A Cricut is an electronic cutting machine that can cut all kinds of designs from materials such as paper, vinyl, card stock and heat transfer. A Cricut is an intelligent electronic cutting machine. It’s like a mix between a craft plotter and a laser cutter (but with a knife). With Cricut machines, you can create not only paper crafts or personalize garments with vinyl, engraving or stencil.

But cut the fabric and more than 100 other materials. DIFFERENCE 1 — The most significant difference between Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore Air 2 (the latest models for Cricut machines) is cutting power. Another advantage of Design Space is that they offer a subscription known as Cricut Access, with this subscription, you can access 100,000 premium ready-to-cut images, hundreds of fonts and access exclusively licensed artwork, as well as exclusive savings on the Cricut Store and other files not included. While the brand covers several products, including heat presses and stampers, the word Cricut has become synonymous with die-cutting machines.

The Cricut Explore is different from older Cricut machines (such as Expression, Gypsy, etc.) Instead of cartridges, you can get access to Cricut Access and its huge library of cut files. You can upload and cut your own files. You can use the software on your computer or tablet, online or offline. Cuts over 100 different materials You can also draw, annotate and write with it.

For the Cricut Maker machine, there is no need to add a stabilizer or backing to the fabric before cutting it. The least expensive machine is the Cricut Cuttlebug, a small but powerful die cutting machine, and the most expensive option is for its latest release, The Cricut Maker. Cricut also launched blank mugs that match the new press, and are the perfect gift for any occasion. Therefore, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to share with you the unpacking of my machine, as well as the answers to some of the most common questions that beginners have about Cricut machines.

Smart materials don’t require Cricut’s mat to cut them, and your machine can cut up to twice as fast when using these materials. Yes, you can cut fabric and felt with your Cricut, but the way you cut and use the blade is different depending on which machine you have. To write with your Cricut machine, you’ll need to make sure that the image or text is set to WRITE instead of CUT. But how does the Cricut really work? In order for the Cricut machine to cut, you need to use it in conjunction with the Cricut design space.

While the principles are the same for all cutting machines, I personally think that my new Cricut Explore Air 2 has some exceptional features that I want to highlight in this post. The Cricut mug press is a new machine that allows you to make peel-proof mugs with infusible ink transfer sheets, pens and even sublimation prints that you can buy on “Etsy. The Explore series of Cricut machines allows you to access a huge digital library of “cartridges” instead of using physical cartridges, as I did in college. Cricut Infusible Ink is a type of technology that allows you to create and transfer your designs to a base material.

Explore Air 2 also features Print Then Cut, where you can use your printer to print designs on printable vinyl and then cut them with your Cricut.