Intricate Vinyl Cuts With Cricut

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Intricate vinyl cuts with cricut.

I hope that you found tips for cutting intricate designs with cricut maker explore helpful when cutting out mandalas intricate designs paper cuts zentangles. 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. Sometimes when everything else seems right it can help to turn your custom settings to washi tape this seems to work best on intricate cuts on vinyl. If cutting a simple image resolves the issue try cutting the more intricate image using the custom setting for cardstock intricate cuts.

This setting is for those fairly intricate cuts the ones that pull up in a couple of places but does not completely destroy your vinyl. Cricut has recently added a cartridge called vintage wedding and it has 3 birdcages. I cut it again on the same spot on the same mat but this time i used the intricate cuts setting. Cricut cutting problem solution 5.

It works miracles on small vinyl cuts like these elegant scroll monogram letters. The other setting is washi tape. I cut this mandala with my cricut maker using the washi sheet setting cut pressure. If you are cutting an image which is very intricate or small try cutting a simpler or larger.

The angle of the blade goes into the vinyl at a slightly different angle than the regular silhouette. This is the end all be. Not all patterns are going to cut cleanly. There are two custom settings that you need to keep in the back of your mind.

Intricate cuts from the cricut explore air as we all know if you want an intricate design then do it in vinyl but i wanted a 3d birdcage. When cutting intricate cuts using your cricut. Use a cb09 blade for better vinyl cuts finally if you have a cb09 blade it should be your first choice for very intricate designs like this scroll monogram. The first one is sticky note.