Cutting Chipboard with the Cricut Maker - How To

Cutting Chipboard with the Cricut Maker is no easy feat, I will vouch for this now! So I made ya'll a Cutting Chipboard with the Cricut Maker - How To video! When I got my Cricut Maker one of the really exciting things I wanted to do was make those cute wreaths or door hangers for my kiddos and home! Little did I know it would be this much of a hassle!

Be warned my fellow Cricut crafter friends, cutting chipboard with the knife blade (what I used) on the "damask chipboard" setting takes several hours if you want a fancy cut! Even the less fancy cuts require a minimum of TWELVE passes. You will notice a few things, I changed images because the first cut failed after 15 hours! The time of day is also different, since ya know 15 hours.

Regardless of the hassle and whoopsy I love the way these turned out in the end! In my opinion, worth it!

MAJOR LESSONS HERE:
1. Set aside at least two hours for these cuts
2. Do not do something as ridiculous as jagged diamond borders for these
3. As always have fun and laugh about it!

EDIT: Here is the exact chipboard I used in this Video!
It is by Grafix! Enjoy

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[deetyra]

Thanks for sharing a non-cricut chipboard. For a project I thought I was going to do, I bought natural medium weight chipboard from Amazon before the cricut maker was available. I finally decided to use it a couple days ago. I used the heavy weight setting and it said 24 passes, however it cut in completely in 8. I'm not cutting letters yet, but shapes with lots of curves.

[jasminecrowe]

Do you need to use a printer at for this project?

[sherrim]

I’m not having any luck cutting the 2 mm chipboard
It keeps getting stuck on the first or second pass
Any clue what’s wrong

[SuperKaleido]

Hi, Did you have to cut the Grafix chipboard (12"x12") down to 11"x11" to clear rollers to allow feeding into Maker?

[Mrsdkccook]

I cannot find the damask chip board or the heavy chip board in my material settings. The only thing in there is light chip board and that’s with the fine blade which does not work.

[PaleoGreenByrd]

I am trying to cut an uploaded image but the software always sends me to a page that says "send to printer" or "already printed" I do not want to do either, I want to cut the image I imported...any solutions or do I just need to cut based on a printed design? Thanks

[samanthac]

What is the brand name of the chipboard you used?

[marikiemarie]

I would say that's not the best chipboard though. 36 hours is never normal for any cut. I cut on play wood and it takes 30 minutes for that size