the Cricut, and select your material (sticker paper, or the closest vinyl/matte setting if not listed). The machine reads the registration marks and cuts along your set margin automatically.
  8. Peel and weed. Peel up the excess paper around each cut line, and you've got your finished stickers.


If you are fussy cutting your stickers do this:
  1. Right-click  (or control click for mac, press and hold on mobile) on the image and choose "Save Image As" (or "Download Image").
  2. Save it to a folder you'll remember — like "Day 1 Journal Files."
  3. Open the saved JPEG and print at 100% / actual size (not "fit to page") so nothing gets cropped or stretched.
  4. Print on whatever paper you're testing today — plain, cardstock, watercolor, whatever's on hand.

Tip: if the image opens directly instead of downloading, just right-click anywhere on it for the save option.

Things I used Some of these are an affiliate link some are not. 

The Little Photo printer I love
I like this vinyl sticker paper
I am using this Cricut Machine
And this eco tank printer