5 things I love about Cricut and how to make t-shirts!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Cricut. All opinions are 100% mine.

We all know I’m not that creative, well I can be but I needed that push! I was so excited when I came across Cricut! I knew right then and there I needed one! I had so many ideas in my head.

So I started researching and looking into the machines, what I could do with it and how user friendly it was. I knew It was the right choice for me!

5 things I love about cricut!

• I absolutely love how user friendly it is! You can literally not be crafty at all and yet Cricut helps you become crafty! It is seriously such a fun thing to learn and so easy! Comes with all the info you need and they have a youtube channel showing you just about everything.
• They have the BEST support. If you ever need help, Cricut is there! They are always there to help.
• You can make just about everything, I mean literally everything. Birthday decorations, cake toppers, cards, bags, personalized everything, cups, organization, shirts, kids clothes, towels, anything you can think of, you can personalize with Cricut. You can even engrave things! WHAT?
• You can choose from SO many designs, images, and fonts on design space! SO MANY. It makes your creative side come out so much more. The possibilities are endless.
• The Explore Air 2 can cut more than 100+ materials. cardstock, paper, vinyl, iron on as well as things like bonded fabrics, glitter paper, cork, and faux leather! So many options! The Maker cuts 300+ materials. (I have both but mostly use the maker, it’s worth it.)
• The Explore Air 2. also can cut 2x faster than the original explore air.

If you’ve been wanting a Cricut, Do it. I’m going to show you just how simple it is to make a project. One of my favorite things to make is t-shirts! It’s so fun to make your own shirts and customize everything! Me and my best friend thought these shirts would be hilarious!

First thing, This is what you’ll need to make your t-shirt. (Iron-on color will vary on what you’re making)

• Cricut machine. (This is the explore air 2)
• Iron on. (Will vary on color depending on what you want to make)
• Weeder tool
• Easy press
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Scraper
• Cricut mat
• T shirts

1. First thing you want to do is create your design in design space. Make sure you measure so it’s the correct size when it cuts. *I went with something simple to show you!

They offer so many images and so many fonts!

2. You’ll want to get your iron on ready and place on mat. (SHINY SIDE DOWN since we’ll be mirroring the image)

3. You’ll want to click make it. It’ll bring you to this page and you’ll hit mirror (it’ll then say mirror on) You will then load your mat with the loading button on the cricut (which will be blinking)

*The explore air 2 has a dial on it so you’ll make sure to put that in iron on so it knows what it’s cutting.

4. Once you are all ready, you have your design ready, you’ve mirrored the image & made sure it’s on the correct dial, you’ll start cutting!

I love that it shows the percentage on the screen.

5. Once it’s finished cutting it’ll tell you to unload mat. You’ll unload and peel off the iron on.

6. Once you’ve peeled it off, you can start weeding. Which just means you are peeling off the excess iron on to make your image or text!

7. Once you’ve got it all weeded (make sure to not miss any tiny pieces) You’ll grab shirts and get placement right! It might take you a few to make sure it’s centered but you can always measure it also!

8. Once you get placement right, you’ll turn on easy press. It warms up very fast. I do 320 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 seconds. (This will vary depending on what you’re making) once it’s warmed up, you place on shirt and press for 30 seconds!

9. Once finished pressing you’ll give it awhile to cool off and then peel off backing! done! You’ve now just made your own shirts!

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