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Kiss-cut shape stickers

Circle, square, rounded —
kiss-cut on their own backing

Your customer designs one sticker in a fixed shape. It is cut through the vinyl but not the backing, and the backing is trimmed a little larger so it peels cleanly. The cut line, backing trim and safe area come from the product, so what reaches you is already press-ready.

See the three shapes

No sign-up to try it · One shape, one cut line · Backing trimmed 2 mm larger

Pressria sticker editor showing a 70 mm circle kiss-cut sticker opened from a template, with its cut line and safe area guides
Circle kiss-cut, 70 mm → cut line and safe area shown
✔ Runs in the browser, nothing to install
✔ Cut line fixed to the shape
✔ Backing trim kept separate
✔ Safe area on screen while designing
✔ Print-ready PDF per order

Three shapes

Pick a shape and open the editor

Same product class, same margins — only the outline changes. Each demo opens the editor on a real product, so you see exactly what your customer will see.

Pink dashes are the kiss cut, the purple line is the backing trim.

What makes it kiss-cut

Two cut lines and a safe area

A die-cut shape needs one cut line. A kiss-cut shape needs two — the sticker itself, cut through the vinyl only, and the backing around it, cut all the way through — plus a safe area inside the sticker. They have to stay in that order, or the backing gets trimmed straight through the sticker.

Kiss cut line

The sticker’s own outline — circle, square or rounded — cut through the vinyl only.

4 mm in from the page edge
this is the finished sticker size

Backing trim line

Where the backing is cut all the way through — a rectangle around the sticker, whatever its shape.

2 mm in from the page edge
2 mm of backing around the sticker

Safe area

Text and faces stay inside it. The editor draws it on the canvas while the customer works.

6 mm in from the page edge
2 mm inside the sticker

Worked example: a 40 mm circle is edited on a 48 mm page, sits on a 44 × 44 mm backing and keeps its artwork inside a 36 mm safe circle. The editor shows the kiss cut line and the safe area; the backing trim line is added to the production file. All three values belong to the product, not to the file.

Sizes

Standard sizes, and any size you add

The size you sell is the finished sticker. The backing is 4 mm larger overall, and the editing page your customer sees is 8 mm larger, so bleed is handled before they start.

ShapeStickerBackingEditing page
CircleØ 40 mm44 × 44 mm48 × 48 mm
CircleØ 50 mm54 × 54 mm58 × 58 mm
CircleØ 60 mm64 × 64 mm68 × 68 mm
CircleØ 70 mm74 × 74 mm78 × 78 mm
CircleØ 80 mm84 × 84 mm88 × 88 mm
Square · Rounded40 × 40 mm44 × 44 mm48 × 48 mm
Square · Rounded50 × 50 mm54 × 54 mm58 × 58 mm
Square · Rounded50 × 70 mm54 × 74 mm58 × 78 mm
Square · Rounded70 × 70 mm74 × 74 mm78 × 78 mm

Need a 65 mm circle? Create it in your settings from any row above — the shape and cut type are inherited, so the production spec cannot drift.

The file you receive

A real order PDF, not a mock-up

This is the file Pressria generated for a 70 mm circle kiss-cut order, opened from a template. One page at the editing size, 78 × 78 mm, with each part on its own layer.

  • DesignThe artwork, CMYK, bleeding past the sticker edge
  • PerfCutContourThe kiss cut — a 70 mm circle, 4 mm in from the page edge
  • CutContourThe backing trim — a 74 × 74 mm square, 2 mm in from the page edge
Download the sample PDF
Order PDF for a 70 mm circle kiss-cut sticker: the artwork, a circular kiss cut line and a square backing trim line

Lines drawn thicker on screen. In the file they are hairlines in the spot colour names your shop sets.

What stays fixed

Your customer changes the artwork, never the cut

With a fixed shape the risky part is not the outline, it is the order of the lines around it. That order is locked on the product before a single customer opens the editor.

The outline cannot drift

The circle, square or rounded outline comes from the product, not from the uploaded image, so every order of the same product cuts the same way.

The backing cannot cross the sticker

When you save a kiss-cut shape product, the cut margin must be larger than the sheet trim. A spec that would trim through the sticker is refused in your settings, not discovered at the cutter.

Safe area on screen the whole time

It is drawn on the canvas while the customer works, not shown once at checkout.

Made for templates

A fixed shape is where ready-made designs work best. Register a template once and your customer only swaps the name, the date or the photo. The sample on this page started as an AI-generated SVG.

Die-cut or kiss-cut

The same shapes, two products

Circle, square and rounded are also sold die-cut — cut all the way through, so the sticker is the whole piece. Kiss-cut keeps it on a backing: easier to hand out, easier to peel, and the backing edge protects the sticker in a bag.

  • Kiss-cut: the sticker on a backing trimmed 2 mm larger
  • Die-cut: one cut line, the sticker is the piece
  • Separate products with separate spot-colour names
  • See die-cut shapes →

Many designs on one sheet?

That is the free-form kiss-cut format: every design gets its own contour cut line, and the sheet carries its own trim line.

70×70 · 85×85 mm · A6 · A5 · A4 · 4″×6″ · Half Letter · US Letter

See kiss-cut sheets → — built in the same editor as seals

Your catalogue

You set the spec. Your customer works inside it.

Every shape product carries its own size, cut margin, sheet trim and safe area. Start from any Pressria preset, set your own size and margins, and the shape and cut type stay locked to the base — so a new size is a row in your settings, not a release.

Your spot colour names

Set the name and CMYK build for the kiss cut line yourself — PerfCutContour, or whatever your RIP already expects.

Registration marks for your cutter

L-corner for Graphtec and Mimaki, circular for Roland. Sending the job to the cutter stays with your own cutter software.

FAQ

Common questions

What is a kiss-cut shape sticker?

One circle, square or rounded sticker, cut through the vinyl only and left on a backing that is trimmed slightly larger. The sticker peels off cleanly, and the backing edge gives a thumb something to hold.

What sizes can I sell?

Circles at 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80 mm; square and rounded at 40×40, 50×50, 50×70 and 70×70 mm. You can also create your own size from any of these in your settings.

How much larger is the backing?

2 mm on every side by default. A 40 mm circle sits on a 44 × 44 mm backing, and your customer edits on a 48 mm page, so nobody has to think about bleed.

Can I change the margins?

Yes, per product. The cut margin has to stay larger than the sheet trim, otherwise the backing would be trimmed straight through the sticker, so the settings page refuses any combination that breaks that rule.

What lands in my production folder?

A print-ready PDF at the editing-page size, with the artwork, the kiss cut line and the backing trim line on separate layers, in the spot colour names your shop sets. The sample on this page is a real one.

Design a round sticker yourself

No sign-up, no install. Open the circle demo, drop in an image and watch it sit inside the cut line.

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