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.

How to make a cricut 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. How to lock the position on the mat. How to cut vinyl with a cricut machine. 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.

8 as you can see the image will automatically go to the top left corner. But you have to use the glue appropriately. Cutting out multiple colors at once. 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.

A cricut mat somehow loses its purpose when the surface has become inaccurate and unable to produce precise cuts. You ll know when it s time to clean the mat when materials don t stick as well as they used to or when the surface has become dirty and if there are soft particles that get in the way. Cricut machine i have the cricut explore air and i love it cricut standardgrip cutting mat. Utilize broad even strokes that go smoothly over the mat.

Cicut and silhoute are copyright names. Click on make it. Mats provide a sturdy surface for cutting fabrics and craft materials while protecting the table they rest on. Make an effort to avoid getting any paste on the edges of the tangle.

I ve put all my colors of htv onto my cricut mat. 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 is a must for an avid craft lover or sewer. This is good when wanting to create apertures in the middle of a page.

Applying glue can be an effective way to make the mats sticky again. 10 create a shape 11 5 x 11 5 inches. Place the mat in the sink. To complete the procedure you have to apply the paste to the inner gridded bit of the cricut mat.

This is a video of my personal take on cutting mats. A cutting mat should be made of self healing plastic which prolongs the life and improves the quality of the mat itself. Place the mat in the sink. Here is what you need to get started cutting vinyl on a cricut.