Free Printable Stickers – Rainbow Recycling Containers

These free stickers feature recycling container icons in rainbow colors 🌈. Use these to track your recycling pickup days 🗑️.

You will need a printer to print out these stickers, and a cutting machine to cut them out.

I am using my Epson EcoTank printer.

And I am using my Cricut Explore Air 2 cutting machine, so the instructions below show how to cut these stickers with a Cricut.

The files included below are for Personal Use Only.

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Rainbow Recycling Container Stickers – Materials list

This is what you need in order to print the free stickers

Printable sticker paper or printable sticker vinyl, in Letter Size or A4 size. I am using A4 printable sticker vinyl
A cutting machine. I am using my Cricut Explore Air 2
A printer. I am using an Epson Inkjet printer
My free Rainbow Recycling Container printable stickers

Rainbow Recycling Container Planner Stickers

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

This tutorial will show you how to make a rainbow recycling container sticker sheet

Materials

My free rainbow recycling container printable stickers
Printable sticker paper

Tools

A printer
A Cricut cutting machine

Instructions

STEP 1 - DOWNLOAD THE FREE PRINTABLE STICKERS

You can download the free printable stickers by signing up to my newsletter. The printable stickers come in two layers: a base layer and top layer.

STEP 2 - UPLOAD THE STICKERS TO CRICUT DESIGN SPACE

Start a new project in Cricut Design Space, and click "Upload"

Click "Upload Image"

Upload the base layer, and click "Continue"

Click "Apply & Continue"

Select "Flat Graphic", and click "Continue"

Click "Upload"

Click "Upload Image", and upload the top layer

Click "Continue"

Click "Apply and Continue"

Select "Flat Graphic", and click "Continue"

Click "Upload"

STEP 3 - SET UP THE STICKERS IN CRICUT DESIGN SPACE

Move the base layer into the top-left-hand corner. Align the top layer so that:

the top layer fits entirely within the base layer
the washi pattern looks seamless

Using the "More" dropdown, you can edit the "Position" values to align the two layers more precisely. I used an X value of 0.083 and a Y value of 0.083 for these stickers to perfectly align the two layers

Select the two layers and click "Attach"

Adjust the size of the Attached layers to 5.5" x 8.5"

Optional step - Duplicate the base layer 3 times, and align the layers. Drag the new base layers to the bottom of the Attached layers.

What this means: the rectangle shape of the sticker sheet will be "kiss cut" 4 times, which will separate it from the rest of your printout.

STEP 4 - PRINT THE STICKERS

Click "Make"

Select your paper size. I am using A4 sticker paper

Click "Continue"

Click "Send to Printer"

Toggle off "Add Bleed". Toggle on "Use System Dialog"

Click "Print"

This step will depend on the printer and the computer you are using. I am using a Mac and an Epson printer, and I select "Best" quality for printing

Your printout will look something like this:

STEP 5 - CUT THE STICKERS

Put the printout onto your cutting mat. I am using a LightGrip cutting mat

Choose your cut settings

I recommend testing different settings to see which work best for your setup. My settings are: dial set to 'custom' and 'Printable Vinyl, White (Gray Liner Printing)' selected, with a Fine Point Blade

Load the mat into your Cricut. Press the arrow button to load the mat, and the Cricut icon to start cutting

Once your Cricut is done cutting, remove your sticker sheet from your mat, and you're done!

Notes

If the white space around the stickers isn't even, I recommend calibrating your machine for Print Then Cut. Personally, I calibrate my machine before every Print Then Cut cutting session, because I like the white space to be as even as possible.

Personal use allowed

You can use these files however you want for your own personal use. Print off and make as many stickers as you want!

But you can’t use the files commercially, or redistribute the files.

What this means is: you can’t use the downloads for any commercial purpose, like selling the files themselves or stickers you make using the files.

And you can’t reproduce, repackage or redistribute the downloads, not even partially, for any reason.

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