Can you cut chipboard with cricut explore air 2

Over the past year, I’ve caught myself chatting it up in the Cricut aisle with my fellow craft and DIY’ers in local Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores while shopping for project supplies. Since the Explore was first released I’ve loved answering questions and giving my honest opinion about the features and quality of the machine. Now that the Cricut Explore Air is available I thought it would be fun to share my #1 favorite feature to talk about – Cricut Explore Air: What Can it Cut?  

TIP:  To keep things cutting great I suggest using separate blades for paper/vinyl, fabric, wood/glittered cardstocks.  Just like good scissors that you cut fabric with you wouldn’t cut paper with.  This will help them to last longer.  To keep from getting the blades mixed up you can color code them with a dot of nail polish on the end that inserts in the blade housing.

CANVAS
Cut Setting:  Custom – Canvas 0.75mm

You will need a regular blade and StandardGrip Mat.  You will also need to add stabilizer to the fabric for a clean cut.  I used Heat n’ Bond on mine.  This will only need 1x pass to cut through and it cuts perfectly.  You can see a more detailed cut HERE that it worked great on.

You will need a deep-cut blade and StrongGrip Mat.  I have also used a StandardGrip Mat and it’s worked great as long as the mat isn’t dirty.  It will need to do a 4x cut but it comes out perfectly!  

You will need a regular blade and StandardGrip Mat.  I used a duct tape sheet so that it has a protective backing while cutting.  This will only need 1x pass to cut through.  

You will need a deep-cut blade and StrongGrip Mat.  I have also used a regular blade with a StandardGrip Mat and it’s worked great as long as the mat isn’t dirty. You will also need to add stabilizer to the fabric for a clean cut.  I used Heat n’ Bond on mine.  I did try freezer paper just out of curiosity, but it’s no good so don’t try it.  

You will need a regular blade and StrongGrip Mat.  I have also used a StandardGrip Mat and it’s worked great as long as the mat isn’t dirty.  You will also need to add stabilizer to the fabric for a clean cut.  I used Heat n’ Bond on mine.  This will need to do a 3x cut.

You will need a regular blade and StandardGrip Mat.  This will only need 1x pass to cut through and it cuts perfectly.  The details it can cut on paper is crazy.  I’ve cut incredibly small detailed things like confetti seen HERE and it cut it so well.

You will need a regular blade and StandardGrip Mat or LightGrip Mat.  First of all I was looking for Acetate and couldn’t find any (I think it’s been discontinued), so I found this super cute striped transparency material.  This will only need 1x pass to cut through and it cuts perfectly.  

You will need a regular blade and StandardGrip Mat.  You will also need to add stabilizer to the fabric for a clean cut.  I used Heat n’ Bond on mine, but any stabilizer will work.  This will only need 1x pass to cut through and it cuts perfectly.  

You will need a regular blade and StandardGrip Mat, make sure your mat is clean.  This will need 4x pass to cut through.  

You will need a regular blade and StandardGrip Mat, make sure your mat is clean.  Leather will leave a mess on your mat, use a lint roller to clean.  You can see this project HERE to see how well it cuts.  This is one of my favorite things to cut.  This will need 4x pass to cut through.

You will need a regular blade and StandardGrip Mat.  This is really fun, but be careful of sharp edges.  This will need 2x pass to cut through.  Think of all the fun Diet Coke projects you can make!

You will need a deep-cut blade and StandardGrip Mat.  You will need to run this cut twice to cut through the balsa wood.

Disclosure  |  This post is sponsored by Cricut.  All ideas and opinions are 100% my own!