Ever wondered which blades, housings, and machine tools are compatible with your Cricut machine? Select a tab below for information on blades and machine tools that are compatible with your machine.
Cricut Joy Blade
Breeze through DIY with this all-purpose blade for Cricut Joy.
- Recommended for use with many popular DIY materials and all Cricut Joy materials, including Smart Materials, Infusible Ink Transfer Sheets, Insert Cards, vinyl, iron-on, paper, cardstock, poster board, and much more
- View a full list of compatible materials here.
- Cricut Joy Blade Housing is Silver and White
- Compatible with Cricut Joy machine and Cricut Joy Blade Housing only
Important: Blades are sharp. Use extreme caution. Adult use only.
Tip: To know how to change the blade in your Cricut Joy machine visit this help article.
Cricut Joy Foil Transfer Tool
Cricut Joy Foil Transfer Tool is used with Foil Transfer Sheets to add a foil effect to projects on a variety of base materials. Compatible only with Cricut Joy.
Select an image below to learn more about blades and tools compatible with Cricut Explore machines.
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*Cricut Roll Holder is compatible with Cricut Explore 3 and Cricut Maker 3 only.
Fine-Point Blades
Cricut fine-point blades are color-coded so you can see at a glance which blade to use for your materials!
Premium Fine-Point Blade
Made from premium German carbide steel, Premium Fine-Point blades are designed to make the most intricate cuts imaginable in a variety of thin to medium-weight materials. Formerly known as the Premium German Carbide blade.
- Recommended for use with paper, cardstock, poster board, vinyl, iron-on, and other thin to medium weight materials
- Premium Fine-Point blades are gold in color
- Use with gold Premium Fine-Point Housing or silver Fine-Point Housing
- This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines
Deep Point Blade
Another blade in the series of fine point blades, the deep-point blade makes it easy to perform intricate cuts on a wider variety of materials for your projects. The Deep point blade has a steeper blade angle (60 degrees vs 45 degrees for the other fine point blades) and harder, more durable steel.
- Recommended for intricate cuts on thicker materials, such as magnet, chipboard, stamp material, thick cardstock, stiffened felt, foam sheets, cardboard, and some fabrics
- Deep-Point blades are black in color
- Must be used with the Deep-Point Blade Housing
- This blade and housing can be use with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines
Bonded-Fabric Blade
We all understand that you don't use fabric scissors to cut other materials, right? Reserving fabric cutters for fabric cutting prolongs their fabric-cutting life! This blade gives you all of the functionality of the Premium Fine-Point blade, but in a distinctive pink color to match the FabricGrip mat so you can now know at a glance which fine point blade is dedicated for bonded fabrics, and which should be used for your other materials.
- Recommended for more intricate cuts on bonded fabrics or fabrics with an iron-on backer
- Bonded-Fabric blades are pink in color
- Use with the Bonded-Fabric Blade Housing. May also be used in Premium Fine-Point Blade Housing
- This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines
Important: Blades are sharp. Use extreme caution. Adult use only.
Note: Deep-Point blades should be used only in Deep-Point blade housings, and Premium Fine-Point blades should be used only in the Premium Fine-Point blade housing.
Tip: To know how to change the fine-point blade in your Cricut machine visit this help article.
Machine Tools
Foil Transfer Tool
The Foil Transfer Tool is used with Foil Transfer Sheets to add a foil effect to projects on a variety of materials. It comes with 3 interchangeable tips – fine, medium, and bold – all suitable for projects ranging from simple outlines to intricate designs. Also compatible with Cricut Maker machines.
Scoring Stylus
The Scoring Stylus lets you use your Cricut Explore machine to score fold lines for cards and envelopes, boxes, 3D projects, and more. Cricut Explore holds the Scoring Stylus and a cutting blade at the same time, so you can cut and score in one step—without changing mats! Also compatible with Cricut Maker.
Roll Holder
Cricut Roll Holder works with Cricut Explore 3 and Cricut Maker 3 to manage rolls of Smart Materials and keep them perfectly aligned during cutting.
Select an image below to learn more about blades and tools compatible with Cricut Maker machines.
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*Cricut Roll Holder is compatible with Cricut Explore 3 and Cricut Maker 3 only.
Important: Blades are sharp. Use extreme caution. Adult use only.
Note: All QuickSwap tips may be used with a single QuickSwap Housing.
