We of course have a few tips and tricks that we use with cricut mats.
What cricut mat for vinyl.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear.
Stronggrip mat the stronggrip mat securely holds heavyweight materials such as specialty cardstock glitter cardstock chipboard and fabric with stiffener.
Cricut makes 3 different mats to use with their explore air machines.
12 x 12 inches or 12 x 24 inches.
A kiss cut is a cut that only goes through the vinyl and.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images using the weeder found in the cricut tool kit leaving.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
If you are using the larger mat then you need to change the setting in cricut design space.
On the pink mat try using a brayer to push the fabric onto the mat.
Select and size images.
Refer to holographic vinyl custom cut guide table below to adjust machine settings.
This tutorial will show you how to cut vinyl using cricut design space which is the cricut design software used for all newer cricut models cricut explore explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker if you have an older cricut machine that uses cricut craft room the software looks different from design space but the basics are the same.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
The cricut 12 x 24 mat.
Cricut cutting mats come in two sizes.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat.
Cricut mat sizes.
Refer to kiss cut guide table below to adjust machine settings.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat.
This can help you remove all of those tiny bits and use the mat a bit longer in between washing.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
Cricut lightgrip cutting mat cricut standardgrip cutting mat and the cricut stronggrip cutting mat.
Load mat into your machine.
Each of these mats is used to cut many different types of materials from lightweight materials like printer paper and washi tape sheets to heavyweight materials like.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
The 12 x 12 mat will be sufficient for most projects but every now and again you might want to go large.
The standardgrip mat is a multipurpose mat that is perfect for a wide range of medium weight materials including patterned paper vinyl iron on and cardstock.
Cricut easypress mat 14 x 14 decorative polka dots rose lilac out of stock special price 17 50 34 99 decorative self healing mat lilac 18 x 24 out of stock.
Use a kiss cut when cutting vinyl.
Cutting holographic vinyl with a cricut machine.
