How To Use Contact Paper With Cricut

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No gum is necessary with Cricut's Agglutinative Backed Paper! Hither's how to cut Adhesive Backed Paper using your Cricut Joy—and information technology works with Cricut Explore and Cricut Maker, likewise!

Cricut Joy machine and paper pennants made with the Cricut Joy and Cricut Adhesive Backed Paper

With the launch of Cricut Joy, Cricut also launched a handful of new materials. One of these new materials, Adhesive Backed Paper, is not just for Cricut Joy—it tin can be used in any Cricut machine!

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Now let's have a await at this fun new material then make a ready of party pennants!

What is Adhesive Backed Paper?

Adhesive Backed Paper is basically sticker paper. You cut your shape and peel it off the backing paper similar a sticker—no glue required (tin I get a "woo!"). Information technology comes in a range of patterns and colors. There are even solid versions that you lot can easily write on using the Cricut pen.

What Can I Make With Adhesive Backed Paper?

Here are a few ideas for using this material:

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How to Use Adhesive Backed Paper

To show how it works, I'm going to pair this sticky newspaper with regular cardstock to brand fun set of party pennants! Here's what y'all'll need.

Party Pennants Supplies

Supplies to make pennants using adhesive backed paper.

Cricut Joy or other Cricut machine
Cricut Adhesive Backed Paper
Analogous cardstock
Ribbon
Cricut Pattern Infinite project

Political party Pennants Directions

Open Cricut Design Space and navigate to the party pennant file I've designed for you.

If you'd like, recolor the project. I'm using my fabulous friend Jen Goode'due south Adhesive Backed Paper collection. I always love when my friends practice astonishing things (and Jen is always doing amazing things!).

I used 2 different shades of royal in the Cricut Pattern Space image to stand in for the patterned newspaper.

In one case you've got your file set up to get, hitting Make Information technology in the upper right. You'll be asked to choose a type of mat—both cardstock and adhesive-backed paper crave a Cricut Mat, and so cull On Mat. I accept the longer 4.five″ x 12″ mat, but this project volition as well fit on the smaller 4.5″ ten 6″ mat that comes with Cricut Joy. You can also cut these on a Cricut Explore or Maker!

To fit my cardstock on my sheet, I detect a quick way to trim it down is to stick information technology to the mat and then use my rotary cutter and acrylic ruler to cutting information technology direct down the edge of the mat surface.

Use the rotary cutter and ruler to trim down your cardstock.

Cull Medium Cardstock as your material and Pattern Space will prompt you to insert your mat. Click Get and it will cut your pennants! Continue with the other pennant mats and the adhesive paper (place it grid-side downwardly on the mat), making sure to modify your cloth type earlier cut the adhesive newspaper.

Once y'all're done, but pick up the adhesive-backed paper pieces and apply them to your pennants similar a sticker!

Pick up the adhesive-backed paper pieces and apply them to your pennants like a sticker

Then cord together with ribbon, using the pre-cut holes in the pennants. Super easy! Yous can make a bunch of these newspaper pennants using all sorts of colors and patterns for whatever party you might have!