First off you ll need a cutting machine i love using my cricut explore air 2 for all of my vinyl projects.
Cricut create cut vinyl.
Stick a piece of vinyl to your cutting mat making sure the paper backing side is down.
To cut vinyl on a cricut you ll need a few different supplies.
You may need to increase the pressure settings 2 3 times by increments of 2 4 to see a change in the cut result.
After the cutting is done press the eject button on the maker and it will give your mat back.
Once your mat is loaded look for the cricut c to start flashing press the button and your machine will start cutting.
Line the top left corner of your vinyl square up with the grid on your mat and smooth it over the mat.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
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Set your cutting material to the type of vinyl you are using.
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Press flashing go button.
Open the manage custom materials page through the account menu and increase the pressure for your material setting by 2 4 then perform a test cut.
A green standard grip mat works best with vinyl.
You ll also need a weeding tool.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
Load your cutting mat into your cricut using the arrow on the right hand side of your cricut.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
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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.
The machine includes the don juan font and shape cartridge 1 6 inch by 12 inch cutting mat and necessary cords and manuals.
Follow the instructions on the screen to load the mat into the machine image 4 and press the cricut logo button to begin cutting.
Then load the mat into your cricut machine by pressing the flashing load unload button.
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Use your scraper accessory to force any air bubbles out from underneath the vinyl sheet image 3.
The cricut create machine is the same size as the original cricut machine yet it allows cuts from 0 1 4 inch up to 11 1 2 inch on a 6 inch by 12 inch cutting mat.
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Lay vinyl on your cutting mat with the color side facing up.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.