Are you new to the Cricut machine? If you are trying to cut script text or cursive letters, you might feel the need for a “weld tool” in the Cricut design space. To make it easy for you, I am going to share how do I Weld on Cricut in an easy manner. These few tips will definitely help you make the most of this tool.

While designing in Cricut Design Space, I felt the need to weld shapes, images, and fonts. All thanks to the Weld Tool. It made my work quite effortless. The tool helped me simplify the design and create a new shape by combining multiple designs.

Materials and Tools Required for Cricut Weld

Cricut Machine
Cricut Design Space
Cutting Mat
Cricut Tool Kit
Cricut card and vinyl or infusible ink.

Welding Images Together in Design Space

The weld tool works great in joining shapes and giving a customized image as an output. Since it removes any overlapping life, you can use this tool to simplify a design, keep the letters of the word connected and combine various shapes to create new designs. Follow these simple steps to make this tool work perfectly fine for your purpose.

While proceeding with the welding process, ensure the images you will weld overlap.
In the next step, you’re required to select all images that will be welded together. Upon selection of two or more layers, the tool will become active.
Go to the Layers panel on your computer and merge the selected images. In the iOS/Android app, you will find weld available under the Actions menu.

When you find that the images change to the same color, it indicates that your images are welded successfully. You can arrange your layers back to their original position if there is a need.

Welding Letters and Words Together in Cricut Design Space

To do this, align your letters and weld. If you want them welded as one word, ungroup them and then arrange them manually. Now, right-click and then begin to weld. Also, you can choose letters that are kerned. It is actually a feature that lines letters in the Cricut design space. Use the letter space tool to adjust the word as a whole otherwise.

Welding a Shape using Cricut Machine

I am sharing some steps I followed while welding a shape via the Cricut machine.

Select the size to create the desired shape.
Now, place the shape the way you want. The only thing you need to ensure is that the shape overlap.
Mark all the shapes and click on the weld.
You will see that the shapes are now joined together with just one cut line. You have the option to rearrange and edit these shapes. Just press Undo to edit the welding.

Final Words

Above I shared my experience with using the Cricut weld tool for different purposes. Hope this post helps you learn more about the Cricut Weld tool in Design Space. If you still have any questions or concerns in your mind, you can refer to our FAQs below. We have tried to cover some of the most common questions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Weld in Cricut Machine?

It is actually a tool used to join shapes, letters, or words within the project you’re doing using the Cricut machine. The Weld tool works efficiently by removing any overlapping lines while forming all welded areas into one solid image. The tool works perfectly fine in designing and making paper cuts and making your own words as well as card stock.

Where Can I find Weld Button on Cricut?

You can find the Weld button in the bottom right-hand corner of the Cricut machine. Here are two ways of using it. The first is to right-click on your project, and anything that appears within the selected area will get welded. Another way is to weld by right-clicking and choosing from the menu.

What All You Can Do with the Cricut Weld Tool?

You can do so many things related to crafting by using this tool. Make custom shapes. Connect letters in Cricut, simplify designs into fewer pieces and slice multiple images at once.

Can I Weld Text with a Cricut?

Of course, yes. You must weld any overlapping text when cutting text on a Cricut machine. Moreover, according to the recent update, Cricut Design Space is supposed to weld most of the texts automatically.

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