Cricut Practice

Increase Stroke Weight

Thin lines make production challenging.

Notice the two star-ish shapes in the background both have an outline stroke that is very thin. It needs to be at least 7 pt. to make production easier.

1. Hold "shift" on your keyboard and click both star-ish shapes with strokes.

2. In the "Properties" tab, next to "Stroke", increase to 7 pt.

Ungroup Shapes

1. In the top menu, click "Select" > "All"

2. In the top menu, click "Object" > "Ungroup"

   • Repeat until "Ungroup" is grayed out.

Organize Each Vinyl Color to a Layer

1. Select a black shape.

2. Click "Select" > "Same" > "Fill Color" 

   • This will select everything that is the same color and the selected shapes will show in the layers panel as a small square on the right.

3. Click the [+] button in the "Layers" panel to create a new layer

4. Click and drag the little color square in "Layer 1" up to your new layer.

   • This will move what is selected to that layer.

5. Rename "Layer 2" to black.

6. Repeat for each color.

Rearrange Layers

1. Arrange the layers (click+hold, drag and drop) in order:

   • Blue

   • Black

   • Orange

Save .AIC file

If you see an asterisk (*), that means there are unsaved changes.

1. In the top menu, click "File" > "Save"

   • If "Save" is grayed out, it means your file has already been automatically saved.

Save

1. Click "Save"

2. Title your file "First Name"

3. Click "Save"

4. Click "Apply"