Cricut Explore Cut On A Certain Spot On Mat

Today we will be talking about why your cricut will not cut correctly.

Cricut explore cut on a certain spot on mat. Wherever you drag the design on the mat the position will be locked in and your cricut will cut it out in that exact position on your mat. You will want to attach by layer or color. I know this is a no brainer but don t try to cut glitter foil and regular htv on the same mat because they all have different cut settings. Using the canvas panel resize the canvas to the maximum size that can be cut on the mat.

When cutting felt with the cricut explore or using the fine point bonded fabric blade settings the pink fabric mat can be used but it isn t necessary. When i press go the writing always starts in the top left corner of the paper which is fine most of the time but sometimes i would like to have the writing centered on the paper towards the bottom of the paper somewhere other than the top left corner. The canvas represents your mat but will not cut. I would stay away from the light grip mat but the regular green mat or the purple strong grip mat should work well.

How to lock the position on the mat. After using my cricut for a while i now understand why this option isn t really available. You have your project all set up. Believe it or not this is a common problem so even if you are not a beginner you may need to troubleshoot in the future.

Cut multiple colors on one cricut mat first off if you d like to cut multiple colors on one mat it s essential that you re only using different colors of the same material. To change the position of your design on the cutting mat all you need to do is select your design and manually drag it to change its position. Cricut explore manual step 3. Add images and text to the project and arrange as desired.

Cricut easypress mat 14 x 14 decorative polka dots blue mint out of stock special price 27 99 34 99 decorative self healing mat rose 18 x 24 out of stock. All offers are valid only while supplies last. How to cut multiple colors on one cricut mat. When i first tried to do this i totally cut into the other colors i wasn t organized and ruined a couple of materials.

Select the images you would like to cut in a specific arrangement. Click attach in the layers panel. Attach holds your cuts in position relative to one another so that images on the cutting mat are positioned exactly as arranged on the canvas. I m using a cricut explore air 2 and have recently started playing with the writing feature.