Use tape to get any loose fuzz on the mat surface.
Shake up your paints
Once your Cricut cutting is complete, click done.
Keep that design on the screen for reference when you weed because we're making a stencil.
In a well lit area, weed out design to create negative space. Use the black area on you screen as a guide to what you'll be weeding out.
Peel off contact paper and add a little fuzz by sticking it to your clothing. (Just trust me on this one)
Now lay that contact paper back over your stencil avoid air bubbles.
Use your Cricut scraper and push out air bubbles.
Peel off the stencil, while still attached to contact paper
Scrape as needed so all the inner pieces are attached.
Place your stencil on top your mat
Slowly remove contact paper.
Press down your stencil.
You can add any stray pieces of your stencil with excess contact paper.
Press into the corresponding areas on your mat
Use a heat gun to flatten stencil on mat
Add masking tape to top and bottom edges of your stencil