How To Lay Vinyl On Cricut Mat

Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.

How to lay vinyl on cricut mat.

You ll save a perfectly good cricut mat a few dollars and it can be a fun project to boot. The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat. How to cut vinyl with a cricut machine.

Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat. Remove the negative pieces from each of the images using the weeder found in the cricut tool kit leaving. You ll find this guide useful when you need to re use an old cricut a silhouette mat or a cake mat that s used for baking. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat.

Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear. Most basically a cutting mat is a lined piece of plastic that has one sticky side. Rachel will break down how simple it is to cut and apply vinyl to y. You then load the cutting mat and your material into the cutting machine and voila.

Refer to kiss cut guide table below to adjust machine settings. This video will walk you through how to put your paper on your mat and load it into your cricut. Preparation with cricut transfer tape. The point of the sticky side is to let you stick your material here heat transfer vinyl onto the mat which holds it in place.

Apply the vinyl to the cricut mat with the vinyl side up. Here is what you need to get started cutting vinyl on a cricut. Adhesive vinyl i get my vinyl from expressions vinyl but you can also get it directly from cricut or from a craft store like michaels. Whatever mat and machine you are using put your adhesive vinyl paper backing side down onto your mat so the colored vinyl side is facing up see image below.

Press flashing go button. How to lock the position on the mat. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.

Cricut mats come in several different variants but the method of cleaning should be more or less the same. 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. Don t confuse this with htv iron on vinyl that has to be placed shiny side down. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.

If you ve ever wondered how exactly to cut and apply cricut vinyl this video is for you. What is a cutting mat and why use it to cut htv. Preparation with cricut transfer tape.