When I was making the wedding signs on very large antique mirrors for my daughter's wedding, Smart gold and black glitter vinyl worked the best. We tried several different products but the Smart vinyl really gave us the most professional look. I am making mirrors for a friend's wedding this fall and that was her choice as well.
I use regular vinyl instead of htv for small letters. No need to pull out a heat press when vinyl works the same. Washi or scotch tape works to transfer it to your project.
That sheet of sticker paper wasn't waisted. Cut it off at the bottom of the black box and use the rest of the sheet. My Maker is closed and covered when not in use. I'm not leaving the stylus in clamp A if I'm not using it. It doesn't take but a few seconds to swap tools when needed, not a big deal.
The only thing is that some printers know when it's not a full sheet of paper, but you can tape a piece of paper on the back of it to fool the printer. Or, if you cut out your sticker without the back of the sheet it stays full size anyway. So yeah, you don't have to print a full sheet of things you may or may not want later to avoid wasting sticker paper. If I knew I wanted more stickers I'd be printing them all from the beginning.
I like the Smart Vinyl much better than the regular cricut vinyl. The Smart Vinyl is stiffer than regular vinyl. I also like it because it saves up on having to use my mat as much. The prices are about the same.
I personally don't like smart vinyl but I have purchased it at Walmart because it was on sale and significantly cheaper than purchasing the same amount of regular Cricut vinyl .... ( because of who I was selling it too and due to what they were using it for I wanted to keep the profit margin small)
I wish when using the scoring stylus, it would not make me change the tool setting each time I change mats. I would think that remembering the settings would also remember the tool.
I don’t agree with using htv instead of paper. I mainly papercraft on my Cricut Explore. When I want to use an intricate font, I offset it and use a pen to write it. I don’t see the logic of using more expensive vinyl versus just using a pen
Good tips. Somewhere recently I read that I think it was Siser has a low tack transfer tape. Do you know anything about it or anyone who has one? What else could I use to transfer paper to paper? Or Vinyl to paper? Where can I find info on layering glitter cardstock? Thanks.
I love to use the scoring stylus pic. I wish you could make it the default so you didn’t have to choose it every time and I only buy smart material when it’s on clearance or half price. The only reason I like it at all is it is faster on my maker 3.
