How to Draw then Cut with your Cricut Machine
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- We've been getting so many questions about using pens in your Cricut machine. How do you get them to write without outlining the words? How do you get the writing to stay where you put it so it cuts out right?
We put together this video to quickly show you how to create a tag using your Cricut machine.
The process for this type of project is the same for any Cricut machine that uses Design Space.
Once you know how to do this, the skies the limit. Make all the projects using pens and writing fonts!
For this tutorial we used a Cricut Joy - you can do this with Joy, any Explore machine, and the Maker!
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Cricut Machine (because of the size any machine that uses Design Space can create this project) - shrsl.com/2mx6l
Thank you I have searched high and low for a video like this.
You're welcome! Hopefully, soon this video will move up so people can find it faster!
Finally a video that shows the draw and cut feature instead of print and cutting stickers!!! Thank you for this creative housewives!!
You are so welcome!
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@@CreativeHousewives now what about alignment issues with draw and cut? 😭 Any ideas?
My first comment on UA-cam EVER!! But I wanted to tell you how much I appreciated this video. I've watch 10 or more and they either go too fast or don't answer the most common questions. Good job!! And thank you
WOW! Thank you so much, we really appreciate the comment!
i was on youtube ALL day looking for this specific information. thank you CREATIVE HOUSEWIVES!!! no nonsense, straight to the point.
Sorry you spent so much time looking! Glad we were able to help. Thank you so much for being here!
Thanks for the quick and straightforward tutorial. Very helpful!
Thank you!!! 2 years in hundreds of videos and you are the first to show me change from regular to writing style!!!
I’m so glad this was helpful for you!!!
Extremely helpful. I don't have time to look at the cricut videos, only as I need the service and this was precise. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I always forget how to do draw and cut. Saved your video for future forgetfulness! Thanks for the tutorial 😀
I'm so glad you found it helpful! And, you're very welcome!
omg, i have searched for so long for someone to show me how to do the draw and cut. So many videos on "print" then cut, which I did not want. Thank you for explaining exactly what I needed. Finally! Great tutorial!!!! Thanks a bunch :)
We’re so glad this was helpful for you!!! Thanks for commenting🤍
Thank you for making this video. Many tutorials act like the watcher has previous knowledge of where all the buttons and settings are. I appreciate that you took the time to tell me where to find the adjustments and buttons to select. Happy New Year!
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. We're so glad you found the video helpful!
Love the tutorial. Will definitely have to refer back so I have saved it. Thanks
I am so glad it was helpful for you!
Finally the video that I was looking. Im trying to make sticker for my wedding🎉🎉🎉🎉
YAY! Have fun :)
omg.... thank you for making this tutorial. It broke everything down for me in a way that I could understand. Thank you again and I will definitely be looking for your videos next time I need to do something.
Thank you so much for commenting. If you ever have a specific request don't hesitate to ask, we're happy to put together a video!
Thank you so much for taking the time to create this video. So helpful x
I’m so glad you found it helpful!
Thank you!! Great tutorial and I love that you got to the point and also provided little tips as you went!
Thanks, I'm so glad you found it helpful!
Your video was perfect. It was easy to follow and exactly what I needed. I appreciate you!
I'm so glad! Thank you :)
Thanks so much, this video has been a great help in my Cricut journey!
I'm so glad!
This was exactly what I needed to know for making cards...Thank You!
We are so glad it was helpful!
Thank.you for your tutorial, I was able to do some cookie tags following step.by step. Great and easy to follow.
That's wonderful!
Step by step simplified the best. Thank you.
You're so welcome. I'm glad you found it helpful.
This is a great video. I’m new to draw and cut and this was so helpful! Thank you!
Thank you so much! We're glad you found it helpful!
Thank you! this video helped me out a whole let those other video had me like WTF you showed every step of the way on how to make name tags once again my friend thank you so so much FYI im new to cricut
I'm so glad it was helpful!
Thank you! You’ve saved me from throwing my machine out the window!! Always attach!! Thanks so much!! X
I'm so glad this was helpful for you!!