Rotary Blade
The rotary blade brings infinitely customizable, precision fabric cutting to the world of home sewing crafts for the first time. With its gliding, rolling action, this unique blade cuts through virtually any fabric quickly and accurately - without the need for a backer material.
- Recommended for use with fabrics and other soft, delicate, or less-dense materials, such as tissue paper and cork
- Recommended image size of 3/4 in (1.9 cm) or larger when using Rotary Blade. Smaller images than this may cause the blade to scrape as it tries to make a small turn, which may leave a gouge in your mat, and may diminish the life of the blade.
- Must be used with the Rotary Blade drive housing (pictured).
- Rotary Blade should be used with the FabricGrip mat which is made of a stronger, more dense material that will withstand the intense pressures of the rotary cutting process
- The drive housing for this blade comes with a plastic cover over the gear at the top of the housing. We recommend that this cover remains in place while cutting to prevent hair or other material from getting caught in the gears.
- Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines
Knife Blade
The extra-deep Knife Blade slices through dense materials up to 3/32 in (2.4mm) thick with unprecedented ease and safety. It’s ideal for cuts of moderate detail in thicker materials.
- Recommended for use with thicker materials such as balsa wood, mat board, and chipboard
- Must be used with the Knife Blade drive housing (pictured)
- Move the star wheels on the roller bar to the side to avoid leaving track marks on your thicker materials
- The drive housing for this blade comes with a plastic cover over the gear at the top of the housing. We recommend that this cover remains in place while cutting to prevent hair or other material from getting caught in the gears
- Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines
Important: Due to longer cut times requiring Bluetooth™ connection, Knife Blade projects are not compatible with iOS and Android devices.
Tip: To know how to replace Knife Blade, visit this help article.
QuickSwap Tools
Designed especially for Cricut Maker's adaptive tool system, QuickSwap Housing allows you to quickly swap between scoring, debossing, engraving, and more. Simply snap the tip you want into QuickSwap Housing and tell your Cricut Maker to "Go!" You can expand your collection of Cricut Maker tools with a variety of QuickSwap Tips, including Single Scoring Wheel, Double Scoring Wheel, Engraving Tip, Perforation Blade, Debossing Tip, and Wavy Blade.
Tip: To know how to swap tips on QuickSwap Housing visit this help article.
Scoring Wheel & Double Scoring Wheel
With the ability to use up to 10X more pressure than the Scoring Stylus, these two tools — Scoring Wheel and Double Scoring Wheel — create crisp creases in thick and thin materials to make perfect, effortless folds.
- Scoring Wheel makes a deep, single score line — perfect for uncoated, light materials, including crepe paper, light cardstock, and even acetate
- Double Scoring Wheel creates two deep, parallel score lines — exactly what you need for coated or heavier materials like poster board and cardboard
- Uses Cricut QuickSwap Housing. The QuickSwap Housing makes changing tips as easy as pushing a button.
- The drive housing for this blade comes with a plastic cover over the gear at the top of the housing. We recommend that this cover remains in place while cutting to prevent hair or other material from getting caught in the gears
- Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines
Debossing Tip
Add professional polish and elevated elegance to paper crafts with crisp, detailed debossed designs.
- Debossing Tip creates detailed depressions in a variety of materials to add dimension and flair to your projects without the need for a folder
- Uses Cricut QuickSwap Housing. The QuickSwap Housing makes changing tips as easy as pushing a button
- Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines
Engraving Tip
Inscribe decorative flourishes and embellishments, monograms, personalized text, and more on a variety of materials.
- Engraving Tip allows you to add personalized text or create monograms, draw decorative flourishes and embellishments, or inscribe your favorite quotes on a variety of materials
- Uses Cricut QuickSwap Housing. The QuickSwap Housing makes changing tips as easy as pushing a button
- Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines
Perforation Blade
Get the perfect tear quickly and effortlessly with precise perforation cuts for a wide variety of projects.
- Perforation Blade creates evenly space perforation lines allowing for clean, even tearing without the need to fold beforehand - especially great for shapes with curves
- It's perfect for tear-out booklet pages, raffle tickets, homemade journals, or for any project that demands a clean tear
- Uses Cricut QuickSwap Housing. The QuickSwap Housing makes changing tips as easy as pushing a button
- Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines
Wavy Blade
Add a fun wavy decorative edge to any design.
