Cricut made its name with cutting machines, but its newest trick doesn’t cut at all. The StickerPix Print is the company’s first real move into printing, and it turns your phone into a sticker and photo factory.
There are two machines in the lineup. The StickerPix Print + Cut ($299) prints, laminates, and precision-cuts custom shapes in one pass. The StickerPix Print ($169 for the Essential Bundle) skips the blade and works with pre-cut sticker sheets instead. This is the one to know about if you want the fun without the learning curve.
What it actually does
The StickerPix Print uses thermal dye-sublimation at 300 DPI, the same print technology behind those durable little photo prints from retail kiosks. Every print gets laminated automatically, so stickers and photos come out water-resistant, scratch-resistant, and fade-resistant with no extra step.
You design in Cricut Design Space on your phone, tablet, or computer, send it over Bluetooth, and push one button. The machine handles the rest. Cricut’s library holds more than 1.8 million sticker images from independent artists, plus one-click photo effects and editable templates if you don’t want to start from scratch.
The Print model works with two materials: pre-cut sticker sheets (circles and rectangles, 4×6 inches) and 4×6 photo paper for prints and photo cards. If you want custom-cut shapes instead of pre-cut sheets, that’s what the Print + Cut’s built-in blade is for.
What’s in the Essential Bundle
The $169 Essential Bundle is the starter kit: the StickerPix Print machine in Blue or Teal, an ink cartridge good for 54 prints, 18 circle pre-cut sticker sheets, 18 rectangle pre-cut sticker sheets, and 18 sheets of photo paper. Everything you need to start making is in the box.
The fine print worth knowing
No honest writeup skips the caveats, so here they are. The StickerPix only works with Cricut’s own sticker sheets and photo paper, so you’re locked into their consumables. The max size is 4×6 inches, it prints one sheet at a time with no queueing, and the Print model makes stickers on pre-cut sheets only. Cricut hasn’t announced replacement costs for ink cartridges or sticker sheets yet, which matters for the long-term math.
None of that is a dealbreaker for the target buyer, but it’s worth knowing before the box arrives.
Who it’s actually for
This is a machine for parents making birthday party stickers, teachers labeling everything in sight, small business owners printing product labels, and anyone still scrapbooking in 2026. It’s closer in spirit to a phone photo printer like the Polaroid Lab than to a traditional Cricut cutting machine. No mats, no blades, no weeding tiny vinyl pieces with tweezers.
If your phone is already full of photos that never leave the camera roll, or you’re the person who makes DIY invitations for every party, the StickerPix Print earns its $169. It’s also an easy holiday gift pick for the crafty person who has every cutting machine already. The Leica Sofort 2 I covered earlier prints from your phone too, but at $398 it’s playing a different game entirely.
The StickerPix Print Essential Bundle is $169 at Cricut and Amazon. Early hands-on reviews suggest the print quality punches above the price.
