Cutting Heat Transfer Vinyl With Cricut

Once on the mat insert it into the machine using the flashing arrow button.

Cutting heat transfer vinyl with cricut.

And it does it fast. Weed it out check it out. If you peel the vinyl from the mat it can curl. Select the button with arrows on the cricut maker to load the mat for cutting.

Other companies call it heat transfer vinyl or htv. Heat transfer vinyl can be cut by hand or with a cutting machine silhouette or a cricut. When your design is finished cutting peel the mat from your iron on heat transfer vinyl. Load the cutting mat into the cricut machine and cut the images.

Cutting the heat transfer vinyl open up cricut design space and create a brand new project with at least one image in it. That means you need to take a few extra steps while preparing your design in cricut design space. The guides and rollers keep the mat secure while it moves back and forth during the cutting process. Then push the cricut button to start the cutting.

Steps for the preparation of the design with the transfer tape in the cricut tool kit you will find a weeder. Heat transfer vinyl also known as htv for short is a type of vinyl polymer that can be applied to a wide variety of materials by using heat. You can use a design from cricut access or make it projects or your own design. Use it to remove unwanted pieces from each image.

The joy of a cricut machine is that it does all the fussy cutting for you. Open cricut design space and decide on a design to cut on your cricut machine. Place the heat transfer vinyl with clear plastic backing facing down on your cutting mat select iron on on the smart set dial in the cricut explore series for matte and glossy materials and the next setting clockwise before light cardstock if you re using glitter heat transfer. Because heat transfer vinyl is on the carrier sheet with the adhesive side exposed it must be placed on the cutting mat with the shiny side down and cut in reversed.

Start with your design in cricut design space. Cricut joy siser heat transfer vinyl aka iron on vinyl siser easypsv aka pressure sensitive or adhesive vinyl weeder ruler scissors or exacto knife self healing cutting mat not required but handy to have step 1. Place the cutting mat under the white guides which ensure the mat is centered under the pinch rollers.