What you'll learn from The Cricut Club Handbook by earning Cricut Club badges!
- Emma
- Oct 10, 2025
- 4 min read
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!
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
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!
Look out for more badges launching regularly that you can add to your handbook to level up your skills!
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