How to Erase in Cricut

  How to Erase in Cricut

It’s a little frustrating that Cricut Design Space doesn’t simply have an eraser tool. Who has the time or wants to re-upload an entire image just because you missed one little spot? Or having to make an entirely separate image for one slight alteration; no thank you. 

Good news! There is a way to erase a section of an uploaded image!! You just need to use another shape to cut away what you want to remove. Let me show you how!

For this example, I have laid out my flowers how I want but I don't want the pink flower showing inside the yellow flower. I need to erase a section of that pink flower so it stops underneath the yellow flower.

If I simply sliced the two shapes, it would only remove the area where they overlap. 

X NO GOOD X

Instead, I make a new shape to cover what I want to be removed, then slice and remove that.

In this case, because of the rounded edge, I am using the Shapes > Oval tool, and unlocking it to have free control over the shape's dimensions.

 

Once I have it covering the part I want to erase, I unsee the yellow flower and select only the oval and the pink flower. Then hit slice. 

Now I just delete the circle, and flower piece that it cut. Once those are gone the pink section that was inside has now been removed.

All Done! It’s a lot of steps but it’s simple once you know what to do! If you would like to see the video version of this tutorial. Click here 

Thanks for reading and have a happy crafting day!