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How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore

February 17, 2017 By Amy | The Happy Scraps 9 Comments

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So you’ve got a Cricut Explore machine and you know you can do all these fun things with it like draw & cut, print & cut, make home decor, etc. but you just aren’t sure how to do it? Well, today I’m showing you How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore. You won’t believe how easy & FUN it is!

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

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You’ll start by creating your file in Cricut Design Space. When creating it, after you add your text, in the edit menu on the right, you’ll click on “Has a Writing Style”. This will show the fonts that will draw a writing style. You can draw with any font, but some of the fonts will do an outline of the edge of the letter.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

Once you have your font picked out, go to the layers menu. Click on the box next to the little pen image, to select the color of your pen. I was using two different colors for this project.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

Before you go to the cut menu, you’ll want to attach your image together, so that your text is drawn where you want it. I was making Kazoo Valentines, so I selected the square, little circles, the text and the hearts for each image, and then on the layers tab, I clicked attach. Now you are ready to Click the green “GO” at the top center of your screen.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

It brings you to this screen. You’ll know that you didn’t get everything attached together they way it should be if it doesn’t look like you want it to here. Now you are ready to click “GO” at the bottom right.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

Once you click “GO” the machine will have you load your paper and mat.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

Then on the screen you’ll get the message to load your pen into clamp A on your Cricut Explore Air 2. I was using the Pink Crystal pen, so my message says “Please load the Pink Crystal pen into accessory clamp A. Press the “Go” button to continue.”

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

You’ll loosen clamp A by pulling the clamp to your left.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

Place your pen in the clamp with the open tip down.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

Push the pen down into the clamp until it’s about even with the blade. You do need to push a little bit to get it in there to the right place.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

Then close your clamp.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

Press go on your machine and it will start writing. IF it doesn’t start writing, then the pen is probably not down into the clamp far enough.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

Once it is done drawing with the Pink Crystal pen, it will ask you to change it to the Jade pen. You’ll just repeat the above steps.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

It will draw the things with the Jade pen that it is supposed to.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

Once it is done drawing, it will start cutting.

If you have a Cricut Explore you need to know How to Draw & Cut with the Cricut Explore! It's so FUN & easy to do. I've got the details on the blog.

And that’s it! You’ll have your drawn images and have your cuts made as well. It is a great feature for making things all with the one machine. I used this to Draw & Cut the stuff to make this turning chore chart several years ago, and it worked great!

So what will be your first project with the Draw & Cut on your Cricut Explore Air?

Filed Under: Cricut, DIY Projects Tagged With: cricut, cricut design space, cricut explore, cricut explore air 2, draw & cut

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