- Wavy Blade adds a whimsical wavy edge to any design in half the time of a drag blade
- This specially sculpted stainless-steel blade is great for original decals, envelopes, cards, gift tags, and collage projects, or any time you need fabulously finished edges and stylish design accents
- Uses Cricut QuickSwap Housing. The QuickSwap Housing makes changing tips as easy as pushing a button
- Compatible only with Cricut Maker machines
Fine-Point Blades
Cricut fine-point blades are color-coded so you can see at a glance which blade to use for your materials!
- Premium Fine-Point: Gold
- Deep Point: Black
- Bonded-Fabric: Pink
Premium Fine-Point Blade
Made from premium German carbide steel, Premium Fine-Point blades are designed to make the most intricate cuts imaginable in a variety of thin to medium-weight materials. Formerly known as the Premium German Carbide blade.
- Recommended for use with paper, cardstock, poster board, vinyl, iron-on, and other thin to medium weight materials
- Premium Fine-Point blades are gold in color
- Use with gold Premium Fine-Point Housing or silver Fine-Point Housing
- This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines
Deep Point Blade
Another blade in the series of fine point blades, the deep-point blade makes it easy to perform intricate cuts on a wider variety of materials for your projects. The Deep point blade has a steeper blade angle (60 degrees vs 45 degrees for the other fine point blades) and harder, more durable steel.
- Recommended for intricate cuts on thicker materials, such as magnet, chipboard, stamp material, thick cardstock, stiffened felt, foam sheets, cardboard, and some fabrics
- Deep-Point blades are black in color
- Must be used with the Deep-Point Blade Housing
- This blade and housing can be use with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines
Bonded-Fabric Blade
We all understand that you don't use fabric scissors to cut other materials, right? Reserving fabric cutters for fabric cutting prolongs their fabric-cutting life! This blade gives you all of the functionality of the Premium Fine-Point blade, but in a distinctive pink color to match the FabricGrip mat so you can now know at a glance which fine point blade is dedicated for bonded fabrics, and which should be used for your other materials.
- Recommended for more intricate cuts on bonded fabrics or fabrics with an iron-on backer
- Bonded-Fabric blades are pink in color
- Use with the Bonded-Fabric Blade Housing. May also be used in Premium Fine-Point Blade Housing
- This blade and housing can be used with all Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines
Note: Deep-Point blades should be used only in Deep-Point blade housings, and Premium Fine-Point blades should be used only in the Premium Fine-Point blade housing.
Tip: To know how to change the fine-point blade in your Cricut machine visit this help article.
Foil Transfer Tool
The Foil Transfer Tool is used with Foil Transfer Sheets to add a foil effect to projects on a variety of materials. It comes with 3 interchangeable tips – fine, medium, and bold – all suitable for projects ranging from simple outlines to intricate designs. Also compatible with Cricut Explore machines.
Scoring Stylus
The Scoring Stylus is compatible with Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines. To use Scoring Stylus instead of Cricut Scoring Wheels with Cricut Maker choose Edit Tools on the cut screen in Design Space.
Roll Holder
Cricut Roll Holder works with Cricut Explore 3 and Cricut Maker 3 to manage rolls of Smart Materials and keep them perfectly aligned during cutting.
| Machine | Standard Blade | Deep Cut Blade | Scoring Tip | Cake Blade |
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| Personal/V1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Create | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Expression | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Expression 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Imagine | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Mini | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
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Fine-Point Blade
- This is also known as Standard Replacement Blades.
- These blades are sold with both green or grey protective caps.
- Standard Blade Housing: Whether plastic or metal, this housing will be green.
Deep-Point Blade
- This Deep-Cut blade housing is blue and accepts Deep-Point replacement blades, which are easily identified in stores by the blue protective caps.
- The Deep-Point blade has a steeper blade angle (60-degrees) and the housing is shorter to allow clearance for thicker materials, up to 1.5mm thick.
- The Deep Point blade is recommended for cutting magnet, chipboard, stamp material, thick cardstock, stiffened felt, foam sheets, cardboard, fabric, and other thicker materials.
Scoring Tip with Housing
- The Cricut Scoring Tip with Housing can be used to create score lines rather than cutting. You can find the instructions from this help article.
Cake Blade
- Blade and blade housings for the Cricut Cake and Cricut Cake Mini machines were manufactured to be safe for use with food items.
- Cricut Cake blades were sold with silicone blade housing protectors which protected the blade housing from food particles that might otherwise work their way up inside the blade housing.
- Cricut Cake Blade Housing is food-safe and designed for use with the Cake and Cake Mini machines.
Important: Blades and blade housings for the Cricut Cake machine have been discontinued.