Everything You Need To Know About The Cricut Explore Air 2

Do you have a creative streak in you? We bet you do! There are plenty of DIY people around who are into sewing, quilting, patchwork, and a host of other types of projects that need cutting. And they could all use a Cricut machine to simplify doing their projects and keep on going to create more and more outstanding crafts.

Now if you don’t know much yet about the Cricut machine, it’s an electronic cutting machine It’s sort of works like a printer where you create an image or design on your computer, smartphone, or tablet, and then send it to the machine. Except that instead of printing your design, the circuit cuts it out of whatever material you want.

It’s really outstanding and here’s more to know about it and by the end, your creative juices will be an overflow.

Fabric cutting: The circuit Explore Air 2 can cut delicate fabrics like lace to heavy fabrics like denim. It can even cut sequined fabrics, glittered fabrics, leather, faux fur and much more. The reason you can do that is because it comes with a different set of blades, suitable for different fabrics, so you won’t need any backing when cutting. The flexible tool system gives you the freedom to easily change blades and tools for different types of projects. You’ll find a fine-point blade, which is the standard blade for cutting paper, a fine-pointed pen for drawing, and a rotary blade for cutting fabric. The cut size of the machine is 6.750x 9.250.

To categorize what the circuit cuts: Paper and cardstocks, vinyl, iron-on, textiles, fabrics, and a bunch of other materials from wood to foil.

No add-ons needed: As long as you’re not cutting deeper than 2.0mm thick, you won’t need any add-ons. But you can get add-ons if you’re contemplating cutting deeper than that. You’ll be buying that separately, but you can find them on sale. Keep your eyes peeled for the best Cricut Explore Air 2 Black Friday sale that will be coming up in 2019.

Software: The software on it is user-friendly and Cricut Design Software is awesome for your laptop, as well as iPhone, iPad, and Android. You can get lost in the templates of designs and fonts that are provided for you.  

Easy to use: Once you log in to the website (located on the USB cable), you can see how to set up the machine by going through the on-screen prompts. The prompts actually include materials to do a test run project just so you can see how to use the pen in conjunction with the blade.  .

Wireless, silent, lightweight: circuit definitely wins as far as silence, size, and being wireless goes. The Bluetooth is a great feature of this cutter, allowing you to upload your own designs.

The Cricut Explore Air 2 does exactly what it says it does. For all types of crafts, you’ll definitely have tons of use for it. You’ll get a crisp clean cut every time. You can even start your own home-business with this nifty machine.