Making Wooden Bookmarks with a Cricut Maker couldn’t be easier than with Real Wood Paper! Whether you are looking to make one for yourself or to give as gifts, they are quick, unique and beautiful!
We used a variety of woods and thickness’ in this project. For the back pieces we used our Walnut .025″ Thick Short Grain Wood Back sheet. For the top intricate designs, we used our Birch .010″ Thick Short Grain Fleece Back sheet and Cherry .010″ Thick Short Grain Fleece Back sheet. We also used the Cherry .010″ Thick Short Grain Fleece Back sheet for the middle piece on one of the bookmarks.
For us, it doesn’t matter which mat we use, we always use painters tape to tape down our Real Wood Paper sheets. We don’t want them to move. The wood is too beautiful to waste!
Below are a couple of short videos of the Cricut Maker in action.
Walnut Wood Back .025″ thick with Deep Point Blade
Birch Fleece Back .010″ Thick with Fine Point Blade
Below are the settings we use for all 3 of our Real Wood Paper thicknesses.
Real Wood Paper Thickness: Fleece .010″ Thick
Cricut Blade: Premium Fine Point
Cardstock Setting: Medium Cardstock – 80#
Pressure Setting: Default
Real Wood Paper Thickness: Paper .016″ Thick
Cricut Blade: Premium Fine Point
Cardstock Setting: Poster Board
Pressure Setting: More Pressure
Real Wood Paper Thickness: Wood .025″ Thick
Cricut Blade: Deep Point
Cardstock Setting: Natural Wood Veneer
Pressure Setting: Default
PRO TIP: Make sure your blades are new/sharp. Wood is hard on blades. For best results use new blades.
For the SVG’s we used a couple of Freebies that we found on the Internet. They are a Damask Bookmark and Braided Bookmark from Get Silvered (Thank you!).
If you happen to make some Real Wood Paper Bookmarks, we’d love to see them!
