How To Make A Cricut Cutting Mat

A cricut mat somehow loses its purpose when the surface has become inaccurate and unable to produce precise cuts.

How to make a cricut cutting mat.

9 to stop this from happening you can trick the software to place the image into the centre of your design space and mat. 8 as you can see the image will automatically go to the top left corner. Place the mat in the sink. Cutting out multiple colors at once.

How to lock the position on the mat. The iron on comes from this htv bundle from impressed vinyl and i m cutting with the cricut maker. Click on make it. This is good when wanting to create apertures in the middle of a page.

Cricut machine i have the cricut explore air and i love it cricut standardgrip cutting mat. A cutting mat is a must for an avid craft lover or sewer. Run lukewarm water over the mat then use a plastic hard bristled brush to gently scrub in a circular motion until the entire surface of the mat is clean. A cutting mat should be made of self healing plastic which prolongs the life and improves the quality of the mat itself.

But you have to use the glue appropriately. Click on the shape tool. Cicut and silhoute are copyright names. Here is what you need to get started cutting vinyl on a cricut.

To complete the procedure you have to apply the paste to the inner gridded bit of the cricut mat. In the mat preview i clicked to edit my mat and manually spaced everything just a little further apart so that they would be cut in the right color. 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. Make an effort to avoid getting any paste on the edges of the tangle.

How to cut vinyl with a cricut machine. Mats provide a sturdy surface for cutting fabrics and craft materials while protecting the table they rest on. Place the mat in the sink. 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.

Applying glue can be an effective way to make the mats sticky again. 10 create a shape 11 5 x 11 5 inches. I ve put all my colors of htv onto my cricut mat. Utilize broad even strokes that go smoothly over the mat.