This mat is perfect for cutting medium weight materials and it also has the perfect amount of grip that makes for easy removal of your material.
Mat type to use with cardstock cricut.
In terms of the mat you will want to use the fabricgrip mat for these.
The green cricut standardgrip cutting mat will most likely be the one that you use most frequently.
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The first thing we are going to address is which is the right mat for your cricut machine.
You can also use the rotary blade for cork board and tissue paper.
Which mat do i use.
Cricut cutting mats come in two sizes.
What do people use the large 12.
Helpful in choosing the correct mat for your project materials.
Use our handy guide below to pick your mat type.
The green cricut standardgrip cutting mat is the mat that i use most often.
Any fabrics both bonded and non bonded light grip mat.
Light medium weight card stock copy paper vellum vinyl etc.
Cricut mat sizes.
The 12 x 12 mat will be sufficient for most projects but every now and again you might want to go large.
I needed an 8 10 mat with a 5 8 by 7 opening.
Most light weight card stocks will use the lightgrip cutting mat but higher weight card stocks may use a standardgrip cutting mat.
12 x 12 inches or 12 x 24 inches.
Open up cricut design.
This mat is perfect for cutting medium weight materials and it also has the perfect amount of grip that makes for easy removal of your material.
For lighter cricut maker materials such as tissue paper light cardstock and acetate you can use the rotary blade.
First determine the size of mat that you need.
The standardgrip cutting mat.
Standardgrip mats for cricut joy come 4 5 x 6 5 11 4 cm x 16 5 cm and 4 5 x 12 11 4 cm x 30 4 cm are ideal for use with materials like vinyl iron on heavy cardstock poster board and smart material scraps that are too small to feed through the machine without a mat.
The standardgrip mat is perfect for a wide range of medium weight materials including.
Cardstock pattern paper embossed cardstock iron on vinyl.
Cricut cutting mat the type is determined by the card stock weight.
Cricut has also changed their cricut mat designs over the years but the color for the mats and their adhesive has remained the same.
The cricut 12 x 24 mat.
Which material is used with each mat.
Maximize the use of your cricut mats with these tips on making cricut mats last.
For those who have been a cricut crafter for a long time note that the cricut cake mat has been discontinued.
Cork vinyl faux leather all different kinds of real leather balsa wood thick cardstock glitter cardstock magnet material chipboard poster board.