What Can You Cut With Cricut Maker?

I wanted to try a cutting a couple new things with my Cricut Maker, so I geared up for some experimenting.  These little houses are cut from basswood.  With the knife blade, you can easily make these intricate cuts.  This post is an ad for Cricut.

The blade passes through each cut several times until it cuts all the way through.

Then you just pop the pieces out and glue them together.

So cute, and all ready for a Christmas display or centerpiece.

Of course you can cut paper too.  I needed to replenish my gift tags so I whipped up these basic tags.

Add a piece of twine and you're ready to go!

Another thing I wanted to try is the "Print Then Cut" feature.  I gathered a few sewing images in Design Space, saved them as a PDF, and printed them off on sticker paper at my local print shop.  Back at home I cut them on my Cricut.  The cut is called a kiss cut, which means it only cuts through the top layer so the sticker layer can be peeled off.

I'm dying over these stickers!  I'm using these on every letter or thank-you note until the end of time!

Sew cool!

One of my favorite things to cut is Iron-On.  I made this hot iron pouch a while ago and it is my most used item at home and while traveling.  I use it literally every single day!

You can find this project here.

The last thing I want to share is fabric cutting.  I am endlessly making these zip pouches as small gifts for friends or secret sister gifts for my daughters friends.  Cricut makes it easy to select a shape such as a heart, or a monogram, and cuts it with precision using the rotary blade.

I have really enjoyed using my Cricut Maker to cut all these different types of materials.  I've only described a few materials that I've worked with, but there are many more.  Cricut can cut just about anything that you can dream up!