No dies? No worries!

If you have stamps but you didn't get the coordinating dies, don't worry. Cricut has you covered.

The other brands of electronic cutters may have the same capabilities but I can't speak about the other brands because I do not own anything other than the Cricut Expression Air 2. 

You could stamp your image and fussy cut with a pair of scissors but if it is an image that you stamp often, let Cricut help you.

A cut image with no border

• Stamp a clear image onto white cardstock

List It! - Mini Clips 'N More stamp set
by Andy Kay Art purchased at Layle by Mail

• Scan the image and save it to your computer
• Log into Cricut Design Space
• Start a new project
• Select Upload
• Select Upload Image
• Click Browse
• Find the image on your computer and click Open
• Select Complex and Continue
• With the Select and Erase tool (a wand) selected, click on the white area around the outside of the image to delete it
• Click Preview to see the quality of the cut
• Click Continue
• Select Cut Image and click Upload
• Select the image in the upload area and click Insert Images

• Keep the size ratio locked, size the image to actual size. The way that I do that is to measure the stamped image and size the one in Cricut Design Space to match
• Once the images match in size - save it so you don't have to do it again
• Click Make it

• Continue as you normally would when cutting images with your Cricut

A cut image with a little white border

• Stamp a clear image onto white cardstock
• Scan the image and save it to your computer
• Start a new project in Cricut Design Space
• Select Upload
• Select Upload Image
• Click Browse
• Find the image on your computer and click Open

• Select Complex and Continue
• With the Select and Erase tool (a wand) selected, click on the white area around the outside of the image to delete it

• Click Preview to see the quality of the cut

• Cricut will cut all the little black dots. You can erase these using the eraser tool.
• Click Continue
• Select Cut Image and click Upload

Succulents stamp set from Scrapbook and Cards Today

• Select the image in the upload area and click Insert Images
• Keep the size ratio locked, size the image to actual size. The way that I do that is to measure the stamped image and size the one in Cricut Design Space to match
• Once the images match in size - save it so you don't have to do it again
• Select the image(s) and click Offset in the top toolbar

The settings I selected for this stamp set
are 0.056 inches of "border" and rounded edges.

• Click Apply
• Click on the original uploaded image and delete it leaving only the offset image
• Click Make it
• Continue as you normally would when cutting images with your Cricut

images cut with Cricut

images stamped onto Cricut cuts

For either images - with or without borders, Jennifer McGuire best shows how to stamp on multiple cut images here. 

Do you own a Cricut or another electronic cutter? What type of projects do you create with it?