How To Lay Vinyl On Cricut Mat

Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.

How to lay vinyl on cricut mat.

What is a cutting mat and why use it to cut htv. Most basically a cutting mat is a lined piece of plastic that has one sticky side. You ll save a perfectly good cricut mat a few dollars and it can be a fun project to boot. Don t confuse this with htv iron on vinyl that has to be placed shiny side down.

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. How to cut vinyl with a cricut machine. Take your scraper tool and make sure there are no bubbles and that it is adhered to the mat well. Cricut machine i have the cricut explore air and i love it cricut standardgrip cutting mat.

The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings. Preparation with cricut transfer tape. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.

Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat. 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. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.

Rachel will break down how simple it is to cut and apply vinyl to y. 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. If you ve ever wondered how exactly to cut and apply cricut vinyl this video is for you. Press flashing go button.

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. Refer to kiss cut guide table below to adjust machine settings. Apply the vinyl to the cricut mat with the vinyl side up. 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.

How to lock the position on the mat. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat. 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. 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.

Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear. Here is what you need to get started cutting vinyl on a cricut. You then load the cutting mat and your material into the cutting machine and voila.