Can I Cut Laminated Paper

Cricut explore maker machines are not food safe and cannot cut fondant or similar materials.

Can i cut laminated paper.

If you don t want to do this you can cut laminated paper that has a sealed edge but be aware that it is no longer completely waterproof. This will give you a smoother cut. Some people choose to cut paper items and then laminate them. If you lack another kind of trimmer you can definitely use the scissors to trim your laminated documents especially if you used thinner film.

A craft knife and straight edge. So far i ve only had a few instances where the lamination pulled off of the paper after cutting them. We want to keep the edges around the design heat sealed to protect the paper inside. If you do use scissors slide them through the laminate don t open and close the blades.

Do you have any tips to save money. Can it cut several cards out of an 8x11 standard sheet of printed laminated paper at once. If you want to make your own laminated cut file i show you how you can do that here. Cricut explore cricut maker machines cut so many materials that the only limit is your imagination.

Put a plain piece of white paper on your mat. One of the things that drives me insane about laminating is the time i spend with scissors in hand cutting around the laminated cards. Removing lamination from newer documents. If you loaded the pixscan mat and cut just like this you d cut right along the edge of your design and you d basically end up with a peeling laminated piece.

Blow the warm air under the lamination. How does it recognize where it should cut. We don t want that. From something as delicate as tissue paper to thick leather these amazing machines can do it all.

I cut this out on 8 5 11 paper since this was the cheapest. This is because the laminate will have a sealed edge where one piece of the plastic laminate fused to the other. Cut the edge of the lamination allowing heat to be blown between the card and the lamination. I would love to hear more about how you use the cricut.

If you are using 8 5x 11 adjust the material size in cricut design space before you cut. You may choose to laminate a keepsake document such as a wedding announcement or a document that will be handled. This can be time consuming. However if it makes sense and you can fit more pieces on your lamination by cutting first by all means go for it.

Now you should only have cut lines around your designs.