How to Design Custom Stickers

How to Design Custom Stickers

The sticker builder is a separate tool from the gang sheet builder, with its own set of image and text controls. Here is the full run-through.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Upload Your Graphics
    Click Upload Image(s) to add your sticker graphics.
  2. Adjust Saturation
    Use the Saturation slider to adjust colour intensity. Higher for vivid, lower for muted.
  3. Adjust Brightness
    Use Brightness to lighten or darken the image.
  4. Adjust Contrast
    Use Contrast to change how elements stand out from one another.
  5. Reset If Needed
    Click Reset at any point to return to the original image.
  6. Add Text
    Click Text, then Add New Text.
  7. Resize Elements
    Resize text or images by dragging any corner dot.
  8. Style Your Text
    Change the font and align it left, centre or right, then format with bold, italic or underline.
  9. Adjust Stroke Width
    Use Stroke Width to change the outline thickness of your text.
  10. Adjust Height
    Use the Height setting to stretch or compress your text vertically.
  11. Set Your Colours
    Pick text and stroke colours from the colour map tools.
  12. Align Your Design
    Use the alignment buttons to centre your design horizontally, vertically or fully, or position it deliberately left, right, top or bottom.
  13. Frame the Sticker
    Set a Background Colour and Margin to frame the sticker.
  14. Preview the Cut Line
    Toggle Show Image Outline to preview your cut lines.
  15. Scale It
    Use Size to scale the sticker proportionally.
  16. Start Over or Fix
    Clear wipes everything and starts you over. Regenerate corrects design issues automatically. Recenter resets size and position.
  17. Zoom and Check
    Use the Zoom tool to check the detail.
  18. Set Your Quantity
    Enter how many stickers you want in the quantity field.

Pro Tip

Always preview the final layout before you save. Check alignment, contrast and clarity, and switch on Show Image Outline so you can see exactly where the cut will fall.

Custom stickers, designed in your browser, no design software needed.

Order by 1PM Monday to Friday and your sheet is printed, powdered and in the post the same day.

Please note: The gang sheet builder is provided by a third-party app and its features may change over time. Customers are responsible for reviewing and approving their artwork before ordering. DTF Now is not liable for issues caused by artwork that was not checked before it was submitted.

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