How To Put Vinyl On Cricut Mat

How to cut vinyl with a cricut machine.

How to put vinyl on cricut 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. Here you can see where on the mat the cricut machine will cut your vinyl. Take your scraper tool and make sure there are no bubbles and that it is adhered to the mat well. Apply the vinyl to the cricut mat with the vinyl side up.

To cut vinyl with your cricut machine place it color side up and backing paper side down onto the cutting mat. 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. Preparation with cricut transfer tape. And of course you will need some vinyl to cut as well as some transfer tape to apply your vinyl both of which you can get from cricut directly or from any good craft store.

Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings. Prepare the cutting mat and machine settings. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. You will need to use your standardgrip mat for cutting vinyl and it s great if you also have the basic tool set or essential tool set to hand.

Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. The vinyl has two layers the paper layer that keeps it in place when. Press flashing go button. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat.

Don t mirror your mats when using vinyl only htv. This video will walk you through how to put your paper on your mat and load it into your cricut. Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.

The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette. How to cut vinyl on cricut. Cricut machine i have the cricut explore air and i love it cricut standardgrip cutting mat. Don t confuse this with htv iron on vinyl that has to be placed shiny side down.