Making Photo Matting With Cricut And Card Stock

Cricut cutting mat the type is determined by the card stock weight most light weight card stocks will use the lightgrip cutting mat but higher weight card stocks may use a standardgrip cutting mat.

Making photo matting with cricut and card stock.

More buying choices 17 20 6 new offers. In design space click undo until you get. Creating photo mats and how to maximize your paper creating photo mats for pictures. Leave the card on the mat.

Whether you re doing school projects creating business cards decorating for a party or creating home décor we have the cardstock that fits your needs. How to locate the card design on the cricut card mat. Show and tell anyone. I then use those frames throughout my project.

In this tutorial i explain that if you want a 5 7 card you will need a 12 24 mat. If you have one and design space still makes your card smaller when you add it to the canvas resize it again to your needs. In design space delete everything except the scoring lines. It should score without cutting this time 8.

We have a shiny surprise to share with you. 3 place one sheet of card stock on your cutting mat and select the material type you are cutting. 4 8 out of 5 stars 849. Even if you are making a card if something is going to be covering it why not cut it out and save it for later.

2 make sure your design is centered on the preview of your cutting mat before you cut out the file. If the card is bigger than 11 5 x 11 5 cricut will make the file smaller on the canvas. Cricut machine a cricut maker or cricut explore air machine will work for making a card stock mat. I used the heavy card stock setting because the card stock i purchased was on the thick side and that setting worked like a charm.

Once your design is complete click make it. Best seller in card making kits. You need to locate this so that it cuts on the card correctly. The detailed foil lines make the process look complicated.

Thanks so much for watching and subscribing. Cricut joy insert cards diy greeting card for baby shower birthday and wedding macarons sampler 12 ct. Increase the material setting on the machine by 2 clicks. Make the project again.

The cricut foil transfer tool is now available and it s the easiest way to make your projects shine using foil. Official cricut cardstock up to 30 off sale. The foil tool works with the cricut explore family of machines and cricut maker it is not compatible with cricut joy. Then you have your design on your cricut mat.

To use the cricut card mat on the cricut explore and maker you will need to locate your design. I used the free cricut craft room images so you don t need to own the cartridge to use them. Card stock a light to medium weight will work great.