We re using cricut holographic vinyl and cricut removable black.
Making a vinyl cut with cricut.
Click go and.
The largest upfront cost for starting a vinyl decal business is the vinyl cutting machine.
Making your own vinyl decals with a cricut explore air 2 supplies you ll need to get started.
Press flashing go button.
Now that you ve prepared your design.
Your machine is really clever it will cut the vinyl but not the paper.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
Wood signs are trendy all year long but can be intimidating to make.
Make sure the side of the paper liner face the mat.
On your cutting mat place the vinyl.
If you need help comparing cricut vs silhouette you can check out that review of the two most popular machines the silhouette cameo 3 and the cricut explore air 2.
How to make diy cricut wood signs with vinyl lettering.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
Take a closer look at your vinyl.
Once your mat is loaded look for the cricut c to start flashing press the button and your machine will start.
Let s cut it with cricut.
Set your cutting material to the type of vinyl you are using.
Two different colors of adhesive vinyl one light and one dark.
A cricut or similar silhouette machine.
Vinyl oracal 631 matte removable or oracal 651 glossy semi permanent transfer tape.
Set the smart dial to vinyl.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear.
If you re using the cricut maker or cricut joy go to the material setting on design space and select vinyl.
You ll see a paper liner along with the vinyl layer.
Lay vinyl on your cutting mat with the color side facing up.
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.
I use the cricut explore air 2 this is the current best deal.
And that s one of the reasons why we love it.
Well fear not because today i am going to share with you the easiest way to make a wood and vinyl sign using your cricut cutting machine.
These machines range from 200 to over 3000 most machines i recommend run from 200 350.
If you are using a cricut explore air 2 you can set the smartset dial on the machine to vinyl.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
Place your mat into the machine.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
