How Do You Use Cartridges With Cricut Explore Air?

Using cartridges with Cricut Explore Air is a great way to add additional design options to your craft projects. A cartridge is a small plastic storage device loaded with pre-made designs, fonts, and images that you can use for various crafting projects. You can find cartridges for a variety of themes, such as holiday, baby, wedding and nature.

The Explore Air machine itself doesn’t have any cartridges loaded in it; however, you can easily load the cartridges into the machine. The first step is to power on the machine and insert the cartridge into the slot located on the side of the machine. Once it’s inserted all the way in, you should hear a click or beep sound to indicate that it has been securely loaded.

Once your cartridge is loaded, you will be able to access it from the Cricut Design Space. You’ll first need to sign into your account and then go to “My Projects” where you’ll find all the cartridges available for use. Select your desired cartridge and follow the instructions on screen to access its designs.

When you are ready to start cutting out a design from a cartridge, place your material onto the cutting mat and load it into your Explore Air machine. Select your desired design from within Design Space and hit “Go”. The Explore Air will then read the material type that you selected within Design Space and adjust its settings accordingly before beginning its cut.

Conclusion: Using cartridges with Cricut Explore Air is an easy way to add more design options for any craft project. All you need to do is insert the cartridge into the side slot of your machine, select it within Design Space, choose your material type within Design Space, and hit “Go” for precise cuts every time! With Cricut cartridges at hand, creating amazing craft projects has never been easier!