I'm still learning, so this was very helpful! Thank you!
You're so welcome!
Just what I was looking for!! Thank you for the video.
I'm so glad you found it helpful!
Very helpful video for a beginner, thank you!
You're very welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful.
Great instructions. Thank you for making this available
You're so welcome. I'm glad you found it helpful.
TY.... I went thru so many videos wanting to learn how to draw a sticker :) since I don't have ink atm to print a sticker!!! Also I subscribed to Creative Housewives!
Glad I could help! Thanks for being here!
Great training video. Easy to follow. Thanks.
Thank you so much! I'm glad it was helpful.
The most helpful and useful and just what I needed!!!!!
We love to hear that! Thank you for watching!
Thank you!! 👍🏻 very informative
You're so welcome!!
thank you so much you just saved my time and life haha
Glad I could help! Thanks for being here!
Wow! thanks so much, great video. 👍
You're so welcome. I'm glad it was helpful!
Great video, very helpful thank you so much.
You're very welcome, I'm glad it was helpful.
Thanks for this!! Did you end up making one for iphone vs computer?
Thanks for the reminder, I need to do that!
This was super helpful. Thank you❤
I’m so glad!!
Very well explained. Thank you! Question: Wouldn't the hole for your ribbon have been cut by attaching the 2 circles instead of using the slice feature? Could you use either method?
Yes, I do believe they would be the same. I am just really visual and being able to delete it out helps me make sure I'm doing exactly what I want.
Thank you very much. This is exactly what I needed. Can you tell me how do I get the paper off my mat without the paper curling?
Hi Nina! Thanks! Our favorite way to take any material off of a mat is to flip the mat over and pull the mat away from the material. We'll make sure and do a video soon!
Thank you so much this really helped 😊
You’re so welcome. I’m glad it helped.
Great video thank you
How do you duplicate image
You can right click on the image or the layer in the layers panel and then select duplicate :)
Wonderful and easy! Love it
Thank you thank you!
Thank you so much. 😊
You're so welcome!
your video was very helpful. question, my air doesnt cut the shape after drawing it. It cuts off the lines leaving a mess. Help
Have you done a Print Then Cut calibration?
This helped me a lot, thank you!!
We're so glad! Thanks for being here.
Thanks, and how can I do this, when I have a card with multiples colors to cut and one pen writing? I can‘t attach all the different colors. But I don‘t want to move everything again But it‘s very impotant that the written text is exactly on the right place.
Thanks for helping me.
There is no way to cut multiple colors all at once keeping in the same place on one mat. You’ll want to select all of one color and attach it and then move through the colors. That will at least keep each color aligned.
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Welcome!!
Aw. I was hoping to see you actually make it.
Thanks for the vid anyhow. :)
Next time!
Great tutorial! What material did you use for the tag? I tried to make a label on vinyl, but the pen just smeared and made a mess. I tried the pen that came with my Joy and a black glitter gel pen. Can you not use vinyl when writing? Thank you!
I was using cardstock. If you're using vinyl you want to make sure you're using writable vinyl. For the Cricut Joy they have it as a smart vinyl option and it works great. I have tested it many times and the pen dries immediately on it. I think regular vinyl is just too glossy of a surface.
@@CreativeHousewives Okay. Thank you!
supe helpful! thanks!
Glad it helped!
Finally! Ty so much !
So glad it was helpful for you!
very well explained
Thank you!
Did you do the tutorial with the tablet/phone?
I’m using my computer. It’s a MacBook Air.
Hi 🖐🏽 can you cut out something you have drawned on a paper?
I think it would be hard depending on how detailed you wanted the cut out to be. You could try using the snapmat feature or scanning the image and uploading it into Design Space and adding an offset there and seeing if you can get them to line up with snapmat.
@@CreativeHousewives thank you very much👍👍
Thank you so much
You're most welcome
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Would this work with any sticker printable paper?
As long as it would feed through your printer it should. I would test it first :)
I have an explore air 2 and just recently I updated on my iPad and now I can’t get back into draw do you know what I can do.
