Which Side To Cut Vinyl

Stick a piece of vinyl to your cutting mat making sure the paper backing side is down.

Which side to cut vinyl.

Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat. This white side is the vinyl side so you want this side up on your cutting mat. Remember we are cutting on back side of the vinyl where the heat sensitive adhesive is.

If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. You should be able to get your fingernail between the two layers and peel the adhesive vinyl off the carrier sheet like a sticker. But remember that your vinyl is mirrored and will be applied face up onto your final surface so when you look at the vinyl side you are seeing the bottom of the vinyl the part that is going to stick and melt into your surface. This side will be more matte.

For my decal i decided to use expressions vinyl series 31 removable vinyl in bright berry. Generally adhesive vinyl has the colorful vinyl on one side and is backed by a paper carrier sheet that is most often white. Then load the mat into your cricut machine by pressing the flashing load unload button. The glossy side of the vinyl is the side with the clear plastic backing.

Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings. Once the mat is loaded the screen will tell you to press the flashing go button. Feed the vinyl under the pinch rollers and on top of the roller bar and then release the rollers to hold the vinyl in place.

If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. 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. This is confusing i know.