Creating custom stickers can be a great way to personalize your products, packaging, or personal items. With Adobe Illustrator, you can easily design and customize your own stickers while incorporating a cut line to ensure accurate cutting during the printing process. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the step-by-step process of creating a custom-sized sticker with a cut line in Adobe Illustrator, using a spot color called “CutContour” with a 0.25pt stroke. By following these steps, you’ll be able to create a professional-quality sticker design that’s ready for printing.
- Open Adobe Illustrator and create a new document with the dimensions of your sticker.
- Set up your color swatches by going to Window > Swatches.
- Create a new swatch for the cut line by clicking the New Swatch icon at the bottom of the Swatches panel. Name the swatch “CutContour” and set the Color Type to Spot. Choose a color for the cut line that is easy to distinguish from other colors in your design.
- Draw the artwork for your sticker on the appropriate layer.
- Create a new layer for the cut line by going to Layer > New Layer. Name the layer “Cut Line” and move it to the top of the layer stack.
- Use the Pen tool to draw the cut line around the perimeter of your sticker. Set the stroke weight to 0.25pt and the stroke color to your “CutContour” swatch.
- Once you have completed the cut line, select both the artwork and the cut line and group them together by going to Object > Group.
- Save your file and export it as a PDF, making sure to select the appropriate settings for your printing needs.
- When you send your file to your printer, be sure to communicate that the cut line is a spot color called “CutContour” with a 0.25pt stroke, and that it shouldn’t be printed.
Following these steps should help you design a custom-sized sticker with a cut line using Adobe Illustrator. With its powerful vector editing tools, Illustrator is an excellent tool for creating precise and high-quality sticker designs that will stand out on any surface.