Sticker Patterns for Stained Glass | Procreate & Cricut

1. Introduction: Hey, everyone. My name is Amaya and I'm a stained glass artist. In this class, I will be showing you exactly how I make my sticker patterns for stained glass. We will start by drawing our pattern in Procreate and then cut it out using a cricket machine. I'll share the exact sticker paper that I use for all my patterns so that you can start creating your own. Turning your patterns into stickers is a game changer when it comes to the process of making stained glass. This ensures that your glass cutting is precise, and these stickers stay on great throughout the grinding step, which is key for getting all the glass to fit together perfectly. If you're just starting out with stained glass, you can join my previous class Stained Glass for Beginners to get started on your first piece. 2. Drawing the pattern: Okay, so let's start off with creating the pattern. I am in Procreate, which is where I draw everything. And this is an 8.5 by 11 inch canvas because that is the size of my sticker paper that I will be that I will be using to create the pattern. So first thing I'm going to do is bring in my pattern, my design. So this is just a sketch. The size of this is about five by seven, which is what I want the final panel to be, so I'm just going to leave it as this. So over here in the corner, we see our layers. I'm just going to create a new one and lower the opacity of my sketch. And then the brush that I use is under the painting section, and it's the round brush. And the key to getting smooth lines is adjusting the streamline and stabilization. So I normally keep it pretty high around 60%. And then for the brush size, I keep it about two to 3%. And that spacing seems to be good for me. The line work always ends up having enough space in between for the foil. Okay, so now we can start our line work. I'm going to go over into the settings and then canvas and turn on the drawing guide. We're going to be using the symmetry and the drawing guide to help get perfect line work. So first, I'm just going to start with the straight line since that is the majority of this pattern. I'm just adjusting the grid size so that it lines up. And then make sure that you are on your new layer. And then if you turn on click on a layer and then turn drawing cyst on, this will give you perfectly straight lines. And then another thing that you can do is to make sure that you have everything even and it's symmetrical is go into the symmetry section, and then I'm going to do vertical to do the side lines. And then you can hold to get a straight completely straight line. Okay. And then to draw the stars, I'm going to edit the drawing guide. Under symmetry, I'm going to choose quadrant and then just adjust the blue point to be in the center of the star. And then so that I don't have to draw another star, I'm just gonna copy this and paste it. And then to finish up the remaining lines, I'm just turning the grid back on and adjusting that. Mm. Okay, so we have our line work done. I'm just going to turn off the sketch and then turn off the background layer. And now I'm going to set this up for cutting out in the cricket software. So since this is small enough, I can fit two on a page. So I'm just going to turn it and then duplicate that, drag it down. I'll enter them. Okay. Now I'm going to create a layer, another one. And all we're going to do here is just create some sizing marks in the corner. And the reason that I'm doing this is because if you don't have these markers in the corner, the cricket software will resize it. It will basically stretch and warp the image, and I will show you what it looks like if I do enter this sin without the marks, so you can see exactly what I mean. But I'm just going to save this az PNG, and then we will bring this into cricket design space. 3. Cutting the pattern: Alright, so I'm in the cricket design space, and I'm just going to bring in our pattern. So this is the pattern without the corner marks, just so you can see exactly what happens when you don't add them. We're going to choose single layer. And then since the size that we created the canvas was 8.5 by 11, that is what I'm entering in here. So, of course, it just gets rid of the blank space around it and resizes it. This is not the correct size that it should be. So I'm just going to go ahead and delete that, and we're going to bring in the correct one with the corner marks, and there we go. So we can go ahead and make this. And always pay attention to where it shows the outline on the mat. That is where you want to place it. And then the setting that I use is this one, the premium vinyl permanent glossy. That is just the setting that has worked best for cutting these stickers out. And I just keep it on the default pressure. But depending on the blade that you're using, you can just adjust it to whichever you need. So now let's go ahead and cut this out. So the sticker paper I use is by the brand koala and you can find this on Amazon. It is the mat vinyl sticker paper. And here you can maybe see where it cuts out each time. So that's where I'm going to stick the paper. And now we're ready to cut this out. Alright, so now I'm just going to peel away the background. So just all the extra. And now remove the linework. And here's our finished stained glass sticker pattern. So now we can just number these with, like, a marker, and then peel them off, stick onto the glass, and you can get started making your stain glass piece. The sticker paper specifically is waterproof, as well as tear proof. So it is really good quality, and it will hold up all throughout the stainglass process. Because they are waterproof, they do stay on perfect well grinding, and they help so much for getting the perfect shape. And just to give you an idea of what I ended up making from these sticker patterns, I made this stained glass lamb. So definitely the stickers are great for getting consistent pieces, especially when you're working with a lot of pieces like this. So yeah, if you haven't used stickers for stained glass, you definitely should try it. 4. Project: For the class project, make your own stained glass sticker pattern. Either start by drawing your pattern or turn an existing pattern into stickers using the steps in class. Share a photo of your sticker pattern in the project section. I'd also love to see your completed stainglass piece made from this pattern. If you're trying stained glass for the first time, make sure to watch through my previous class for the full breakdown of supplies as well as guidance through each step of the stained glass process. As always, if you have any questions, let me know in the discussions page, and thank you so much for joining.