Take a closer look at your vinyl.
Making a vinyl cut with cricut.
Place your mat into the machine.
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Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
How to make diy cricut wood signs with vinyl lettering.
Let s cut it with cricut.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
A cricut or similar silhouette machine.
Click go and.
These machines range from 200 to over 3000 most machines i recommend run from 200 350.
I use the cricut explore air 2 this is the current best deal.
We re using cricut holographic vinyl and cricut removable black.
You ll see a paper liner along with the vinyl layer.
This tutorial will show you how to cut vinyl using cricut design space which is the cricut design software used for all newer cricut models cricut explore explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker if you have an older cricut machine that uses cricut craft room the software looks different from design space but the basics are the same.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
On your cutting mat place the vinyl.
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Set the smart dial to vinyl.
Vinyl oracal 631 matte removable or oracal 651 glossy semi permanent transfer tape.
Two different colors of adhesive vinyl one light and one dark.
Making your own vinyl decals with a cricut explore air 2 supplies you ll need to get started.
You may want to use permanent vinyl depending on your application.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
Once your mat is loaded look for the cricut c to start flashing press the button and your machine will start.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
Make sure the side of the paper liner face the mat.
Set your cutting material to the type of vinyl you are using.
Load your cutting mat into your cricut using the arrow on the right hand side of your cricut.
Press flashing go button.
Lay vinyl on your cutting mat with the color side facing up.
Your machine is really clever it will cut the vinyl but not the paper.
Now that you ve prepared your design.
If you re using the cricut maker or cricut joy go to the material setting on design space and select vinyl.
Also we re using a cricut maker but these same techniques can be used for cutting on other brands of machines.
Well fear not because today i am going to share with you the easiest way to make a wood and vinyl sign using your cricut cutting machine.
