How To Make A Photo Mat With Cricut

This is a color coded tutorial for instructional purposes.

How to make a photo mat with cricut.

The knife blade will only work in the cricut maker. Cricut cutting mat the type is determined by the card stock weight most light weight card stocks will use the lightgrip cutting mat but higher weight card stocks may use a standardgrip cutting mat. No other machine has the adaptive tool system to hold this blade. Then select the advanced options on the following screen.

Will the knife blade work in my cricut machine. Card stock a light to medium weight will work great. Then you tape your art photo to the back of the mat making sure your piece is centered in the mat as you want it. Convert photo to svg in cricut canvas upload.

Do i have to use the knife blade to make these custom mats. You don t need a computer or even a cricut machine to make this concept work. The blade will make several passes so this will take some time. Cut a stencil with your cricut machine.

The very last couple of files will probably be the most useful however it is much easier to save as you go along just incase someone wants a file to go with the photo tutorial. Move the white star wheels all the way to the left insert the cutting mat into your cricut maker insert the knife blade and click go to begin cutting. How to turn a photo into a svg using cricut advanced options. How to turn an image into a cut file using cricut select erase.

Cricut machine a cricut maker or cricut explore air machine will work for making a card stock mat. Something with a medium tack works well and you can always switch out the art. The knife blade is the only blade that will cut through the thick mat board. I used the heavy card stock setting because the card stock i purchased was on the thick side and that setting worked like a charm.

Thank you for watching. I used masking tape for this. You have some art all cut and matted by you. This blue was spray painted it worked well on the mat boards.

2 make sure your design is centered on the preview of your cutting mat before you cut out the file. 3 place one sheet of card stock on your cutting mat and select the material type you are cutting. When the first cut pass has been completed design space calculates the expected cut time remaining.