Cricut Projects You Can Make (2024)

FAQs

How do I get free Cricut projects? ›

Sign in to Design Space. Select New Project. From your Canvas, select Images on the design panel to the left. Select Free under Highlighted Categories.

With Cricut, you can create personalized educational materials for your students, transform your classroom into a playground for creativity, and make one-of-a-kind items for you & your loved ones.

Cricut Maker 3 is the most versatile Cricut machine, with additional tools and blades. It can cut 300+ materials. Cricut Maker 3 can cut Smart Materials. These clever crafting materials work without a cutting mat, so you can just load the material directly into your machine and go.

No, Cricut does not own your artwork. You can sell your artwork elsewhere, too. Keep in mind that once your artwork is submitted and approved though, it will remain in Design Space. How do I manage my artwork submissions?

The Cricut Explore Air 2 is perfect for teachers! Here's what we love about the Cricut Explore Air 2 for Teachers: This Cricut cuts all the material you use as a teacher – perfect for any projects you'd need for classroom! uploading your own images is easy!

Cricut Joy machines cut Smart Materials without a machine mat, but they can also cut a variety of other materials using a machine cutting mat. With Cricut Joy machines, you can use a LightGrip Mat, StandardGrip Mat, and Card Mat.

Infusible Ink Pens & Freehand Markers

The Ink Pens & Markers are designed to use in your Cricut Explore machine to draw images that can be transferred onto your project. The Freehand markers are made to allow you to use your creative brain to draw onto printer paper, then transfer the image using a heat-press.

While Brother and Silhouette of America offer cutting machines comparable to Cricut's, the newer brands xTools and Glowforge have added laser cutters to the mix. All of these can be alternatives to the best Cricut machines for cutting paper, card, vinyl, fabric and much more.

There's a lot of waste

Why? That's the amount of material that gets wasted when you cut out designs. After cutting, you have to peel away the "negative space," and there's really nothing you can do with the excess material besides throw it out.

What can I not sell with Cricut? ›

You shall not copy, capture, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any Content for any other purposes without the prior written consent of Cricut or the respective licensors of the Content.

If you're a dedicated Cricut maker, you can earn money selling crafts locally, on an online marketplace, or through your own ecommerce website. If you're excited by the thought of turning your hobby into a source of income, you might be ready to start your own Cricut business.

Design Space (our full-featured design app that connects to any Cricut smart cutting machine) is free and you can jump in right away to start making. With Access, you get all the perks listed above. Those new to Cricut can (and we highly recommend) take advantage of the free 30-day trial to Access.

To download an image for offline use, open the Images screen, select an image, and tap Download. The image label will read Downloaded once the download is complete.

Design Space is the free program that you use with your Cricut machine—it's what allows you to design projects and make them on your machine. Cricut Access is a separate optional, paid subscription that gives you access to extra features in Design Space (listed above) plus other member benefits.