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What cricut mat is best for stencil vinyl.
You can cut your design on stencil vinyl transfer it to your surface and then paint within the stencil.
You can do so much more than just cut paper with it.
My favorite material to cut with my cricut explore air is adhesive vinyl.
It s usually clear or see through and it s designed to be used for painting.
Refer to stencil vinyl kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings a kiss cut goes through the stencil vinyl and leaves the liner intact.
Place stencil material onto cricut machine mat.
I used the cricut bright pad for the first time.
For this tutorial i am using cricut brand vinyl and it did ok.
There are tons of other materials you can cut.
I m using my cricut maker with stencil vinyl picked from the material list.
After the cricut is finished cutting remove the mat then remove the stencil vinyl from the mat.
This can be a matter of preference and you may just have to try to see what you like.
How to cut cricut stencil vinyl.
Your cricut machine is so versatile.
I order from expressions vinyl linked they have great prices and good quality.
However the cricut explore or the cricut joy will work with this project.
Create personalized stencils for your paper crafting add a pattern to your dining room wall or help your kids build that lemonade stand they see in their dreams.
In the end i decided to do my final design using a vinyl stencil.
Stencil vinyl goes face up on the mat and then add it to the cricut machine with the fine point blade installed.
Using a green standardgrip cutting mat place your vinyl face up on the cutting mat select the proper cutting material and load your fine point blade into your cricut machine.
The biggest difference for me was getting the stencil to stay in place on the mat.
Remove all of the excess vinyl from your stencil but remember when weeding your stencil you are leaving the negative and.
Instead of removing the vinyl around the letters you ll be removing the vinyl letters themselves.
It was so easy to see the cut lines using the bright pad.
Here is a step by step guide on how to cut vinyl with a cricut machine.
Select and size images and load the mat into the machine.
1 roll of 12 x 48 stencil vinyl use with all cricut electronic cutting machines.
Stencil vinyl is not permanent at all.
Weed your cut vinyl stencil design.
Now you are going to weed in reverse.
Which vinyl to use for stencils.
Your cricut machine can be used for more than just cutting paper for scrapbooks.
All three stencil materials required extra work and creativity to get them to stay in place.
I prefer using oramask 813 stencil vinyl and others like 631 removable vinyl.
It s removed after painting so you can have a nice clean design that is hand painted.
