To answer your question in at least one case it pulled the 12 x 12 mat in and began the cut but as it pushed the mat back out to do the cut towards the top of the mat it pushed the mat all the way out and started cutting on itself.
Cricut is cutting off the mat.
If your cricut machine is connected via bluetooth try connecting to your computer using the usb cable instead.
The maximum cutting area on a 12 x 12 30 5 cm x 30 5 cm mat is 11 5 x 11 5 29 cm x 29 cm.
Believe it or not this is a common problem so even if you are not a beginner you may need to troubleshoot in the future.
So once you have all your layers sized to fit a mat all you need to do is load up and cut.
Some projects particularly larger projects may have trouble cutting via bluetooth.
How to cut and assemble designs off the mat a majority of the work required to cut really big designs is done in design space.
Press the next button.
If you re working on 12 square mats you can use normal cardstock.
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Ensure that your cricut explore or cricut maker machine is powered on and connected to your computer via usb cable or bluetooth pairing.
Press the start calibration button.
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You have your project all set up.
On the next screen select your machine from the drop down menu select the appropriate material setting load the mat into your machine and press the flashing go button.
If either the height or width of an image is greater than 11 5 29 cm when you select make it you will receive an alert that one of your images is too large for a 12 x 12 30 5 cm x 30 5 cm mat.
If you are already using the usb cable or switching to the usb cable does not help proceed to step 3.
I ve actually cut through several mats now and i think it s just due to doing so much cutting in the same area when i go to peal the mat back it snaps off so from that i ve learned to move projects around the mat but when i m doing 12 of the same cut i run out of places to use quickly.
Place a blank sheet of 12 by 12 white paper on your cricut imagine mat and insert the mat above the exposed rollers at the label insert mat here.