Ways to Fill Letters/Shapes with Pictures in Cricut Design Space

I have been using Adobe Illustrator to fill my shapes and letters with pictures and I was wondering how hard it would be to do in Cricut Design Space.

I came up with this tutorial to show you just how easy it is to do.

MATERIALS NEEDED

STEP 1

Choose your Font or Shape You will need to choose your font or shape that you want to fill. I chose to use a standard system font called Ariel Black and changed the word Text to my name DIANA. Learn more

STEP 2

Measure your Blank You will need to measure your blank so that your letters fit. You will also need to make sure that your letters stay within the print then cut dimensions of 9.25″ x 6.75″. Learn more

STEP 3

Upload your Photo Pick a photo that you like and upload it to Design Space. Do this by clicking on the upload button on the left menu of Design Space. Then click upload image. Learn more

STEP 4

Send to Back Select the photo and go to the arrange tab on the top menu and click send backward. Your word should be on top of the photo at this point. Learn more

STEP 5

Select then Slice Select both the photo and the word by clicking select all on the top menu. Go to the bottom right menu and click slice. You have now sliced the word and the photo. Learn more

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