Cutting Bigger Than The Mat

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Cutting bigger than the mat.

If either the height or width of an image is greater than 11 5 29 cm when you select make it you will receive an alert that one of your images is too large for a 12 x 12 30 5 cm x 30 5 cm mat. You will have the option to continue with a larger mat or return to the canvas to resize your image. First select the design and rotate it so it s going vertically. How to cut larger than mat vinyl wall decals step 1.

This is where you need to make some changes to your settings so you can cut longer than the mat. Tiling a large scale image with your cricut is actually pretty easy using the slice tool. The maximum cutting area on a 12 x 12 30 5 cm x 30 5 cm mat is 11 5 x 11 5 29 cm x 29 cm. If you are wanting to cut larger than these options then you simply must cut your design.

Click here to see the finished project. Get a design you can scale up and prepare it for cutting. Weight doesn t matter a lot you can use 65 lb 80 lb or 110 lb though the heavier the cardstock the sturdier it will be. If you want to make something larger than the large mat you can use a process known as tiling i ve seen people use this technique to make large car and wall decals big wood signs and enormous paper projects.

The easiest way to do that is to make a square or rectangle in design space that is the size of the cutting area. For this you need to look at the maximum cutting sizes for each of the three machines. You can rotate it by selecting the design and then grabbing the green circle at the top of the design and pulling it 90 degrees. I recommend you cut these decals with a cutting machine like a cricut.

Have you ever wondered how to do that. Cricut joy maximum sizes. I absolutely love my silhouette cameo but a few months ago i was wanting to cut a custom piece that was larger than the standard 12 12 square cut mat. Matless cutting cuts one image up to 4 5 inches wide and 4 feet long or repeated cuts up to 20 feet long.

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. I ve seen tons of extra large vinyl cutouts floating around on pinterest and i ve always thought gee i bet i could do that with my cameo.