We’ve recently launched a range of exciting new custom die cut stickers so we thought we’d take the time to walk you through what they are, how you can utilise them and how you should upload your artwork.
What stickers can I custom cut?
Looking to create a sticker that’s completely customised? Featuring a strong adhesive backing, our stickers can be cut to any chosen shape! Your customer’s designs are printed in beautiful full colour using our UV stable inks onto a durable heavy-duty vinyl, making them perfect for adding to orders or sealing packages with!
Custom Die Cut Clear Vinyl Stickers
Keep things transparent with our clear stickers! Perfect for layering, our clear stickers can help you craft unique packaging. Simply create your design and enjoy the way light hits and highlights the colours in your customer’s stickers for a fun and exciting finishing touch.
Custom Die Cut Holographic Vinyl Stickers
Bright, shiny, and stand-out, our custom shaped holographic stickers make a statement. Use white in your sticker to enhance certain design elements or leave parts of your design without a white layer to mix with the colours of your artwork to give them a shimmering, holographic effect.
Custom Die Cut Metallic Vinyl Stickers
Printed on gold or silver, our metallic vinyl stickers exude luxury. Custom cut to shape, these stickers are perfect for unique designs that need a fancy finishing touch. Use them for sealing packages, selling in packs, adding to orders, or labelling products!
Custom Cut Vinyl Sticker Sheets
Searching for sheet stickers that are cut to your specifications? Our custom vinyl sticker sheets allow you to create personalised sticker shapes and sizes on one handy page, no need for loose individual stickers. Great for illustrators, designers, or branded merch, create the perfect themed sticker set by featuring a range of designs on a ready to hand out sheet.
What shapes can be custom cut?
Anything you like. Really! The whole concept of custom cut is the idea that you’re in charge. A common choice for custom cut stickers is to cut around the finished shape of the design leaving no white space behind. A popular choice for custom cut stickers is cutting out creative typography. Quotes, slogans, lyrics, you name it, we can custom cut it! Our sticker sheets even allow you to feature a range of custom cuts. Include text, drawings, logos, and illustrations all on one sheet! There’s really no limitation to what you can cut.
How do I create and submit my artwork?
To keep things simple, we’d like two PDF’s from you; one page for your general artwork and another to show where you need your sticker to be cut. Doing this means that our studio team know exactly where you want your custom sticker cutting. In order to make sure both your files line up accurately, we recommend the following method;
1) Create your sticker design as normal.
• Our custom cut stickers are printed in CMYK on your chosen substrate.
• You can print in solid white ink as part of your design or use it underneath certain elements of your design to highlight important features or make text bolder. If you want white to be printed on a clear or metallic stock, you will need to have the colour as a spot colour and label it as ‘White’. If it isn’t labelled as a spot colour, our studio team will assume that you don’t want white printed.
• Alternatively, you can leave parts of your design without a white layer (transparent) to let the unique finish of the material stand out, this is ideal for our clear, holographic, and metallic stickers.
• We don’t recommend text that is smaller than 10pt.
• We don’t recommend stickers that are smaller than 1cm x 1cm. For more complex designs, 3cm x 3cm is a good size.
• If ordering for sticker sheets, you’ll be pleased to know that you can also print on the sheet’s background, leaving a design behind even when all the stickers have been used.
2) Duplicate your original design pages.
3) Create a new colour swatch. Set the colour name and the colour values to the relevant specifications.
Spot Colour Name: Cut
C:0% M:100% Y:0% K:0%
4) Create a 1pt stroke using the colour to show where you require your sticker(s) to be cut.
• Your cut line will need to have curved or rounded edges with no sharp corners as it will tear.
• Please note we need to allow for 1-2mm tolerance of movement when printing and cutting, so bear this in mind when creating your designs, especially those with borders.
• To get the most from your stickers, please leave a 3mm bleed from the cutter and a 3mm safety away from the cutter (we would recommend a block colour or a pattern edge from the safety line to the bleed area, so we are not cutting into the design).
• For sheet stickers, please remember to leave 6mm between each of your designs and 6mm from the edge of the sheet to your nearest sticker.
5) Delete any other elements you do NOT want to be cut.
6) Save your file as two separate PDFs.
Your artwork will then need to be emailed to artwork@route1print.co.uk for our team to check and approve following our free 30-point artwork check.
And there you have it! We’re super excited to offer you and your customers this new product range. If you need any more tips or advice on setting up your artwork for print, we’ve got you covered. Discover our other handy blogs such as; How to Set Up and Upload Spot UV Artwork and How to Set Up and Upload Foiling Artwork and many more on Your Business Blog now.
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