Weed Easily with Cricut BrightPad

If you have ever tried to weed specialty vinyl or iron-on materials like glitter, patterned or holographic, you probably wanted to give up!  I’m taking a look at the Cricut BrightPad™ today and sharing how it can help you keep your sanity when crafting with those hard to weed materials!

I have mentioned a few times in my tutorials that it’s easier to weed glitter vinyl with the BrightPad.  I used it for the spider placemats that were a part of my Halloween Tablescape as well as my Christmas Pajamas I designed for Cricut Access!  Let’s really dive into the specific reasons it helps with these particular materials!

How Does the BrightPad Help with Weeding?

• 5 different brightness settings that allow you to see the thin cut lines on specialty materials such as glitter, patterned or holographic vinyl or iron on.
• The Bright, Even LCD screen is 9.5 x 11 so equally lit from left to right and enough space to do larger projects!
• Nonslip back means you can use 2 hands on your project weeding and not worry about the BrightPad slipping around.

Are There specific weeding tools?

I’m so glad you asked!  There is the weeding hook that you can buy on its own or in the Basic Tool Set.  It’s the first hook with the dark pink end cap in the picture below.

Then there is the Weeding Kit (the rest of the tools pictured)  which has my most favorite weeder ever! {the weeder with the mint green cap!}  Side note: weeder is a really funny word that cracks my kids up every time I say it!

I recommend giving them a try to find your favorite.  They are all handy for different purposes for sure and I love having them in my tool bucket!

I used the BrightPad to make this Winter Embroidery Hoop Art.

Now tell me, can you even see where you need to weed this piece of royal blue glitter iron-on?  This photo was taken directly out of the Maker after it was cut.

So hard to see.  Now let’s see what it looks like using the BrightPad.

Better!  You can see the lines of the cut to help determine where to start weeding and to make sure you get the letters weeded correctly.

It also drastically helps when trimming down your design. Raise your hadn if you have ever inadvertently cut your design when trying to trim down your excess material?! {I raise my hand!)

Here is the white piece.

Again, so much better.  Some colors/patterns/types will still be easier than others but this helps so much.  My eyes are so thankful when I use the BrightPad.

The slim design of the BrightPad makes it easy to use just about anywhere.  My oldest loves to weed projects for me and he can take it on his bean bag chair and weed for me!  It has a 6 ft USB cord so plenty of length to reach an outlet!  It’s super lightweight also!

If you love to use specialty materials the BrightPad is a huge help with weeding projects!  It is also handy for intricate designs even on regular Vinyl or Iron-on!

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