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TL;DR:
What is sticker therapy?
Decorating an empty scene, like a room or a street, one sticker at a time. It's sold as sticker books, but you can design your own set too.
Why use transparent stickers for a sticker therapy?
The background shows through around each piece, so the furniture looks like it belongs in the room.
How do you make your own sticker therapy set?
Put all the pieces on a transparent sticker sheet and print the empty scene on the back with back paper print. Peel from the front, decorate the back.
What can you print on the back of a sticker sheet?
With back paper print, you can print the empty scene itself, like Rebecca did, or instructions, a short story or a checklist of all the pieces.
Can you choose which parts of a transparent sticker are see-through?
Yes. In the editor you pick No effect, Color effect or Full effect per color, from completely solid to completely clear.
So, what is sticker therapy?
Sticker therapy is a calm, hands-on activity where you build a scene with stickers. You start with an empty space, like a cozy room, a café or a street, and furnish it piece by piece until it feels just right.
It has become a whole thing lately (I'm a big fan myself), and there are plenty of sticker therapy books out there with ready-made scenes to fill. They're great if you'd rather skip the drawing part and just get straight to the fun bit, the peeling and placing.
But if you're the creative type who loves to draw and design, you can make your very own sticker therapy set instead, with your own room, your own furniture and all the tiny details you can think of. That's what the rest of this article is about.
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The room that got us hooked
Rebecca Lemker, better known as @pixebo, was our Artist of the Month in April 2025 and designed that month's Thank You card. It was a sticker therapy set before I even knew the word for it. The sheet is printed on transparent material and filled with everything a room needs: a desk, an office chair, a rug, plants and a bunch of tiny details. The back is an empty isometric room in pixel art. So you peel the pieces off the front and decorate the room on the back yourself.
Rebecca loves clear material because it lets her create isometric 3D rooms like this one. Fun fact: she first made stickers as prototypes for Pixome, the isometric pixel-art game her studio is making, where you arrange furniture and décor into cozy spaces. So it's safe to say that she knows a thing or two about tiny rooms.
Read more about her in our Artist of the Month interview with Pixebo.
Make your own sticker therapy set
Here's how I'd do it, step by step:
Draw the pieces: furniture, plants, pets, snacks, tiny books. Draw them from the same angle as the room, so everything fits together when you place it.
Put them on a transparent sheet: make sticker sheets in transparent material and add a white layer to the parts that should be solid.
Turn the back into the room: with back paper print, you can print the empty scene on the back of the sheet, just like Rebecca did. An empty room, a little shop, a garden or a street, with plenty of space left to fill.
Or add a little extra: the back also works for instructions, a short story or a checklist of all the pieces, if you'd rather keep the scene somewhere else.
And if you're making sets as gifts or to sell, our sticker sheet ideas have a lot more inspiration.
Why transparent is the secret ingredient
The magic of a sticker scene is that every piece looks like it belongs there. On transparent stickers, the area around each piece is clear, so the room, the floor or the street underneath shows through and the furniture blends right in.
You also decide how see-through each part should be. In the editor you pick an effect per color:
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No effect: a white layer goes under the print, so the colors are solid and nothing shows through. Great for furniture, plants and anything that should look real.
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Color effect: the colors turn a little see-through, nice for shadows, glass or a soft glow from a lamp.
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Full effect: that part stays completely clear, like a window or the space between the legs of a chair.
Our guide on how to make transparent stickers goes deeper into all three.
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Final thoughts
So, to sum it up: sticker therapy is all about building a little world, one sticker at a time, and you don't need a book to do it. Put all the pieces on a transparent sticker sheet with a white layer where the colors should be solid, print the empty scene on the back, and let the room shine through around every piece you place. Rebecca's Thank You card is the perfect proof of how good that can look.
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Transparent stickers by @pixebo
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Transparent stickers by @mashallnicolesmith
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Transparent stickers by @thecreativepain
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Transparent stickers by @prozeet
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