How to make diy cricut wood signs with vinyl lettering.
Making a vinyl cut with cricut.
Set your cutting material to the type of vinyl you are using.
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.
Two different colors of adhesive vinyl one light and one dark.
The largest upfront cost for starting a vinyl decal business is the vinyl cutting machine.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
If you re using the cricut maker or cricut joy go to the material setting on design space and select vinyl.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear.
Place your mat into the machine.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
If you are using a cricut explore air 2 you can set the smartset dial on the machine to vinyl.
These machines range from 200 to over 3000 most machines i recommend run from 200 350.
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.
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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.
Lay vinyl on your cutting mat with the color side facing up.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
Vinyl oracal 631 matte removable or oracal 651 glossy semi permanent transfer tape.
You may want to use permanent vinyl depending on your application.
Your machine is really clever it will cut the vinyl but not the paper.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
Now that you ve prepared your design.
On your cutting mat place the vinyl.
Set the smart dial to vinyl.
We re using cricut holographic vinyl and cricut removable black.
Once your mat is loaded look for the cricut c to start flashing press the button and your machine will start.
Make sure the side of the paper liner face the mat.
Load your cutting mat into your cricut using the arrow on the right hand side of your cricut.
Wood signs are trendy all year long but can be intimidating to make.
A cricut or similar silhouette machine.
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Also we re using a cricut maker but these same techniques can be used for cutting on other brands of machines.
Take a closer look at your vinyl.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
