First off, let’s talk about the names of vinyl because they can be confusing. There are two major types of vinyl to use making vinyl projects: adhesive vinyl and iron-on vinyl. Adhesive vinyl has different varieties including removable (or indoor) vinyl and permanent (or outdoor) vinyl. Cricut carries both removable and permanent vinyl. Cricut iron on vinyl or heat transfer vinyl (or HTV) is vinyl that needs to have heat applied to it so that it adheres to material, most likely a type of fabric or wood. HTV is most commonly used for making custom shirts, pillow cases, totes, shoes, backpacks, etc.
Important!!
Iron on vinyl needs to be cut on MIRROR setting because the plastic backing acts as the transfer agent. You will be flipping it over and applying heat to the plastic side so that the vinyl itself melts into the material.
I hook a piece of the iron-on vinyl on the top corner and start pulling it to the right. The cut images should stay adhered to the plastic. Keep pulling off all the extra pieces. Then you are going to go back in with your weeding tool and weed all the little pieces out of the letters and images that shouldn’t be there.