How To Make A Cricut Cutting Mat

Place the mat in the sink.

How to make a cricut cutting mat.

How to cut vinyl with a cricut machine. 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. A cutting mat should be made of self healing plastic which prolongs the life and improves the quality of the mat itself. Applying glue can be an effective way to make the mats sticky again.

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. A cricut mat somehow loses its purpose when the surface has become inaccurate and unable to produce precise cuts. 10 create a shape 11 5 x 11 5 inches. Click on the shape tool.

Mats provide a sturdy surface for cutting fabrics and craft materials while protecting the table they rest on. 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. Place the mat in the sink.

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. But you have to use the glue appropriately. This is a video of my personal take on cutting mats. 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.

Utilize broad even strokes that go smoothly over the mat. To complete the procedure you have to apply the paste to the inner gridded bit of the cricut mat. Cricut machine i have the cricut explore air and i love it cricut standardgrip cutting mat. The iron on comes from this htv bundle from impressed vinyl and i m cutting with the cricut maker.

Click on make it. Cicut and silhoute are copyright names. A cutting mat is a must for an avid craft lover or sewer. Make an effort to avoid getting any paste on the edges of the tangle.

Cutting out multiple colors at once. 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. How to lock the position on the mat. This is good when wanting to create apertures in the middle of a page.