I went over layering with each specific type of iron on above but wanted to quickly summarize it all for you.
Tips for ironing on vinyl.
Place the iron on vinyl on the cricut standard grip cutting mat liner side down.
It should grip your cutting mat and bring it into the machine.
Place your iron on vinyl plastic side down on your cutting mat.
Mirror flip the images or text.
Pick your images or text.
Cricut machine i use the cricut explore air in this post but i also have a cricut.
I often use my cricut brayer to help press my vinyl into my mat particularly if my mat is on the older side.
For iron on vinyl you want to get the mirror image.
How to use iron on vinyl step 1.
Watch how it s done in the video below.
This makes it really easy to pull away any excess vinyl.
It s not important unless.
Tips for layering iron on.
You can see the vinyl side up in this photo of heat transfer vinyl on a standard grip cutting mat.
The newer cricut machines work without physical cartridges and plug into your computer.
If you look carefully at iron on vinyl there is a liner side and a vinyl side.
You can layer one layer on top of the base and it can be everyday iron on glitter iron on foil iron on holographic sparkle iron on and patterned iron on.
T shirt pillow or other fabric.
The liner side should be the one placed down on the mat.
Insert the mat into the cricut and press the arrow button on your cricut.