Engraving with cricut maker
Telling your machine to use the debossing tip is easy. Creating a Debossing Tip Project in Design Space Oh, and while debossing traditionally requires a folder technique-this tip does not. Some project ideas for the Cricut Maker debossing tip include wedding cards, thank you cards, monogrammed this-that-or-the-other, gift boxes, tags, and more.
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You can view a full list of compatible materials here. Cricut has tested the tip with a bunch of materials, including foil cardstock, coated paper, faux leather, vellum, glitter paper, basswood, heavy cardstock, shimmer paper, foil kraft board, and more. You can use it to create detailed depressions in a variety of materials. Let’s chat about the debossing tip first.
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Want more Cricut? Check out my super detailed guide to using the Cricut Maker Knife Blade, how to slice text in Cricut Design Space, my EasyPress 2 guide, and my tutorial for the new EasyPress Mini and using iron-on with wood! All about the Cricut Maker Debossing Tip That’s exactly what the engraving tip does-it slowly cuts a design out of your material. Engraving actually removes material using a sharp tip. However, unlike debossing, engraving does not push material down. More on the materials you can use in a bit, but there are a bunch.Įngraving is similar to debossing in that it also creates a recession in a material. It’s a very classic look achieved by pushing a smooth ball down onto a material to create the depression, creating a dimensional look.
That means that you can use it to create recessed/depressed designs in materials. The Cricut debossing tip, well, debosses. When I think of embossed designs, I think of fancy stationary and invitations. Debossed designs and text are depressed down into a material. Debossing and embossing are techniques used to either create a raised or depressed design in a material. You might be wondering what’s what and which blade you need for your project. Let’s chat about some of the differences between debossing, embossing, and engraving. Debossing, embossing, and engraving: What are the Differences? But first let’s cover some basics about the differences between debossing, embossing, and engraving. ? So today I’ll be focusing on the Cricut Maker debossing and engraving tips. I want to cover all of the QuickSwap tools eventually, but…time.
However, each tip has an etched number that can help you identify which tool you’re using: The packaging is a good place to look, but if you take your tools out of their packaging to store them and throw away the packaging…it’s harder! The tools themselves are very small, so they aren’t labeled with their names. Cricut Maker debossing and engraving tips: How do I know which tool is which? They are heavier duty tools, so they require the power and the drive mechanism that is built into the Cricut Maker’s Adaptive Tool System. You also can’t use the QuickSwap tools on the Explore models-only the Maker. Cricut plans to expand the suite of QuickSwap tools in the future. You can’t use the QuickSwap housing for any other tools, including the rotary blade, the knife blade, the regular fine-point blades, and others. That means you can use the QuickSwap housing for all of these tools. The other two are the perforation blade and the wavy blade, and the single and double scoring wheels are two of the original QuickSwap tools. The debossing tip and engraving tip are just two of the four newer QuickSwap tools. This is especially helpful if you’re working on a project that includes multiple different QuickSwap blades. And changing blades is super quick and easy. That means you only have to have one drive housing for all of the QuickSwap blades. The Cricut Maker QuickSwap tools all fit in the QuickSwap Housing. What are the Cricut Maker QuickSwap Tools? And I’m even more excited to get all of the details about the projects out there to you. Hey gang, today I’m sharing a suuuper detailed post about the new Cricut Maker debossing and engraving tips! I’m excited to finally carve out some time to do a few projects with these to test them out. Cricut Maker Debossing and Engraving Tips: How to Use Them Looking for information about the Cricut Maker debossing and engraving tips, including how to use them and ideas for projects? I’m sharing all of the details about these new Cricut Maker QuickSwap tools! This post originally appeared on by Brittany Goldwyn and was sponsored by Cricut.