Craft Edge

I embroider for a living, but just added vinyl monograms and am having a blast with the change of pace. I have also discovered the upside of vinyl is that if you mess up you just peel it off and put another one on...if I mess up embroidering it is hours of picking out threads. Not fun. Anyway, I am ...

I learned most everything from the help tab on the SCAL program.

Update...I called Cricut and they are sending me a replacement machine because apparently there is a broken pressure spring. Phew.
Karen

I just tried regular paper and the Plantin font using just the machine and it is not cutting at all. The blade is not even leaving a mark on the paper. I changed back to the factory blade and it is inserted correctly. I am using high pressure and blade depth 4 so I am perplexed as to why nothing is ...

I am a total newbie. I just unpacked my Cricut Expression tonight and read the SCAL help files. I am trying to cut vinyl for monograms. I am using Oracel 651 and have this loaded onto my mat. I have a page full of letters in SCAL and I went to Cutter - Cut design. A box pops up that says "Cutti...