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Tutorial: Product Design Mockups in Cricut Design Space

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There’s a handful of tutorials on how to create product mockups on the Cutting for Business blog. Most of these tutorials are geared towards Silhouette Studio users. Since so many Cricut users have been asking me how to create product mockups in Design Space, here’s a quick tutorial.

How to Create Product Mockups in Cricut Design Space

  1. Create your design in Cricut Design Space. Tutorial: Product Design Mockups in Cricut Design Space - Perfect for Cricut Explore Business Owners - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  2. Either take a photo of your blank item or purchase and download a product mockup. Then, click “Upload Images” on the left hand side. Tutorial: Product Design Mockups in Cricut Design Space - Perfect for Cricut Explore Business Owners - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  3. Choose your image and click the “Continue” button. Tutorial: Product Design Mockups in Cricut Design Space - Perfect for Cricut Explore Business Owners - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  4. No need to clean up the image, so just click the “Continue” button again. (Note: My image looks blurry because it is very large.)Tutorial: Product Design Mockups in Cricut Design Space - Perfect for Cricut Explore Business Owners - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  5. Select “Save as a Print Then Cut image” and click “Save”. Tutorial: Product Design Mockups in Cricut Design Space - Perfect for Cricut Explore Business Owners - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  6. Select your image and click “Insert Images”. Tutorial: Product Design Mockups in Cricut Design Space - Perfect for Cricut Explore Business Owners - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  7. Right click your image and click “Move backward” to get it behind your design. Tutorial: Product Design Mockups in Cricut Design Space - Perfect for Cricut Explore Business Owners - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  8. Drag your the image and design around until it looks how you want it to. Tutorial: Product Design Mockups in Cricut Design Space - Perfect for Cricut Explore Business Owners - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  9. Now, you’ll save it by taking a screenshot. On Mac, click “Command”, “Shift”, and “4” at the same time, then drag the rectangle around your image to save it. On Windows, use the snipping tool. Here’s my finished mockup image: Tutorial: Product Design Mockups in Cricut Design Space - Perfect for Cricut Explore Business Owners - by cuttingforbusiness.com

Wondering where to get mockup images? You can purchase on Etsy, Creative Market, or stock photo sites.

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Tutorial: Product Design Mockups in Cricut Design Space - Perfect for Cricut Explore Business Owners - by cuttingforbusiness.com

Samantha Marcrum

Thursday 28th of March 2019

YOU JUST CHANGED MY LIFE!!! The Snippet tool alone!!!

THANK YOU!!!!! SO EXCITED!!!

Christine, Cutting for Business

Saturday 18th of May 2019

Awesome!

Chastity Teater

Monday 11th of March 2019

Do you happen to have any information about how to create T-shirt Designs in regards to Font Size and Placement etc? My biggest problems with designing a T-shirt is not knowing How or What to put where. I don't want to use someone else's designs all the time but would prefer to know how to create my own. Thanks for any and all info

Christine, Cutting for Business

Sunday 25th of August 2019

I downloaded this a long time ago and I still think it is one of the best guides available: https://www.stahls.com/design-placement-guide

Chastity Teater

Monday 11th of March 2019

Thank you so much for this insightful and helpful info. Greatly appreciated. You made it so much easier to understand the process

Christine, Cutting for Business

Wednesday 3rd of July 2019

Happy to help!

Elisabeth Mount

Monday 29th of January 2018

THANK YOU!!!!! I purchased a cricut in the hopes of making things to sell to raise money towards my medical alert service dog. I hit a major wall when I realized i had no way to make mockups. This article has been a GODSEND! Seriously, thank you!!!! Any other ideas on how to fundraise with a cricut would be much appriciated!!!

Christine

Monday 29th of January 2018

My pleasure! Here's some posts on fundraising: https://cuttingforbusiness.com/?s=fundraising

Mikki

Monday 18th of September 2017

This works great if everything you do is in black but what about the cut lines showing when you change the color. Cricut design space doesn't have the option to change cut line colors like Silhouette. Is there a way around this?

Christine

Monday 18th of September 2017

Yes, actually Cricut Design Space does. You'd just change the layer to a print layer.