Vinyl What Side Up Cricut

Create a design space project.

Vinyl what side up cricut. Apply the vinyl to the cricut mat with the vinyl side up. If you need a hand loading a design into cricut design space head over to their youtube page where they have a great class posted. Vinyl that you ll use will typically be made up of two parts. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat.

In the end if you re faced with two shiny sides the same color the slightly less shiny side is going to be the vinyl side. 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. A cricut machine i used the cricut maker for this tutorial but any cricut machine will work standardgrip mat. The vinyl has two layers the paper layer that keeps it in place when.

Take your scraper tool and make sure there are no bubbles and that it is adhered to the mat well. Find cutting and application instructions below. Preparation with cricut transfer tape. 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.

Think wall decals temporary signs and decorations etc. The vinyl and a paper liner. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings. Most removable vinyl adhesive can be removed by just peeling it up.

Open up cricut design space and create a brand new project. Don t confuse this with htv iron on vinyl that has to be placed shiny side down. Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. Cricut easypress 2 or a household iron easypress mat or a super fluffy towel folded up instructions step one.

Removable vinyl is perfect for applications where you may want to remove the vinyl in the future. Have your design ready to go. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat. The iron on vinyl is put onto the roll carrier side out which means the side that curls down is the carrier side and the side that curls up is the vinyl side.

Press flashing go button. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. Cutting premium vinyl permanent with a cricut machine. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.

Place your vinyl on your cutting mat with the paper liner side towards. Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette.

Cricut vinyl older and being discontinued does not specify permanent or removable oracal 631. 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. 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.