Use perforation blade with Cricut Maker tutorial

Learn how to use the perforation blade with a Cricut maker!

The Cricut Maker is the Cricut machine with the most tools available for crafting. HERE is a post naming and giving a little explanation of each one. This post is specifically about the perforation blade (tip N° 11) of Cricut machines. A tool that allows you to mark lines to easily remove parts from a project, such as theme park tickets and that sort of things.

Cricut Design Space process

First of all, find or load the design of your choice. After that we are going to add some score lines. To use the perforation knife we must add such lines. To do that go to “shapes” and select “score lines”. Go to line type and choose “perforate”. To clarify, it is possible to have the score lines with any shape, just make sure to change the line type. Once the project is finished, don’t forget to put the pieces together.

How to change the tip

The cricut maker comes with its tools in a quicksap housing to simply remove and change the tips for different procedures. To change the tip, first place the protective cap on the blade for safety. After that, depress the plunger and pull out the tip. Then press the plunger once more and add the other tip and realign the plunger.

Prices tags with perforation blade

Surely with this blade it is possible to create many fun projects such as birthday cards, play or party tickets, removable tags and much more! Let’s see how to create a price tag using the punch blade with a Cricut Maker.

First, go to images and find a tag design. Size it and add some text according to the product you are going to sell. Add descriptions such as style, size and price of the product. Place at the bottom of the tag the price or the name of your businessa nd add a score line to divide both texts and be able to remove the price section.

Set the text to draw, the label to cut and the score line to perforate. Cricut Design space will give a command to do all this. Normally it will cut and draw first, and finally change the tool and set the perforation blade.