It made perfectly clean cuts in card stock the silhouette machines snagged the paper a bit and easily cut through vinyl.
Cut level on silhuette for vinyl.
Cutting without a mat this option is great because you can cut smaller pieces of vinyl without a mat.
You do not have to have an electronic cutting machine to work with vinyl.
This is a beginner level series but may have some tidbits of knowledge that are helpful for all levels of crafters.
If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt.
Once you ve cut the vinyl to the correct size load it into the silhouette and press the cut page button on the computer.
The backing of the vinyl allows your silhouette to grip it when printing.
When the silhouette has finished cutting your page unload the paper and peel off the unneeded vinyl.
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Learn how to cut with your silhouette cameo.
Here we have a great video produced by silhouette demonstrating how to use their machine to cut vinyl.
Load the cutting mat into your silhouette cameo.
Then watch it to its magic.
Keep the cut design on the clear backing sheet.
Use a hooked weeding tool or an x acto knife for the small areas.
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.
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We are really making progress and learning al about cutting vinyl.
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This week we are learning all about cut settings for your silhouette cameo.
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Click send down at the bottom and watch as your design is cut out.
Last week we learned all about how to cut vinyl with your silhouette cameo.
Here s another trick for you my favorite tool for getting off the tiny pieces of.
Weed the vinyl removing all the excess vinyl you don t want to be applied to your t shirt.
In fact one of my favorite vinyl projects that my kids and i did together was entirely cut by hand however to make things easier and to get super clean cuts and intricate designs you will want an electronic cutting machine like a silhouette.
I love this option because you can use long rolls of vinyl and cut multiple projects at once.
Now you are ready to design.
