Edited: October 1st, 2024
Select your machine below for Cricut Smart Label Writable Vinyl Instructions.
What you need
- Cricut Explore 3 or Cricut Maker 3 smart cutting machine
- Design Space app on a computer or mobile device
- Premium Fine-Point Blade and Housing
- Smart Label Writable Vinyl compatible with your machine
- 13.0 in (33 cm) wide
- Cricut Pens or Markers*
*Cricut Opaque Gel Pens may be used, but other Cricut Gel Pens are not compatible.
Design and cut
- Customize your label design in Design Space. Use Attach to fasten Draw layers to Cut layers.
- Select your material load style (Without Mat) and your specific material type.
Note: For the rollers to grip and load your material, Cricut Explore 3 and Cricut Maker 3 allow some space above and below your design. To ensure you have enough Smart Materials for your design, wait until after the cut is complete to trim.
- Align material with left material guide on the machine, then slide it under the mat guides and up against the machine rollers.
- For best results, make sure your material has a straight edge.
- Press the load button. The machine measures your material to ensure there’s enough for your project.
- Leave 10 in (25 cm) of space behind your machine and guide the material into a roll as it feeds out the back of your machine.
- If your material loaded crookedly the machine will try to realign the material as it measures.
- Smart Materials may bow up in the middle when loading. To prevent this, ensure star wheels are spaced evenly on the roller bar.
- If your material isn’t lying flat by the end of the measuring process, press the unload button, realign your material with the left material guide and under the mat guides, and reload.
- Press the Go button and watch the magic happen!
- When the cut is complete, press the unload button.
- Allow ink to dry before handling.
Tip: Smart Materials must be at least 6 in (15.24 cm) long to use without a machine mat. You can still use shorter by placing them on a StandardGrip Machine Mat.
What you need
- Cricut Joy or Cricut Joy Xtra smart cutting machine
- Design Space app on computer or mobile device
- Cricut Joy Blade and Housing
- Smart Label Writable Vinyl compatible with your machine
- Cricut Joy - 5.5 in (13.9 cm) wide
- Cricut Joy Xtra - 9.5 in (24.1 cm) wide
- Cricut Joy Pens or Markers*
*Cricut Joy Opaque Gel Pens may be used, but other Cricut Gel Pens are not compatible.
Design and cut
- Customize your label design in Design Space. When using Design Space. Use Attach to fasten Draw layers to Cut layers.
- Select your material load style (Without Mat) and your specific material type.
Note: For the rollers to grip and load your material, Cricut Joy machines allows 1 in (2.5 cm) of space at the top of your design and 0.5 in (1.27 cm) at the bottom. To ensure you have enough Smart Materials for your design, wait until after the cut is complete to trim.
- Using both hands, insert material under guides. Continue feeding into machine until rollers grip material.
- For best results, make sure your material has a straight edge.
- Once machine senses materials under the rollers, it measures your material to ensure there's enough for your project.
- Leave 10 in (25.4 cm) of space behind your machine so materials have room to feed through.
- Smart Materials may bow in the middle when loading. If your material isn't lying flat by the end of the measuring process, select Unload in the software, then reload.
- The software will prompt you to load your pen, and again when it's time to insert your blade.
- Select Go and watch the magic happen!
- When cut is complete, select Unload.
- Allow ink to dry before handling.
Tip: Smart Materials must be at least 4 in (10.16 cm) long to use without a cutting mat with Cricut Joy, and at least 6 in (15.24 cm) long to use without a cutting mat with Cricut Joy Xtra. You can still use shorter by placing them on a StandardGrip Mat.
What you need
- Cricut Venture smart cutting machine
- Design Space app on computer
- Performance Fine-Point Blade and Housing
- Smart Label Writable Vinyl compatible with your machine
- 13.0 in (33 cm) wide
- Cricut Pens or Markers*
*Cricut Opaque Gel Pens may be used, but other Cricut Gel Pens are not compatible.
Design and cut
- Customize your label design in Design Space. Use Attach to fasten Draw layers to Cut layers.
- Select your material load style (Without Mat) and your specific material type.
Note: For rollers to grip and load your material, Cricut Explore 3 and Cricut Maker 3 Venture allows some space above and below your design. To ensure you have enough Smart Materials for your design, wait until after the cut is complete to trim.
- Make sure the machine is flush with the edge of your table or stand.
- Following the prompts in Design Space:
- Load the performance blade in clamp B (if using pens/markers, these are loaded in clamp A)
- Raise lever
- Move the right Pinch Roller to position 1
- Raise the left and middle guides
- Insert the material from the top of the machine, making sure it goes under the material guides
- Insert the material until it reaches the front edge of the machine – this ensures it covers the lower sensor
- Lower lever
- Press the load button
- If your material loaded crookedly it will try to realign the material as it measures.
- For projects that include drawing, the software will prompt you to load your pen.
- Select Go and watch the magic happen!
- When the cut is complete, cut off the material.
- Allow ink to dry before handling.
Tip: Smart Materials must be at least 6 in (15.24 cm) long to use without a cutting mat. You can still use shorter by placing them on a Standard Grip Performance Mat.
Apply labels
- Make sure your project surface is clean and dry.
- Peel labels from liner by hand and stick to project surface. Use care to avoid tearing.
Important: Do not use Transfer Tape with Smart Label Writable Vinyl as it may damage the label surface. Not for use with printers.
Note: Smart Label Writable Vinyl may leave residue upon removal from your surface.