Not only do I have a full Cricut Maker Review, but I'm also going to show you a fun gift I made using the maker. Hello friends! I am so excited about today's post. Plus, a tutorial for how to use the Maker to cut chipboard and vinyl and make a fun gift basket for family and friends! Wait for it to cool before you peel off the transferred image sheet.If you're considering buying a Cricut, read our full Cricut Maker review, complete with information the differences between Cricut machines.You don’t want to skip this step as you need the image to stay put. Use the heat resistant tape to tape down your image to your sublimation puzzle blank.You are working with ink – it will not come out! Put down some of the butcher paper to protect your heat press mat/ironing board.You can do this with as many rows as you like. Prep the puzzle: If you want to make it larger than the blank came ( these are my go-to puzzle blanks and they come in 120 pieces) then take off the outer row on one side of puzzle pieces of two of the blanks and combine together (making it 210 pieces!).Use your Cricut machine to draw the image and then use the markers to freehand colouring it in. I like to take purchased SVGs or ones from design space and change the image from ‘cut’ to ‘draw’ and it will give an awesome outline of the image. Infusible Ink: Don’t want to play around with printing sublimation? That’s totally fine – use your Infusible Ink markers/sheets.If your puzzle is larger than a printed page you may need to slice the image into two. Set your canvas to the size of your puzzle and then search for a background (full size image!). You don’t need to have any design experience to use this program as it’s as easy or easier than using word. I use such a super easy method – CANVA! If you haven’t tried it yet it is a super easy to use design program that has both a free and paid option. Print on sublimation paper: Don’t have a sublimation printer? Many local vinyl supply companies have the option to print at a per page rate on sublimation paper!! OK, OK, now on to HOW to create the design.Want to learn more about all of Cricut’s heat press options? Read about them here! Looking to buy a Cricut machine from Canada? Check out this post. This is by far the easiest one and can be made either with scissors and glue or a Cricut. Poster made puzzle: Poster board and a poster/printed photo.I have found a few different ways to do this – read the full details below! (Cricut not necessary) Blank pre-cut puzzles: Pre-cut sublimation blanks from Amazon (basically white puzzles you add your design to).
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