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July 17, 2017 by: Melanie

How to Slice in Cricut Design Space

Have you wondered how to slice in Cricut Design Space? Or even what the slice tool does? Here’s a tutorial on how to splice. I am sharing this post as a part of the Cricut Ambassador Program. This post contains affiliate links, which will not cost you extra, but helps support this site and keep Cricut tutorials coming.

Learning to slice images literally changed my Cricut crafting. It allows me to alter images to fit my specific project, even if they are images from Design Space or images that I have downloaded from The Hungry Jpeg (my favorite image and font resource!). I have been able to use a free image or an image included in my Access subscription to create an image that I otherwise may have had to purchase.

How to Use Slice in Cricut Design Space

My most popular Cricut tutorial EVER is on creating a Split Monogram, and this tutorial uses slice. Experiment with the slice tool and see what new items that you can create. 

How to Make a Split Level Monogram in Cricut Design Space

Let’s jump in and talk about slicing!

What does slice do?

The slice tool removes a part of an image by cutting it out of the image. The easiest images to slice are simple images that resemble shapes.

How do I splice an image or font?

Open up Cricut Design Space. Choose the image that you would like to slice.

I am using this globe image. I want to slice out the continents in the center and replace it with a monogram.

How to Splice in Cricut Design Space AD

Once you have chosen the image that you want in your canvas, choose the shape closest to what you are slicing out and cover that area.

Below, you will see that I have chosen a circle and placed it over the continents that I want to remove.

How to Splice in Cricut Design Space AD

Select the circle and the globe. Click “Slice.” See the different layers that now appear in the right hand panel.

How to Splice in Cricut Design Space AD

Remove all the layers that you no longer want. You can delete them completely or move them to the side to cut separately. It just depends on the purpose for your project. I only wanted the globe, and I removed everything else.

How to Splice in Cricut Design Space AD

From here I added in the letters for the monogram and cut the image.

How to Splice in Cricut Design Space AD

Are you interested in other “How-To” posts? Check out a few of these, or see the complete tutorial and project page.

How to Upload SVG Files or Images in Cricut Design Space  How to Make a Split Level Monogram in Cricut Design Space  How to Use a Cricut Image to Make a Coloring Page  How to Link Cricut Cartridges to Cricut Design Space

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Comments

  1. Liz says

    August 20, 2017 at 9:16 pm

    Wow! I have been using Cricut products for about 8-9 years (I graduated to the Cricut Explore a couple of years ago) and I never knew what the “slice” function did…It’s awesome. Thank you so much!

  2. KT says

    July 28, 2019 at 2:13 pm

    It’s Slice. Not Splice.

    • Melanie says

      July 28, 2019 at 2:46 pm

      Thank you!

   
   
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