Click continue in the lower right corner green button smooth your vinyl paper backing side down onto your cutting mat making sure to cover the entire area on the mat where the design is dictated on the cricut design space screen.
How to set vinyl on cutting mat for cricut.
A green standard grip mat works best with vinyl.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
If the blade is set too low it will chomp up your cutting mat.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
How do i cut vinyl on a cricut.
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.
Test cut on new projects.
Everything is cut out and that saved a lot of time reloading and cutting each different layer on a new mat.
Here you can see where on the mat the cricut machine will cut your vinyl.
The iron on comes from this htv bundle from impressed vinyl and i m cutting with the cricut maker.
I set my material to iron on in design space and now i m ready to cut all my colors at once and it looks like i need to clean my mat.
You ll also need a weeding tool.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear.
Cricut lightgrip cutting mat cricut standardgrip cutting mat and the cricut stronggrip cutting mat.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
If set too high it may only cut slightly through your.
The smart set dial eliminates the need to make manual pressure depth and speed adjustments.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
Set the smart dial on your machine to vinyl or if you have an older machine without a smart dial check out cricut s cut settings guide for vinyl.
To change the position of your design on the cutting mat all you need to do is select your design and manually drag it to change its position.
This is used to remove the negative pieces of vinyl.
To cut vinyl on a cricut you ll need a few different supplies.
Keep the mat covers.
Cricut makes 3 different mats to use with their explore air machines.
Cricut cutting mats come with a plastic protective cover over them.
Cricut explore s smart set dial is a material selection dial that offers pre defined settings to get the best results on paper vinyl iron on cardstock fabric poster board and more.
How to lock the position on the mat.
First off you ll need a cutting machine i love using my cricut explore air 2 for all of my vinyl projects.
Wherever you drag the design on the mat the position will be locked in and your cricut will cut it out in that exact position on your mat.
