Making Photo Matting With Cricut And Card Stock

Cricut machine a cricut maker or cricut explore air machine will work for making a card stock mat.

Making photo matting with cricut and card stock.

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. If the card is bigger than 11 5 x 11 5 cricut will make the file smaller on the canvas. 4 8 out of 5 stars 849. The detailed foil lines make the process look complicated.

Only 13 left in stock more on the way. 2 make sure your design is centered on the preview of your cutting mat before you cut out the file. How to locate the card design on the cricut card mat. Card stock a light to medium weight will work great.

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. In this tutorial i explain that if you want a 5 7 card you will need a 12 24 mat. Make the project again. In design space click undo until you get.

This is a quick video on how you can create your own design for a photo mat. To use the cricut card mat on the cricut explore and maker you will need to locate your design. 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. The foil tool works with the cricut explore family of machines and cricut maker it is not compatible with cricut joy.

Thanks so much for watching and subscribing. Official cricut cardstock up to 30 off sale. Cricut joy insert cards diy greeting card for baby shower birthday and wedding macarons sampler 12 ct. 3 place one sheet of card stock on your cutting mat and select the material type you are cutting.

The cricut foil transfer tool is now available and it s the easiest way to make your projects shine using foil. I used the free cricut craft room images so you don t need to own the cartridge to use them. Show and tell anyone. Creating photo mats and how to maximize your paper creating photo mats for pictures.

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. In design space delete everything except the scoring lines. It should score without cutting this time 8. 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.

Leave the card on the mat. More buying choices 17 20 6 new offers. Increase the material setting on the machine by 2 clicks. We have a shiny surprise to share with you.

You need to locate this so that it cuts on the card correctly. Best seller in card making kits. I then use those frames throughout my project.