Whatever mat and machine you are using put your adhesive vinyl paper backing side down onto your mat so the colored vinyl side is facing up see image below.
What side do i put glitter vinyl.
Place iron on sheet shiny liner side down onto standardgrip mat.
I still can t tell which side i cut iron on vinyl on.
The reason i wanted a cricut in the first place learning how to cut glitter vinyl.
Select images and size and load the mat into your machine.
The carrier holds the heat transfer vinyl pieces in place so they re always properly aligned.
In the end if you re faced with two shiny sides the same color the slightly less shiny side is going to be the vinyl side.
With regular htv it s usually really obvious which side is the vinyl and which side is the carrier sheet.
On the cricut explore set the dial to custom.
If you can get your tool under a layer of vinyl and pull it back then that s the side you should be cutting.
The clear carrier sheet is the shiny side.
Regular heat transfer vinyl regular siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl htv can be cut using the iron on setting on the dial of the cricut explore.
So i broke out my very first role of vinyl and sat down to figure.
Adjust your machine settings according to the iron on kiss cut guide below a kiss cut goes through the iron on film and leaves the liner intact.
For my decal i decided to use expressions vinyl series 31 removable vinyl in bright berry.
The shiny side goes down when your cutting.
Cutting glitter vinyl or any vinyl for that matter gives me the ability to make new pillow covers wine glasses window clings curtains.
You get the idea the list is literally endless.
Take your weeding tool and scrape dig in the corner of the sheet.
Cutting glitter iron on with a cricut machine.
Cutting glitter vinyl with a cricut machine.
Here is the same htv dull side it is easier to weed through the corner.
Refer to glitter vinyl kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings a kiss cut goes through the vinyl film and leaves the liner intact.
Place vinyl liner side down onto lightgrip mat.
If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat.
The vinyl side goes face up.
Be sure to mirror all images prior to.
The shiny side of the material is the clear carrier.
Glitter heat transfer vinyl siser glitter htv is a bit thicker so you have to use a custom setting to cut it.
So if you ever find yourself flipping a piece of htv over from side to side wondering which way to put it on the mat here s a simple trick to figure it out.
The carrier side goes face down because we need it to stay intact for heat application so we cut through the duller adhesive side of the material.
Pick a side of the sheet that you suspect might be the cut side e g the white side of the sheet of red htv.
Now here is how to tell the 2 sides apart.
But sometimes you can t tell.
The iron on vinyl is put onto the roll carrier side out which means the side that curls down is the carrier side and the side that curls up is the vinyl side.
