Sillhoutte Cutting The Vinyl Up

Make sure your cutting mat is pretty sticky when place the vinyl on it to cut.

Sillhoutte cutting the vinyl up. This will get you to a good starting point. I love this option because you can use long rolls of vinyl and cut multiple projects at once. Use a sticky mat. This will keep the material firmly in place.

Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio. Vinyl silhouette brand i choose this for regular vinyl including 631 651 silhouette brand and cricut brand glitter patterned and other similar. My friend and fellow instructor elly from silhouette secrets has diagnosed this issue so often on facebook that she keeps a photo of a properly installed blade on hand to post whenever someone is having cutting issues. Now you are ready to design.

Discover the creative world of silhouette. Shop desktop cutting machines including the silhouette cameo plus our selection of cutting materials and other accessories. The backing of the vinyl allows your silhouette to grip it when printing. This is a basic tutorial on how to cut and apply a vinyl decal with your silhouette cameo.

Cutting without a mat this option is great because you can cut smaller pieces of vinyl without a mat. To cut properly the blade must be pushed all the way down with no visible gap between the tool holder and the blade. The angle of the blade goes into the vinyl at a slightly different angle than the regular silhouette ratchet blade or auto blade which again prevents the vinyl from being torn.