Applying heat transfer vinyl to the mat.
How to cut heat transfer vinyl with cricut expression.
In this case i had yellow and the back is white.
The shiny side is the carrier.
Set the smart dial on your machine to vinyl or if you have an older machine without a smart dial check out cricut s cut settings guide for vinyl.
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As part of showing you how to cut heat transfer vinyl with the cricut i want to show you some tips for applying the vinyl to the mat.
In case you re using cricut explore all you need to do is select vinyl on the smart set dial.
Use a craft stick or cricut scraper.
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Carefully place the transfer tape with vinyl images onto your surface as you would like them to appear.
Peel the transfer tape away from the vinyl at a 45 degree angle.
Stick a piece of vinyl to your cutting mat making sure the paper backing side is down.
You want to cut the heat transfer vinyl that is on the other side.
Now burnish transfer tape onto the surface starting in the center and moving out toward the edges.
Remember the cut should be a kiss cut.
That means that the blades should only go through the vinyl and leave the liner intact.
Place the heat transfer vinyl on the mat shiny side down.
The cricut will do a kiss cut which will cut the htv and leave the carrier sheet intact.
In this video i share how to cut vinyl on a cricut expression machine.