How To Use Mat Vinyl

A lot of people think that you have to use a mat when cutting with the cricut.

How to use mat vinyl.

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. You will want to put the vinyl face up on your mat and press it down well. If you have a roll of vinyl you can adhere to just the 12 12 area and leave the rest hanging off the edge of your mat. The point of the sticky side is to let you stick your material here heat transfer vinyl onto the mat which holds it in place.

Most basically a cutting mat is a lined piece of plastic that has one sticky side. This helps prevent curling. You then load the cutting mat and your material into the cutting machine and voila. How to put adhesive vinyl on the mat.

You can get silhouette cameo cutting mats in 12 x 12 and 12 x 24. 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. For my decal i decided to use expressions vinyl series 31 removable vinyl in bright berry. In this video joann goes over how to cut vinyl without a mat using the cricut.

To remove your vinyl from your cricut mat bend your mat away from the vinyl instead of peeling the vinyl up off the mat. It is possible to cut vinyl directly from the roll without a mat using your silhouette and i will add a post all about how to do that soon but for now let s just focus on how to cut with a cutting mat. In this case i am using a piece that is 12 x 24 along with a 12 x 12 mat. This video will walk you through how to put your paper on your mat and load it into your cricut.

Place htv on cutting mat.