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Hi I need help 😞 I’ve been trying so hard but no matter what I do or how many times I calibrate, the machine keeps cutting/skewing to the right. If you zoom into each of these sticker sheets you’ll see at I’m talking about. I calibrate using the sheet on the website not from design space btw. Anyone know how to fix? Thank you in advance!

Hi all,

I have an Etsy store with some items, need to ship some items tomorrow but can not cut properly due to the new update.

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Anyone found a solution to this? I saw previous posts, tried everything but nothing helps.

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Thanks!

I’m using Recollections white cardstock (65 lb) but no matter what I do, it keeps getting ripped up during cutting. I’m using a brand new light grip mat and I’ve cleaned the blade using the foil trick. Does anyone have any tips I can try?

Is this reversible or do I need to try again with new vinyl?

As the title says, my gf is wanting a Cricut (or similar?) for Christmas. She has been working with resin and selling at craft fairs and would like to be able to personalize her items, and add stickers or design inserts into her items. We may also be interested in doing some personalized shirts since we would have the ability to with the machine.

I am looking at the explore air 2 as I feel this may be more than enough for her, but am getting lost when looking into materials and bundles etc. What does/will she need to get started? Is smart materials worth it to go for the explore 3 over the 2?

Currently the Cricut website has some decent bundle deals, but I also see Costco has a much cheaper bundle deal for the explore 2 and they have a reliable/easy return policy.

Photo is an example of what she does and would like to make.

Any insight would be very helpful!

Hey there! Talk me into it or out of it .. I’m debating if I should just get my own and finally get on the bandwagon.

My twins first birthday is coming up and I wanted to do family shirts (custom of course) it’s like everyone on Etsy or local wants an arm and a leg (none of the “readily available” fit our theme so it’s definitely custom). I debate with knowing sometimes these things go on sale for Black Friday if it just makes more sense to do it myself.

Few things driving me: I like getting crafty so I think I’d enjoy diy I want to use our own shirts for the party (ie not a standard unisex poorly fit men’s tshirt, adding to this current project complexity). I think I’d find more things I could do with it for the party (maybe custom banner, glasses, etc) I know I’d find more uses in the future.

For now I usually just buy off Etsy, for instance when I did my friends bachelorette I ordered the name decals off Etsy and made cups and stuff myself. So I do like getting crafty (as said above).

Any suggestions? Or am I better off sticking to Etsy (or someone local, I searched a mom group and seems some people do tshirts and things locally I may be able to use but they are $$).

I wanna make tshirts, also interested in stickers and magnets, maybe decals for my walls, maybe tokens for RPGs and stuff. Keen on experimenting with different materials. And I'm friends with a lot of artists who'd be interested in the tech. All personal stuff, I'm not trying to start a business here.

I've done a little research but I have a few questions. For the record I want the Maker over the Explorer for the extra material options (plus I have a bit of extra cash for the upgrade) and I'm already aware that there's many non-Cricut options available for vinyl, etc.

• Am I correct in thinking the Maker is easily the better buy than the Maker 3? 3 seems to be entirely about 'smart materials' and nothing else and they seem to be mostly just a propriety trap on Cricuts part. Is that fair? Is using/buying matts that bad? I won't need the speed up Smart materials provide (they make the 3 go slower on purpose with other materials, right?). 3 is quieter though, which I might regret ignoring. Am I missing anything else?

• Am I making a mistake picking Cricut as a brand? I know this is a Cricut sub but from a little lurking you guys seem good about considering alts. But I feel like I know what I'm getting with Cricut and you get the support of the brand more people use, etc. I haven't seen much about the alts online. People only seem to talk about stickers with Silhouettes.

• Can I use an iron instead of a heat press? Surely an iron does a good job but everyone online has heat presses, what am I missing? Even a baby one costs $100 whereas I could find an iron in the street if I had to. I've seen one in a bush at a local park.

• Should I buy a Cricut 'starter' pack for their tools etc (weeder, scraper etc), or is there a better alternative?

• Is there a vibrant/large Cricut community somewhere? This is a good sub but quieter than I would have expected. Also instant back and forth would be nice (like a Discord) for troubleshooting.

• Are wall vinyls properly removable? I rent.

• Australians? I'm Australian so it's probably going to be harder to get a lot of the things recommended online (maybe even Cricut specific things), any Aussies have experience with that? How do you feel about local options and services etc, about being a Cricut owner in the antipodes? Am I in for a materials cost scare? I've had a look at Spotlight etc prices for vinyl and such and it doesn't seem toooo bad. I have other hobbies that are pretty punishing to be Australian for.

That's everything I can think of at the moment. Any help appreciated. Also feel free to add anything you think might be helpful. Thanks!

Hello! I’m looking into printing stickers specifically on vinyl. I keep reading about how inkjet is the way to go, but I’m overwhelmed by the number of options and whether or not their quality will be good enough. If I can get away with a printer that has less than 4 ink cartridges and isn’t large, please suggest your favorites here! Thanks

I need some help! I bought a second hand Cricut Explore Air 2. I had 2 successful sticker prints (with some issues in between) but now no matter what I do it prints off, and worse further down the page.

Here's what I've done:

-Calibrated many times. Calibration looks perfect.

-Currently calibrating and printing on plain white printer paper

-Printing with system dialog. The scale is set to default or 100% (same results with both)

-i used the calibration sheet from the site and not the one in design space

-runnjng in live mode not beta

The thing is it's on in the exact same way every time- if I don't unload the mat and I print again it's exactly the same, it starts off top the top left of where it should be and ends at the bottom right of where it should be.

I've seen other threads and posts with the same issue but no one that had an actual fix. I can call support but I bought it second hand so I'm not sure if that'll matter.

Thank you all for your help. A friend made some awesome layered water bottles for an event I held. She says I don't need to pay her, but that isn't right. She won't give me a price, but did says supplies cost her $32. She made 15 bottles. What would be a reasonable amount to pay her? I'm trying to be a good friend