I’ve been making planner stickers since 2013. I’ve made hundreds of planner stickers in that time – everything from icons to sidebars to checklists to headers to themed sticker kits and everything in between.
Over the 4 years I’ve been making stickers people always ask me something along the lines of: ‘these are cute, are they fun to make?’ And I always say ‘yes!’ and then the next question they ask is: ‘how do I make them?’
So if you’re one of those people, I’ve created something just for you: How to make planner stickers is my latest ecourse where I’ll teach you step by step how to make your own planner stickers (for any type of planner) using free software (Silhouette Studio).
The course includes 38 step by step tutorials on how to make planner stickers from start to finish!
No more trying to find the perfect planner stickers that use a font you like, in colors you like and at a size that fits the planner you’re using – you’ll be able to design the planner stickers you want, whenever you want!
Some of the tutorials in the course include:
Getting started
- Silhouette portrait versus cameo: how to choose which machine to use
- Printed versus printable stickers
- File formats (and which file format you should be using)
- Different types of label paper: which one is best?
- Tips/things to keep in mind when making planner stickers
- Choosing the right size for your sticker sheets
- Printing stickers: how to make the colors POP
Silhouette Beginner Tutorials
- Introduction to silhouette studio (I shared this video as a free pre-lude to the course in this post)
- How to use the align tools in Silhouette Studio
- How to create perfectly proportioned shapes
- How to ensure there is no white space on your stickers, even if your blade slips (2 methods)
- Choosing cut settings for your silhouette
Fonts
- Using the text tool in Silhouette
- Downloading and installing fonts
- Recommended fonts list
Choosing Colors
- How to choose colors (and my favorite resource)
- Popular color combinations
- Other favorite color tool resources
- How to change colors in Silhouette
- How to color match anything
- The printables I use to keep track of colors used in sticker kits (download)
- Bonus: how to make icons white
Sticker Size Dimensions
- Plum Paper Sticker Size Dimensions (monthly calendar, vertical, horizontal, student planner, notes and checklist)
- Erin Condren Planner Sticker Size Dimensions (monthly calendar, vertical, hourly, horizontal, teacher planner)
- Limelife Planner Dimensions (All planner styles & sizes)
- MAMBI Happy Planner Dimensions (mini Happy Planner, Classic and Big Vertical)
- Passion Planner compact & classic sizes
- Recollections mini, classic horizontal, classic vertical and large family planner
- Erin Condren hardbound small & large
- Day Designer mini
- Corie Clark Planner
Design Tutorials
- Icon stickers (video tutorial)
- Rounded rectangle or square stickers (video tutorial)
- How to make header stickers (video tutorial)
- Checklist stickers (video tutorial)
- How to make quarter box labels – perfect for appointments, bill due stickers, reminders etc. (3 different styles) (video tutorial)
- How to make hydrate stickers (video tutorial)
- Routine stickers (video tutorial)
- How to make flag stickers (video tutorial)
- Ombre stickers (2 different ways) (Video tutorials)
- Sidebar stickers (2 different ways) (video tutorials)
- How to make word only stickers (video tutorial)
- How to add lined writing space to stickers (video tutorial)
- Making stickers (at any size you like) with patterns (video tutorial)
- How to make teardrop stickers (video tutorial)
- How to make scallop border (video tutorial) and ideas for using it in your sticker design
- How to make hexagon stickers (video tutorial)
How to make your stickers unique
- 15 Ways to make your stickers unique
- Making multi-colored stickers (video tutorial)
- Making stickers using pattern overlays (and where to find them) (video tutorial)
- 10 Ways to use leftover space on your sticker sheets
If you’re thinking, I’d love to make them and I’d love to start a sticker shop on Etsy, but aren’t there already enough people making and selling stickers? The answer I always say is no! There are plenty of sticker shops making the same type of stickers. In the course I provide lots of examples of sticker designs and tweaks you can make to a basic design to make it unique and make your stickers stand out. The planner craze isn’t going away anytime soon!
Speeding up the design process
- How to quickly recolor stickers (video tutorial)
- My secret weapon for making a LOT of stickers in a short amount of time
- How to quickly resize stickers (video tutorial)
- How to efficiently make an entire sheet of stickers – 2 options (video tutorials)
- Download my quality control / workflow checklist for making perfect planner stickers
Making planner sticker kits
- How many (and what type) of stickers to include in your sticker kits
- How to make a sticker kit
- Essential things to include when making a sticker kit
- How to make a lot of sticker kits in a short amount of time (video tutorial)
Click here to enroll in the course
Starting a sticker business
- Pricing your stickers
- Tips for selling physical stickers
- Selling digital files
- Additional Tools for growing your Etsy business
Resources
- 10 Printable worksheets to organize your sticker making
- Where to get icons to use for your stickers (my favorite resources list)
- How to download icons and save them to your computer (video tutorial)
- Best printer brand for printing stickers
- Where to buy label paper (resource list)
- 130+ sticker ideas
- Guide to terms of use and licencing
- Where to get graphics & patterns to use in your stickers
- 100 Stock Photo Websites for making promotion images for your stickers (downloadable list)
- Coupon for my graphics shop: PaperCravings and planner printables + business tools shop, AllAboutTheHouse
- Coupon for my ecourse: How to make patterns in Photoshop and Monetize your Designs
Click here to enroll in the course
I’m intending to add more tutorials to the course (you’re welcome to send me an email with a request for a tutorial 🙂 ) and if I do so and you’re already enrolled, you’ll get access to any updated and additional tutorials for no additional cost. You’ll receive lifetime access to the course!
If you haven’t already, you can watch the first tutorial of the ecourse here.
If you’d like to enroll in the course, here is the link.
If you want to finally learn how to make the perfect planner stickers that suit YOUR planning needs, in the colours you like, in fonts that you like etc. then what are you waiting for?!
Click here to enroll in the course
If you have any questions about the ecourse, just send me an email! 🙂 [email protected]
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