One of the most important things to remember is to turn the steam setting off. The answer is to TEST! In the tutorial, I walked you through how to cut and apply a vinyl test shape to make sure your time and temperature settings work for your iron, your vinyl, and your shirt. Irons can be tricky to use for vinyl, so how do you know if you have your temperature and time settings right? In my Iron-On Vinyl tutorial, I showed you how to use a regular household iron to apply heat transfer vinyl to a T-shirt. Few things are more frustrating than ruining a crafting blank because you got the temperature or other setting wrong. Raise your hand if you like wasting materials! That’s right, me neither. The warp effect is even better when you use it to fit different lines of text together to create awesome typography designs! To learn all about my favorite ways to use the warp feature, watch my Warped Text tutorial! 8. The best part? Editing your text within Design Space is so much easier (and faster) than using software like Photoshop or Illustrator to get pretty much the same effect. This update comes with 24 new and different ways to warp your text, all of which change your regular words to a unique shape. Note: This is a paid feature for Cricut Access members, but you can try it out for free before deciding if Access is right for you. Move aside, bold, italic, and underline … there’s a funky new font effect in town! Cricut Design Space is always updating, and this year we got some fun new ways to modify text with neat effects. Let your mat dry, and it’s once again ready for action! 9. If you get any cinnamon on your mat, simply get some alcohol-free wet wipes or baby wipes, then rub in small circles around the affected area until the cinnamon is cleaned off. Why? Because it’s a lot easier to weed that way! Great tip, right?īut what do you do with all the cinnamon now that it’s all over your vinyl? Brush off the excess, then adhere your vinyl (cut side up) back onto your machine mat. Cover the whole cut vinyl design! You’ll see the cinnamon fall into the cut lines, making them so much easier to see. Then use your fingertip or a dry paintbrush to spread it out. Have you ever tried to weed clear, frosted, or white vinyl and had an impossible time seeing the cut lines? You’re not alone! Don’t worry, I’ve got a spicy solution from the grocery store that I showed you in my Faux Etched Wine Glasses tutorial.įirst, sprinkle some ground cinnamon onto the vinyl.
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