Do you know of any good site that provides custom vinyl stickers?
I want to be able to upload my own pic and create stickers out of them. I need to be able to define my own shape (e.g. square or circle or star or even draw my own). I tried a few sites out there but they first do not allow you to upload your own and second do not allow you to define your own shape. Any idea?
I have a machine called a Silhouette. It cuts vinyl so I can make my own stickers and has a print first option that allows me to run through my printer and then put in the cutter machine and cut out the sticker outside. I use the machine mostly for scrapbooking – cutting paper – but these machine in general were designed for graphics shops to make vinyl signs, stickers, transfers what have you. Is this for fun or business? There are "professional" machines for graphic shops but the silhouette is a good machine for just a hobbist.
Silhouettes can be found on Youtube for a demo and sold on ebay etc. There are different software programs and you can buy to make using the machine easier – the basic program is really Basic….
I bought my silhouette for about 150. Upgrade software is $150. You need to buy blades as needed abou $5? each and optional mats ( to put the vinyl on) and you can get these all on ebay too or find a supplier. I recommended http://www.ittybittyscrapshack.com.
Yahoo groups has a support group for shiloutte users with a library of shapes, projects.