I'm so sorry for the delay in response. If you haven't already figured it out here you go.
If you're in the edit toolbar you should see a section that says "operation" (it may say Basic Cut, or Pen above it). When you click on that at the top of that screen it will say "Operation" and right below that you can click to change it from a basic cut, to draw, or even print then cut.
I have watch this video over n over n I can't see how you get the tool to make a hole for the centre of the tag. I'm lost please help me.
It’s right at the beginning of the video. About 1 minute in. It’s adding the 2nd circle and slicing it from the larger circle. The machine will see that as a cut line and cut it out.
When I initially create my circle, it won’t give me the option to slice. Any other ideas on how to get mine to cut?
You need to select 2 and only 2 layers for slice to show up. Make sure you have both shapes selected in your layers panel.
Hey, I don't understand how to cut out the project. We can't find the cut option, we have the pen selected, but can't figure out how to do cut and print
You have to add a shape to the background for the machine to have something to cut!
2022!! Life saver
THANK YOU! So glad it was helpful!
Thank you
You're welcome :)
All good thanks
I'm glad you got that figured out :)
When I do this my cut ends up being off, and cutting the lettering. Do you have any tips?
Did you attach the writing to the cut layer?
I have an Explore Air 2. When I type in a text box, the option under ‘operation’ I have to choose is ‘pen’, then under ‘style’ the only option I’m given is ‘regular’. Since I can’t choose ‘writing’ I’m still just getting an outline of each letter. Now what???
You need to make sure you’re choosing a font that has a writing type. Not all fonts have one. I hope this helps!
@@CreativeHousewives thank you so much for replying! That was the problem! Your video is amazingly clear and precise. I have learned to use my cricut now after two years of being overwhelmed and being afraid to even try. Thank you thank you!!!
Hello - I am new subscriber. I just bought the new cricut machine. I am a designer and just posted new designs on my Etsy page and wanted to offer Christmas Gigt tags that are already done and cut out for the customer. Is there a way I can bring my design into cricut design space software and just cut on the machine? Need all the help I can get. Please let me know or if there is another way to contact you. :-) Thank you so much.
Yes you can. Click upload on the lefthand side of the canvas screen and upload your design :)
For some reason my cricut maker won’t cut after drawing. I do have circle set to cut. Any ideas?
Hum. Can you email me a photo of your layers panel? - jenn@creativehousewives.com - thanks!
This was great! Thanks!
So glad you found it helpful. You’re very welcome and thanks for being here!
When I attach and try to print it, it wants me print with my printer, not with the pens and the Style button only gives me the "Regular" option.
Did you flatten the image? You need to choose a pen, there should be no printing involved.
I am so frustrated, no matter how hard I try, my project keeps showing up as two mats or as a print and cut and not a draw and cut. What am I doing wrong?
Did you attach the two layers? As long as your writing is set as a pen layer and not a cut layer the color should not change when you attach them and then they should show up on one mat and show you that it's going to draw first and then cut.
I did miss the step to attach them... finally found out what I've been doing wrong after about 5 hours of trying and finding video's on how to do it... thanks@@CreativeHousewives
Why am I not seeing these options now? DS updates kill me 🤣
I'm working on a new video thanks to all the updates!
I clicked on more and the sizing came up.
How do we draw and cut uploaded images?
I want to know this too. NO embellishments, NO shapes, NO TEXT! I just want to draw something then cut it out!
@@calvinyvonnehiggins2535 This would be a print then cut image. You would upload the drawing and then upload it as a print then cut image. You cannot draw in Design Space.
If you uploaded it as a cut image you can change the line type to draw instead of cut. You would likely need to add an offset or shape behind it or something otherwise it won't have anything to cut.
Can you use sticker paper?
You can, just be careful. Sticker paper is thick and usually needs to be able to be fed from the back of the machine so it doesn't get stuck.
My Cricut Explorer wont let me select draw
Using Design Space? What type of design do you have added to your canvas?
Super helpful! Thanks!
We're so glad it was helpful for you. Thanks for being here!
This is so very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
You're very welcome :)