This is a quick video on how you can create your own design for a photo mat.
Making photo matting with cricut and card stock.
Then you have your design on your cricut mat.
The detailed foil lines make the process look complicated.
Card stock a light to medium weight will work great.
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To use the cricut card mat on the cricut explore and maker you will need to locate your design.
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In design space delete everything except the scoring lines.
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.
How to locate the card design on the cricut card mat.
I then use those frames throughout my project.
Make the project again.
3 place one sheet of card stock on your cutting mat and select the material type you are cutting.
In design space click undo until you get.
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It should score without cutting this time 8.
2 make sure your design is centered on the preview of your cutting mat before you cut out the file.
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If the card is bigger than 11 5 x 11 5 cricut will make the file smaller on the canvas.
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The cricut foil transfer tool is now available and it s the easiest way to make your projects shine using foil.
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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.
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Increase the material setting on the machine by 2 clicks.
The foil tool works with the cricut explore family of machines and cricut maker it is not compatible with cricut joy.
In this tutorial i explain that if you want a 5 7 card you will need a 12 24 mat.
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.
Leave the card on the mat.
Once your design is complete click make it.
You need to locate this so that it cuts on the card correctly.
I used the free cricut craft room images so you don t need to own the cartridge to use them.