Cricut Tip: Cutting lightweight paper

[123SA]

I feel so clever!!! I was trying to cut a piece of cheap lightweight patterned paper. It kept ripping. I kept playing around with the speed, pressure, blade depth etc. I changed the blade. So frustrating. And then inspiration struck! I flipped the paper to the back and taped a piece of lightweight cardstock to it. I put the speed and pressure back up to max and used the flip feature and cut the cardstock -- it cut right through the patterned paper too -- nice smooth lines. I don't think you'd need to flip everything...not really sure why I did, but it worked

 

[LindaBabe]

So the cardstock is on top or the paper? It sounds like a great idea - I gave up trying to cut paper because of the difficulty.

 

[123SA]

Tape the cardstock to the top of your paper. The patterned paper is stuck down to the mat.

I felt the same way about cutting paper - -spend half an hour and just waste a bunch of paper!

 

[morgansmom2000]

Great tip! I get so frustrated cutting out paper! Thanks.

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

That is a great tip. I hated cutting regular paper. I wasted more than I had usable.

 

[123SA]

I tried it again last night with different papers and a used blade. It still worked

 

[DisneyIsTerrific]

I wish I'd read this earlier. It sure would have been nice for cutting the gorilla heads on that really thin paper I used. About every 3rd one would cut fine, but the 2 inbetween would just tear. Thanks for the tip and I'll be using it next time!