Well for one thing because you can buy the large cricut cake for 140 at big lots these days cheaper than the expression.
Can you cut vinyl with a cricut cake.
Spread the fondant on the cutting mat.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear.
Spread the cricut cutting mat with butter or oil to prevent the fondant from sticking.
You can find the instructions from this help article.
The first time you cut on the mat you can clearly see the outline that the machine is making in the mat and it looks really great.
However the problem is that you re trying to cnc cut sugar with a tiny razor blade so it s very easy for the material to start stretching creating problems.
In fact any part of the machine that touches food is made of food safe material.
The cricut scoring tip with housing can be used to create score lines rather than cutting.
This tutorial will show you how to cut vinyl using cricut design space which is the cricut design software used for all newer cricut models cricut explore explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker if you have an older cricut machine that uses cricut craft room the software looks different from design space but the basics are the same.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
As such it has been designed with parts that are made of food safe material.
If you use one of the usual cricut cutting mats remove the stickiness first so you don t contaminate your fondant.
With cricut joy you can use a lightgrip mat standardgrip mat and card mat.
If you have a cricut that uses a 12 inch by 12 inch mat you can use the cricut cake mat.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
Cricut cake has been specifically designed to cut edible material including gum paste frosting sheets and more.
Card mat is uniquely designed with a divider to protect the back of folded cricut insert cards while cutting a design on the.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
Press flashing go button.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.