Once you've removed the excess vinyl from around the letters, you'll need to place transfer tape over the vinyl and burnish (rub) the transfer tape. Adjust the layout of the first and last name how you'd like it to appear on the place card. Then select both the first and last name and then select weld. Carefully trim out each name for the individual place cards. I like to mark the center of the vinyl by drawing with a pen or marker on the transfer tape.

Place the vinyl you plan to cut on a standard grip cutting mat and load the cutting mat into the Cricut. Make sure you have the appropriate cutting tool loaded as well. Simply follow the prompts from Cricut Design Space. When the little Cricut bug is flashing press Go. Repeat this process for each place card. If you are using a 12 x 12 cutting mat you can cut approximately 12 sets of place card names at a time. If you are using a longer cutting mat you can do more. Once you have all of the names entered and welded together you'll need to hide all of the rectangles you created. Otherwise, your Cricut machine will cut each rectangle.This does two things. First, it will ensure the vinyl doesn't cut the space between each letter. This is an important step when cutting cursive letters. Second, it will ensure the layout of the first and the last name is maintained when you send your project to your Cricut machine. As you prepare your machine, you'll need to select the material you plan to cut. For this project, I used Cricut's rose gold adhesive foil. After the rectangles have been hidden, select all of the names and attach them to the canvas. This will ensure you keep the current spacing between name sets. You don't have to do this, however I find it easier to have this spacing once I've removed the excess vinyl and added the transfer tape. Open Cricut Design Space and use the shape tool to create rectangles to represent the acrylic place card blanks. Now that you've designed the lettering for the acrylic place cards, it is time to send the design to your Cricut machine to be cut.