How To Slice In Cricut Design Space

This tutorial teaches you how to slice images in cricut design space the online design software for cricut explore.

How to slice in cricut design space. Size to cover the part of your project that you want to crop or remove. Grab a square shape and unlock the proportions to free transform. Position one shape over the other then select both shapes. Hold the shift key on your keyboard while clicking on each layer.

Resize the square and slice and trim the butterfly in half. Then write a name in a font you like. The new images will appear in the layers panel and any hidden. Insert a shape square.

Hey there crafty babes. My name is jen causey and i m the resident wedding expert for cricut. Click slice to slice the layers. Once i had everything perfectly positioned i selected my text held down the ctrl key on my keyboard selected the heart and clicked slice you can also click select all.

Then select both shapes and click on slice. Select the images in the layers panel on the right. How to use the slice tool in cricut design space arrange your images so they overlap. In the lower right hand corner there is the slice button.

Find out what the slice tool does how to use it and what it can do to enhance your multi layer project. I m the creative gal behind the wedding blog called something turquoise and i use the slice and weld tools all the time when i m working in design space so i figured i should share my best tips for using these two valuable tools. Create a file in cricut design space with multiple shapes or layers. Select both layers and hit slice.

Cut out text from a shape use the shapes tool in design space to create a heart. Arrange the shapes on the wing. Weld the group of shapes together. Select the one layer and duplicate.

Delete the letters from result in this case green and pink letters and you will end up with a result as shown below. I removed the text away from the heart and deleted it. Select the shape first and then while holding the control or command key select your background image. You will end up with separate layers for each sliced image.

That s how easy using the slice tool in design space is. A box will appear. Position the text on top of the heart and align properly.