This makes it really easy to pull away any excess vinyl.
Tips for ironing on vinyl.
The liner side should be the one placed down on the mat.
Place your htv on the warmed lower platen and the warmth will loosen up the adhesive on the pressure sensitive backing.
It should grip your cutting mat and bring it into the machine.
T shirt pillow or other fabric.
The newer cricut machines work without physical cartridges and plug into your computer.
Cricut machine i use the cricut explore air in this post but i also have a cricut.
Tips for layering iron on.
How to use iron on vinyl step 1.
Pick your images or text.
Mirror flip the images or text.
Place the iron on vinyl on the cricut standard grip cutting mat liner side down.
If you look carefully at iron on vinyl there is a liner side and a vinyl side.
You can see the vinyl side up in this photo of heat transfer vinyl on a standard grip cutting mat.
Watch how it s done in the video below.
I went over layering with each specific type of iron on above but wanted to quickly summarize it all for you.
For iron on vinyl you want to get the mirror image.
You can layer one layer on top of the base and it can be everyday iron on glitter iron on foil iron on holographic sparkle iron on and patterned iron on.
Insert the mat into the cricut and press the arrow button on your cricut.
Place your iron on vinyl plastic side down on your cutting mat.
I often use my cricut brayer to help press my vinyl into my mat particularly if my mat is on the older side.