Using Cricut Without Mat

If you are wanting to cut larger than these options then you simply must cut your design.

Using cricut without mat.

If you are using a 12 inch square cutting mat the largest you can cut is 11 5 inches squared. And as you go through and weed the rest it works great without the mats. Cricut joy cuts smart materials without a machine mat but it can also cut a variety of other materials using a machine cutting mat. There you go and you can also see where it cut here on the back side it didn t cut through.

Card mat is uniquely designed with a divider to protect the back of folded cricut insert cards while cutting a design on the front. It cuts it cut perfectly. Make sure that there s some free space around the cricut so you can load mats in and out of the machine easily. 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.

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. Every time you use the knife blade it creates dust and debris that stick to the adhesive on the mat. Select all layers of your letters or numbers and click the attach tool so that they stay exactly where you put them. 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.

So you don t need the mat to cut vinyl with the cricut. Keep your easypress reference charts at hand last but not least you always want to keep some easypress reference charts at hand. You can clean and re stick your cricut cutting mat which will. Cricut mats get pretty nasty.

With cricut joy you can use a lightgrip mat standardgrip mat and card mat.