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What you'll learn from The Cricut Club Handbook by earning Cricut Club badges!

Ready to finally master your Cricut without the overwhelm? Whether you’re a total beginner or a dabbler ready to level up, The Cricut Club Handbook is your new creative sidekick.

With a fun, badge-based system (think adult crafty Brownies ✨), you’ll learn by doing-collecting skills and Cricut Club badges as you go!


Cricut Club handbook open on the badge tracker page
The Cricut Club Handbook Badge Tracker

You can earn over 16 badges in The Cricut Club Handbook, here's what each Cricut Club Badge covers and what skills you'll learn!

Machine Caretaker

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • How to care for and clean your machine

  • How to store your machine

  • Your way around your machine and what everything does

Mat Caretaker

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • How to care for and clean your mats

  • The difference between mat colours

  • How to choose the correct mat for your material

  • How to store and elongate the life of your mat

Vinyl Master Beginner

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • The difference between removable and permanent vinyl

  • How to cut vinyl

  • How to weed vinyl

  • How to reverse weed intricate vinyl cuts

  • How to apply vinyl using transfer tape

Iron-on Boss beginner

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • The different types of iron-on

  • How to Mirror designs

  • How to cut iron-on

  • How to apply iron-on with a home iron

  • How to apply iron-on with a heat press

  • How to weed iron-on

  • The difference between hot and cold peel iron-on.

Infusible Ink Star

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • Materials compatible with Infusible Ink

  • Why you should only use a heat press

  • How to setup an Infusible Ink project to be pressed

  • How to use Infusible Ink pens

  • How to use Infusible Ink Sheets

  • How to weed Infusible Ink

  • How to avoid ghosting 

Cardstock Wizard

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • The importance of material settings for paper/card

  • What is GSM?

  • What type of glue to use on your project

  • How to cut card

  • How to score with the Scoring Stylus

  • How to score with the Scoring Wheels

  • How to add score lines in Design Space 

Print Then Cut Expert

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • What printable materials are compatible

  • What type of printer you need

  • How to Flatten your design

  • The types of cut you can use

  • What is bleed and how to use it 

  • How to troubleshoot 

  • How to calibrate

  • How to set up a Print Then Cut design in Design Space

  • How to cut your printed project

Pen Superstar

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • What types of pen you can use in the machine

  • What materials are compatible with pens

  • How to install pens in Explore/Maker machines

  • How to install pens into Joy/Joy Xtra

  • How to add draw lines in Design Space

  • How to use pens

Cricut Club handbook and sash with cricut club badges

Design Space Queen Level One

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • What the four main screens in Design Space are

  • How to create a new project

  • What’s on the Canvas and how to use it

  • How to use Operation/Linetype

  • How colour works in Design Space

  • How to use the Align tool

  • What the Layers panel is

  • How to undo, delete and hide

  • How to save

  • How to make a simple project 

Design Space Queen Level Two

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • Where the Canvas and Combine Tools are

  • What the Canvas tools are and how to use them

  • What the Combine Tools are and how to use them

Design Space Queen Level Three

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • What an Image is and how to add it to a project

  • What the Angel Policy is

  • How to navigate the Image Library

  • How to use Image Search filters

  • How to use the Shapes Library

  • How to upload your own images

  • What a Contributing Artist is


Design Space Queen Level Four

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • How to add text to the Canvas 

  • What’s in the text toolbar and how to use it

  • How to change fonts

  • How to filter and favourite fonts

  • How to change text to writing, for pens

Design Space Queen Level Five

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • What the Mat Preview screen does and how to navigate it

  • How to move elements on the mat

  • How to move elements to other mats

  • How mats are ordered

  • How to mirror

  • What the Make screen is and how to navigate it

  • How to choose the correct material setting 

Design Space Queen Level Six

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • What projects are in Design Space

  • How to use Projects

  • How to navigate the Project Library

  • How to search for Projects

  • How to navigate My Stuff

  • What My Profile is

  • How to share a Project

Design Space Queen Level Seven

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • What the advanced canvas tools are and where to find them

  • How to use Offset

  • How to use Contour

  • How to use Layouts

  • How to use Monogram Maker

  • How to use Pattern Fill

  • What Material Colour is and how to use it

  • How to use Guides

Design Space Queen Level Eight

Earning this badge will teach you:

  • What kerning is and why it’s important in Design Space

  • How to use the Warp tool

  • How to curve text

  • How to Ungroup to Letters

  • How to use your own fonts in Design Space

*Design Space Level 8 Is included in the digital version but is a free printable in the physical version (Sorry it wouldn't fit!)

Machine Champion Badges

You recieve these badges just by owning a machine!

the cricut club handbook surrounded by badges


Look out for more badges launching regularly that you can add to your handbook to level up your skills!


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