Sillhoutte Cutting The Vinyl Up

This will keep the material firmly in place.

Sillhoutte cutting the vinyl up.

Shop desktop cutting machines including the silhouette cameo plus our selection of cutting materials and other accessories. Use a sticky mat. Make sure your cutting mat is pretty sticky when place the vinyl on it to cut. Glow in the dark vinyl use for glow in the dark vinyl.

To cut properly the blade must be pushed all the way down with no visible gap between the tool holder and the blade. 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. I love this option because you can use long rolls of vinyl and cut multiple projects at once. 1 blade is not properly inserted and or locked down.

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. 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. This will get you to a good starting point. Vinyl silhouette brand i choose this for regular vinyl including 631 651 silhouette brand and cricut brand glitter patterned and other similar.

Now you are ready to design. This is a basic tutorial on how to cut and apply a vinyl decal with your silhouette cameo. Discover the creative world of silhouette.