Let’s Make Motivational Stickers on Procreate and Cricut Joy Xtra (or with Scissors)

1. Introduction: Hi, I'm Elaine Vitikainen. I'm an illustrator and an entrepreneur from Helsinki. I love making stickers. And one of the stickers themes that I really like are motivational stickers. Motivational stickers have a fun way to remind me of things that are important in life, and they are also a nice way to cheer up others. So in this class, we're going to make a set of motivational stickers. We will design our stickers on Procreate, then cut them on a Cricut Joy Xtra. Alternatively, you can also cut this by hand if you don't have a Cricut Joy Xtra. By the end of this class, you will have a beautiful set of motivational stickers that you've made yourself. I really hope to see you in class. 2. Class Project: For the class project, we will be making die cut motivational stickers. We will design our stickers on Procreate, then cut them on the Cricut Joy Xtra. We would need an iPad, an Apple Pen, or any stylus that you have, the Procreate, and the Cricut design space. We would need the Cricut Joy Xtra, the Cricut Joy Xtra mat, an A4 printable sticker paper and a printer. If you don't have a Cricut Joy Xtra, you can just print this out and cut them by hand. I've provided a set of stamp brushes that I've created to use in our projects. You can find the brush set in the class resources section. 3. Motivational Words: Before we design our stickers, it is important to think about what we would like to write on our stickers. Maybe you have some motivational words that you tell yourself or words that you live by. Maybe there are words that serve as a reminder. But it could also be fun words like words that make you happy and make you smile. So please take some time to write these down on a piece of paper. And also at this point, it would be good to think about your color palette so that your stickers will have a cohesive look. 4. Designing the Stickers: Now it's time to design our motivational stickers on Procreate. So let's open Procreate. Hit the plus sign, and let's create our Canvas. I will set it at 200 mm by 297 mm, which is an A4. And at 300 dpi for good quality printing. Hit Create, and now we can start designing our stickers. But before that, let's download the stamp brushes from the class resources section. I have also prepared my palette with very limited colours. So let's make the first sticker. I will use blue for the text. Then I will go to actions, add, then add text. I will choose the font by going on the right side and clicking Aa. I will use the Drop the Game font. But you can choose any fonts that you like. I will write my text. Then I will rasterise the text by choosing the text layer then rasterise. When the text is rasterised, I can rezise the letters and move them as I wish. Another way to do this is to write all the letters on different layers. But this is how I do it, so feel free to do what is easy for you. So let's start. The goal here is to create interest in the text where the letters are in different sizes and not in a very linear position. So I'm just going through every letter by choosing the Selection tool, freehand, and just going over the letter with my pen to cut it. Then I will go to Transform tool to resize and reposition the letters just so that they don't look too rigid but more organic and interesting. You can also go to the Selection tool, swipe three fingers, then choose Cut and Paste to have the letters on different layers. This way, it is easy to work on them. My main rule in working with the letters is to make the first letter bigger, making the vowels smaller. And if the two same letters are following each other, I will make one of the letters bigger. When you're happy with the text, you can start smoothing the connections between the letters. Then you can add some brushes to fill in the spaces. Pinch all the layer together, then we will add the offset. Duplicate the layer, then go to the Adjustment panel. Choose Gaussian Blur, then slide your pen to the right to choose the thickness. I will set it to 25%. Then go to the Selection tool, choose Automatic, tap your pen or finger, then slide your pen to choose the thickness of your offset. Then invert. Choose the color of the offset. I will choose white. I will add a layer, then I will fill the layer. I will then place this layer under. Delete the other layer, then pinch them together. Let's make three more. For this class, I made four stickers, but you can make as many as you like. You can make them smaller so that you can have more stickers. You can also duplicate them to fill the sticker paper. Once we are done, we can save this file as png, then send it to the Cricut design space. If you're cutting this by hand, change the background color before cutting. This way, you can see the border for cutting. 5. Cutting the Stickers: So now it's time to cut our stickers. We don't need to have a Cricut subscription to do this. So here we are on the Cricut design space. Let's start a new project. Then upload the png file. Follow me in this process. Select your file and set the size width to 5,789, making sure that it is locked. Check that the operation is set to Print then cut. Then make it. I will save my project. Follow me in this process. For the printing, let's remove the Add Bleed, but put on the Add Systems Dialog. Then hit Print. Look for the dialog box. Then check that your printer is connected. Choose the paper size, the media type, and it's important to choose the best quality. Also, check that your printer has the right settings. Then hit Print. The printing is done, and now we will place this on the mat. Please be sure that the arrow is pointing the right way. Then we have to set the Base material, and this really depends on the thickness of your sticker paper. For me, to be sure, I choose medium cardstock and put the pressure to more since you are making die cut stickers. Then load the mat with the stickers on, then go. Unload, and now it's ready. We have created beautiful motivational stickers. 6. Thank You : Thank you for joining me in this class. I hope you enjoyed making your own motivational stickers on Procreate and Cricut Joy Xtra. Please don't forget to snap a photo of your stickers and share them in the project gallery section. I really can't wait to see what you've created. Also, please leave a class review. I would really appreciate it. And if you haven't already, you can check out my digital stickers on sale on Skill Share. Bye for now and see you again soon.