How to Personalize a Pouch with Printable HTV
Tools
Instructions
Cricut Design Space Preparations
- Open Cricut Design Space and Click "New Project" in the top right corner.
- Click "Upload Image" and click "Browse".
- Click "Open", "Continue" & "Apply & Continue".Select "Flat Graphic" and click "Continue".
- Give your image a name, place it in a folder (optional) & finally click "Upload".
- Click on the image, then click "Offset". In this case choosing 0.5 worked well. Click "Apply".
- If your image has unnecessary holes in it, change the "Offset" operation temporarily to "Basic Cut".
- Click "Contour" and then click "Hide All Contours".
- Change the operation on the offset back to print then cut. "Then change the color of the offset to the color you prefer.
- Select the image and the offset and choose "Flatten".
- Measure your pouch to decide how big you want the printable HTV.In this case I decided to have 1 cm breathing room at the top and bottom, so the height was the measurement I adjusted.
- Select the image and resize it according to the size of your pouch.
Print Then Cut
- Click make.
- Select your material size (paper size).
- Load your paper in the printer then click "Send to Printer".If you want to make adjustments on your end, choose "Use System Dialog".In the settings you can typically reduce the speed, opt for higher quality and choose the paper type you are using.
- Wait for it to print and click done.
- Choose the paper type you are using.
- Place the printable HTV on your cutting mat, load the fine-point blade in the machine and click the "load/unload" button.
- Press "Go" and let your Cricut machine cut your printable HTV.
- Click unload, remove the printable HTV from the mat.
- Weed around the design.
- Carefully remove the design from the backing paper.
Press
- Set the Cricut EasyPress Mini to Medium heat.
- Lint roll the pouch to avoid any dust and preheat the pouch for 5 seconds.
- Gently move the EasyPress Mini over the printable HTV for about 30 seconds. If it hasn't adhered, repeat for 15 seconds .
- Your personalized pouch is finished!