Does anyone else always fight with their Cricut? I recently struggled with my Cricut not cutting laminated stickers. I would put the sheet in my machine and it would just keep trying to scan it to find the black line. I found a way to fix this! Keep reading!
Cricut Not Cutting Laminated Stickers
I found that when I put my laminated sticker page into my Cricut it would just keep scanning for the black lines. The shiny laminating paper I was using was causing my Cricut to keep scanning and eventually give me an error message.
Does Waterproof Sticker Paper Work?
You are probably wondering. “why I didn’t just use different sticker paper?” I found that the waterproof, high-quality paper just didn’t print nicely. The black would always smear and eventually, the color would wash away. I found that using a printer paper-sized label and then laminating it was the best two products to use when making stickers with your Cricut.
Cricut Not Cutting Laminated Stickers
The one thing that ALWAYS works for me is to take scotch tape and tape over the black lines on your laminated sticker page. This will allow your Cricut machine to pick up the black cutting lines and cut out your stickers. There are a few different kinds of scotch tape. Make sure not to use clear scotch tape.
Recap Cricut Hacks for Making Stickers
- Use full sheet sticker label to print your stickers onto
- Laminate stickers using self-adhesive laminating sheets
- Put scotch tape over black cutting lines so Cricut can pick up your lines
I hope this Cricut hack helped you! I know I was struggling so much with this issue and was so happy to have this idea work. Happy Creating!
