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- To create our stencils we're gonna be working

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in the Design Space.

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So you wanna go to cricut.com

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and then select Cricut Design Space.

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Here you'll see a gallery of thumbnail images

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for project inspiration.

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You're gonna select, create new project.

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And this will take us into the actual design space

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where we're gonna work with our template.

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On the left you can select, insert images.

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There'll be a link in the PDF

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for the exact template we're using,

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but you can also find it by searching, Creativebug

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in the search bar and we're gonna be using

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this geometric pattern here called medallions.

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Select insert images.

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And then your template's gonna show up in the design space.

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It's gonna be really small so we have the opportunity

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to scale it to whatever size that we like.

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So click and drag it up to the left-hand corner.

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And then select the little dot on the corner

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and you can click and drag this to scale it up.

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That won't change the proportion of the actual shapes.

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If I were to click on the bottom,

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you can see that this would stretch out the shape itself.

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If you wanted to change this pattern,

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you absolutely could do that.

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I'm gonna select undo 'cause I wanna keep the proportions

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exactly how I have it designed.

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And we're gonna open this up so it measures

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just about 12 inches wide on this top ruler here.

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You can see the rulers on the top and on the side.

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Our cutting mat is 12 by 12.

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Our contact paper is 12 by 12.

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So 12 is the maximum dimension we can go.

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Once we have it scaled to the size we like

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we're gonna select, go.

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Even though our mat is 12 by 12

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and the size of our contact paper is 12 by 12,

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you want your template to scale down just under

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the 12 inch mark, because if it hits the 12 inch mark

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the Cricut thinks it needs to be a bigger mat

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and a bigger piece of paper.

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So just scale it back just a tad

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under that 12 inch mark here.

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I'm not worried about the bottom dimension.

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It's at eight and a half, that's fine.

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Once you have it scaled to the size that you like,

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select go.

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And then a pop-up mat preview will appear.

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And this is where you can choose to do more than one cut.

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You could increase it here.

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We're just gonna do the single cut.

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You'll notice when the cut preview pop-up comes up

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that the template has changed orientation.

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It's gone from horizontal to vertical and that's fine.

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The Cricut does that automatically

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for the most efficient cuts.

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Select go again.

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And then a new pop-up is gonna appear

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and from here on out both the computer and the machine

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is gonna prompt us for our next step.

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So if we look at the computer, it tells us

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to load our mat.

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There's a little flashing arrow button for loading our mat

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and this will also be our eject button.

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We're gonna load our mat with our contact paper

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or sticky-backed vinyl.

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I just have some leftover woodgrain paper here

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from a previous project.

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This will work just fine.

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We're gonna line it up just so that it fits within our grid.

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And smooth it down.

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We're using that light grip mat which will help us later.

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Once the vinyl's attached, we're gonna load the mat.

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Just feed the mat under these tabs here.

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Press it right up to this roller bar

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and then press the flashing arrow button.

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(click and whirring)

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Before you actually start your cut you do need

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to select the depth of the cut

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and that's where your dial comes in.

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It has all these different settings on it.

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We're gonna be cutting vinyl,

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which is the same as contact paper.

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Press your flashing C button and that will begin your cut.

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Now just sit back and relax.

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(clicking)

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Once the machine's done cutting you can hit the eject button

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to eject your mat and then we're also gonna select finish

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on our screen.

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(whirring)

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From here you can save the project if you wanna make more

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of these and then put away your machine and your computer

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because next up we're gonna spray paint

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and that's gonna get messy.