# Guides

- [How to Create a Multi-Layer SVG for Cricut](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/how-to-create-multi-layer-svg): Build a two-color SVG in CricutCraft, inspect editable layers, export vector artwork, and check the imported cut layers in Cricut Design Space.
- [Cricut StickerPix: Print vs Print + Cut](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/cricut-stickerpix-guide): Compare Cricut StickerPix Print and Print + Cut, check refill compatibility, and understand how these sticker printers differ from Maker and Explore.
- [What Is Cricut? How to Use Your Machine](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/what-is-cricut-how-to-use): Learn what a Cricut machine does, which supplies a first project needs, and how to move a design from SVG artwork to a finished vinyl decal.
- [Cricut Maker 3 vs 4: Machine Guide](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/cricut-machine-guide): Compare Cricut Maker 3 vs 4 and Cricut Maker vs Explore. Check bundle contents, compatible tools and the SVG workflow before choosing a machine.
- [Cricut Vinyl, Iron-On & Sticker Paper](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/cricut-vinyl-materials-guide): Choose adhesive vinyl for decals, iron-on for shirts or printable sticker paper for colour artwork. Check mats, blades and material settings before cutting.
- [Cricut Heat Press Temperature Guide](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/cricut-heat-press-temperature-guide): Find the right heat setting for a t shirt heat press. Follow Cricut EasyPress 3 or Cricut Autopress instructions for your transfer material and fabric.
- [How to Clean a Cricut Mat: Care Basics](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/how-to-clean-cricut-mat): Remove leftover scraps from your Cricut mat, identify the mat type before deeper cleaning, and check material hold before your next cut.
- [Cricut Design Space: Download & Login](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/cricut-design-space-download-login): Find the official Cricut Design Space download and setup links, understand Cricut Access, and learn where an independent browser editor fits.
- [How to Upload an SVG to Cricut Design Space](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/how-to-upload-svg-to-cricut-design-space): Step-by-step: upload an SVG to Cricut Design Space, keep its layers separated, fix the common import errors, and cut. Works on desktop and iPad.
- [How to Weld on Cricut & in Design Space (Letters, Shapes & Text)](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/how-to-weld-letters-svg): Learn how to weld on Cricut: step-by-step guide to welding in Cricut Design Space and online. Merge script letters, shapes and SVG cut files into one clean cut.
- [Cricut Print Then Cut: Make Stickers](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/print-then-cut-guide): Make Cricut stickers with Print Then Cut: upload artwork, prepare the border, print from Design Space and troubleshoot size or sensor problems.
- [Do You Mirror Cricut Iron-On Vinyl?](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/htv-iron-on-mirror-guide): Mirror traditional Cricut iron-on once before cutting. Learn how to check the preview, avoid double mirroring and follow instructions for specialty transfers.
- [Selling SVG Designs and Crafts on Etsy](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/sell-svg-designs-etsy): Commercial licensing, what you can and cannot sell, pricing against real blank costs, and how to fill a personalised order without editing files by hand.
- [What Is an SVG File? A Crafter's Guide](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/svg-file-guide-for-beginners): SVG explained for cutting machines: vector versus raster, why PNG will not cut, what breaks on import, and how to tell a good cut file from a traced one.
- [Etching with a Cricut: Glass and Metal](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/etching-with-cricut): Cut a vinyl stencil and etch glass with cream, or engrave metal and acrylic with the Maker tip. Reverse weeding, dwell times and what will not etch.
- [How to Open an Etsy SVG in Design Space](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/open-etsy-files-in-cricut-design-space): Etsy cut files arrive as a ZIP with five formats inside. Which one to upload, how to unzip on iPad and Android, and the two failures everybody hits.
- [How to Make Your Own Cricut Designs](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/make-your-own-cricut-designs): Make your own Cricut designs with shapes, text and SVG export. Try three beginner Cricut ideas and projects: a decal, gift tag and iron-on shirt.
- [How to Upload an Image to Cricut Design Space](https://www.cricutcraft.com/md/guides/how-to-upload-images-to-cricut-design-space): Uploading a photo is a different job from uploading an SVG: pick a complexity, clear the background, then choose cut or print-then-cut.

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