Making Photo Matting With Cricut And Card Stock

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Making photo matting with cricut and card stock.

How to locate the card design on the cricut card mat. Card stock a light to medium weight will work great. The foil tool works with the cricut explore family of machines and cricut maker it is not compatible with cricut joy. We have a shiny surprise to share with you.

I used the free cricut craft room images so you don t need to own the cartridge to use them. September 24 2020 contributor. 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. To use the cricut card mat on the cricut explore and maker you will need to locate your design.

Thanks so much for watching and subscribing. 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. Only 13 left in stock more on the way.

Show and tell anyone. It should score without cutting this time 8. Increase the material setting on the machine by 2 clicks. Creating photo mats and how to maximize your paper creating photo mats for pictures.

The detailed foil lines make the process look complicated. Official cricut cardstock up to 30 off sale. 4 8 out of 5 stars 849. 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.

This is a quick video on how you can create your own design for a photo mat. Cricut machine a cricut maker or cricut explore air machine will work for making a card stock mat. More buying choices 17 20 6 new offers. 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.

I then use those frames throughout my project. If the card is bigger than 11 5 x 11 5 cricut will make the file smaller on the canvas. 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. Then you have your design on your cricut mat.

In this tutorial i explain that if you want a 5 7 card you will need a 12 24 mat. 2 make sure your design is centered on the preview of your cutting mat before you cut out the file. Cricut joy insert cards diy greeting card for baby shower birthday and wedding macarons sampler 12 ct. Once your design is complete click make it.

Make the project again. You need to locate this so that it cuts on the card correctly. Best seller in card making kits.