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How to Get Started with Your Cricut Explore Air 2 (From Unboxing to Your First Project)

How to Get Started with Your New Cricut Explore Air 2 for Beginners

Can you guess what are the most common things I hear from people after buying their Cricut Explore Air 2?

A) I don’t know where to begin!

B) I have no idea what supplies to buy!

C) I’m too scared to get it out of the box!

D) All of the above

If you answered “D” then you are absolutely correct! We’re tackling all of these fears and hurdles in one mega video today! Bookmark and pin this video to refer back to later.

Also, you’re not leaving empty handed…

After you watch, make sure to sign up in the form below the video to get an awesome FREE Getting Started Guide PDF sent straight to your email inbox!

P.S. If you have an older Cricut Explore series machine, most of what you’ll learn in the video will still be applicable to you!

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How to Get Started with Your Cricut Maker (From Unboxing to Your First Project)

How to Get Started with Your New Cricut Maker for Beginners

Can you guess what are the most common things I hear from people after buying their Cricut Maker?

A) I don’t know where to begin!

B) I have no idea what supplies to buy!

C) I’m too scared to get it out of the box!

D) All of the above

If you answered “D” then you are absolutely correct! We’re tackling all of these fears and hurdles in one mega video today! Bookmark and pin this video to refer back to later.

Also, you’re not leaving empty handed…

After you watch, make sure to sign up in the form below the video to get an awesome FREE Getting Started Guide PDF sent straight to your email inbox!

P.S. If you have a Cricut Explore Air 2 machine, watch this video instead.

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How to Upload SVGs Using iPhone or iPad

How to Upload SVGs Using iPhone or iPad Tutorial

With a recent Software Update to Apple devices (iPhones and iPads), you can now upload SVG files to Design Space directly from your phone! This is very exciting news for those that design primarily with their phones or tablets or want to be able to download and use SVGs when on the go.

Check out the tutorial below to watch step-by-step exactly how to extract the SVG file from a ZIP folder and then upload into Design Space. You can even download the PDF cheat sheet (link below) to reference later.

Download the PDF Cheat Sheet

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Check out more of our Cricut tutorials here.

 

How to Create Mockups for Patterned Heat Transfer Vinyl

Have you ever bought patterned heat transfer vinyl but were afraid to use it because you weren’t sure how it would look with a design?

I completely understand because it’s not cheap and you don’t want to waste it!

That’s where this genius trick comes in – I’ll teach you how to create mockups in either Design Space or Inkscape so you can see exactly what it will look like even before you cut and make adjustments accordingly.

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Get the exact patterned vinyl prints used in the video:

Bonus Tip: Some vinyl suppliers may already have photos of full sheets of vinyl on their websites in which case you can use those instead of having to take your own! (as long as it’s high enough resolution)

Want to get an idea of the wide variety of patterns available? Check out this roundup of patterned heat transfer vinyl from our friends at How to Heat Press.

Inspired to learn how to create SVGs with Inkscape? Make sure to register for our free training webinar!

 

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BRAND NEW: 3 Curved Text Secret Hacks for Design Space

How to Curve Text in Design Space Tutorial

Big news everyone! Cricut just announced that they added a curved text feature to Design Space! This is VERY exciting news and something that many of us have been asking for and wishing they would add for a long time – so it’s awesome that they listened!

Watch our video tutorial on exactly how to use the curved text feature PLUS 3 secret hacks on troubleshooting and creating unique designs with this new capability:

Have any questions or comments? Feel free to leave them in the comments section below!

How to Create a Monogram in Cricut Design Space

How to Create a Monogram in Cricut Design Space

For today’s video tutorial, we are going over how to create a monogram in Cricut Design Space, which is one of the most frequently asked questions be beginners. In fact, once you learn this skill, you can personalize pretty much anything with our free monogram designs for your personal use or to make and sell if you get a commercial use license.

If you haven’t already, make sure you check out our Free Resource Library and download the Basic Skills for Design Space Checklist. It has all the basic skills beginners should learn and you can go through and check them off as you learn each one.

Remember, even if you are patiently waiting for your new Cricut to arrive, you can still go into Design Space and start practicing these skills so you are ready to go when you get it!

Easy, right? Now you can check this skill off your Basic Skills Checklist! Oh and here is the link to the Monogramos font mentioned in the video.

If you haven’t already, check out all our monogram designs, download one, and go try out your new skills!

Now that you know how to create a monogram in Design Space, what are you planning to make? Share in the comments below.

How to Slice a Monogram Out of a SVG Design

How to Slice a Monogram Out of a SVG in Cricut Design Space

For today’s very quick video tutorial for Cricut beginners, I’m going to show you how to slice a monogram out of a SVG design in Cricut Design Space. Ready to practice? Check out all our free monogram designs for your personal use or to sell if you get a commercial use license.

Why is this trick helpful? Well, layering vinyl can be messy and make projects much more difficult than they need to be for beginners. So, to save yourself the frustration, this is a great way to cut your monogram into the design itself so that you can cut everything out in one piece.

Also, I forgot to mention this in the video, but even if you are planning to layer the vinyl, you should use this trick to slice out the monogram from the design before placing it on the design so that the vinyl monogram sticks to the actual mug or shirt and is not layered on top of the design vinyl (which can make it not stick properly).

If you haven’t already, make sure you check out our Free Resource Library and download the Basic Skills for Design Space Checklist. It has all the basic skills beginners should learn and you can go through and check them off as you learn each one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1GCNh6AewA

Easy, right?

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If you haven’t already, check out all our monogram designs, download one, and go try out your new skills!

Any questions? Leave them in the comments below and I will try to get them answered or join our Facebook group. What tutorials would you like to see up on SVG & Me next?

How to Upload a SVG to Cricut Design Space

How to Upload a SVG to Cricut Design Space

The first and most important tutorial you should watch on SVG & Me is how to upload an SVG to Cricut Design Space.

Otherwise you won’t be able to use all our free designs and wouldn’t that be awful? 🙂

Watch the video to see step-by-step how to upload them correctly. (Spoiler alert: it’s super easy!):

After you’ve watched, you’re ready to get downloading, so head over to our Free SVG Library. Just make sure to subscribe to our email list first to get the secret password sent to your email so you can access all our free designs.