I recommend buying a mat bundle when purchasing your machine.
Cricut what mat for leather.
With each pass the force is stronger than the last so it is crucial that your leather has adhered correctly.
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Refer to faux leather cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
Place cricut faux leather face down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
Then i loaded a pen in clamp b and inserted the mat again.
Tooling leather this is my go to type of leather for crafting because it s sturdy and cuts beautifully but you can use other types of leather as well for this project.
Soft metallic leather.
Having all three mats on hand will come in super handy as you try out new materials and projects with your machine.
From this point on you can either use a cricut explore air or cricut maker if i didn t try to emboss it with a cricut maker blade then i could have done both drawing and cutting leather with a cricut explore air.
What material you are cutting will make a huge difference in which mat you will want to whip out when you are making a cricut project.
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Load your mat and select your material from the cricut maker menu.
The cricut purple strong grip cutting mat designed for cutting faux leather and other thicker materials is available on amazon here.
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This is really important.
Before we tackle the technique here s a quick rationale for how to cut leather with cricut explore.
Read on to learn about how to cut faux leather.
Cutting cricut faux leather is easy on your explore or maker.
Cricut faux leather can be cut using the cricut explore or the cricut maker using the fine point blade which comes with the machine.
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The material will need to be stuck really well on the mat to cut properly.
Yep i know this is a pretty basic tip but it s an important thing to mention i see people posting in facebook groups all the time who are having problems cutting faux leather with a cricut and often times they are using the green standard grip mat.
Cutting cricut faux leather with a cricut machine.
Which cricut mat to use.
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The cricut knife blade will pass through your leather at least 4 times.
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Adding material to the mat.
Fine point blade comes with the machine purple stronggrip mat.
Use some standard masking tape and tape the sides of your leather to the mat.
Cricut explore or maker.
Cricut easypress mat 14 x 14 decorative polka dots blue mint out of stock special price 27 99 34 99 decorative self healing mat rose 18 x 24 out of stock.
Select and size images and load the mat into the machine.
You will want to use a strong grip mat for cutting faux leather.
If your strong grip mat is old and worn i would get a new one before attempting your faux leather cricut project.
