Making Photo Matting With Cricut And Card Stock

How to locate the card design on the cricut card mat.

Making photo matting with cricut and card stock.

The detailed foil lines make the process look complicated. 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. 2 make sure your design is centered on the preview of your cutting mat before you cut out the file. You need to locate this so that it cuts on the card correctly.

The foil tool works with the cricut explore family of machines and cricut maker it is not compatible with cricut joy. Leave the card on the mat. 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.

Show and tell anyone. Only 13 left in stock more on the way. Make the project again. 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.

More buying choices 17 20 6 new offers. In design space click undo until you get. 3 place one sheet of card stock on your cutting mat and select the material type you are cutting. 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. Best seller in card making kits. Creating photo mats and how to maximize your paper creating photo mats for pictures. Increase the material setting on the machine by 2 clicks.

4 8 out of 5 stars 849. I used the free cricut craft room images so you don t need to own the cartridge to use them. This is a quick video on how you can create your own design for a photo mat. Cricut joy insert cards diy greeting card for baby shower birthday and wedding macarons sampler 12 ct.

The cricut foil transfer tool is now available and it s the easiest way to make your projects shine using foil. Then you have your design on your cricut mat. We have a shiny surprise to share with you. To use the cricut card mat on the cricut explore and maker you will need to locate your design.

Official cricut cardstock up to 30 off sale. In this tutorial i explain that if you want a 5 7 card you will need a 12 24 mat. September 24 2020 contributor. If the card is bigger than 11 5 x 11 5 cricut will make the file smaller on the canvas.

Once your design is complete click make it. Cricut machine a cricut maker or cricut explore air machine will work for making a card stock mat. I then use those frames throughout my project.