Set the smart dial on your machine to vinyl or if you have an older machine without a smart dial check out cricut s cut settings guide for vinyl.
Cutting vinyl on cricut settings.
Stick a piece of vinyl to your cutting mat making sure the paper backing side is down.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
This will get you to a good starting point.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
Once you have arrived at the send tab this is where you can change your settings.
Material choose type of material closest to the vinyl you will be using.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
This process is known as weeding.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
When i selected the.
The half step settings between fabric and custom circled in the image above perform a 2x multi cut which means the machine will cut twice in the same spot.
If your material is not listed here try a test cut with a similar material setting provided the thickness of your material is less than 2 0 mm for cricut explore and less than 2 4 mm for cricut maker.
You can use a design from cricut access or make it projects or your own design.
Press flashing go button.
Size your design in cricut design space accordingly.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
To enable fast mode with cricut explore air 2 use the dial settings highlighted in green in the image above vinyl to cardstock.
You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.
I selected iron on but there are options for glitter iron on foil iron on patterned iron on etc.
For this i used the cricut maker but the cricut explore air 2 also does a great job of cutting iron on vinyl.
Refer to kiss cut guide table below to adjust machine settings.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
If you select the cricut maker to cut your iron on heat transfer vinyl you ll be prompted to set your material.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
How to cut heat transfer vinyl on a cricut.
Click make it in the upper right hand corner.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear liner intact.
You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat.
