Using Cricut Without Mat

Every time you use the knife blade it creates dust and debris that stick to the adhesive on the mat.

Using cricut without mat.

Whether you re using an cricut easypress mat or using a terry cloth towel be sure to use something a very sturdy table or counter top to get the best results with any of cricut easypresses. Once it s in place you can plug the machine into a power outlet there s a power cable included with every purchase and press the open button on the lid of the explore air 2 feature 1 in the illustration above or gently open the maker s lid to open up your brand new machine. Make sure that there s some free space around the cricut so you can load mats in and out of the machine easily. With cricut joy you can use a lightgrip mat standardgrip mat and card mat.

If you are using a 12 inch square cutting mat the largest you can cut is 11 5 inches squared. So you don t need the mat to cut vinyl with the cricut. Cricut joy cuts smart materials without a machine mat but it can also cut a variety of other materials using a machine cutting mat. Card mat is uniquely designed with a divider to protect the back of folded cricut insert cards while cutting a design on the front.

So we ll get all those edges off. If you are using a 12 inch by 24 inch cutting mat then the largest you can cut is 11 5 inches by 23 5 inches. Cricut mats get pretty nasty. First you may delete the 11 14 rectangle or use the eye to turn that layer off so it does not cut.

This is not good because your mat will lose its stickiness and not have the required grip for your material you are trying to cut. You can clean and re stick your cricut cutting mat which will. And as you go through and weed the rest it works great without the mats. Keep your easypress reference charts at hand last but not least you always want to keep some easypress reference charts at hand.

Select all layers of your letters or numbers and click the attach tool so that they stay exactly where you put them.