Sillhoutte Cutting The Vinyl Up

Cutting without a mat this option is great because you can cut smaller pieces of vinyl without a mat.

Sillhoutte cutting the vinyl up.

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. This will keep the material firmly in place. Discover the creative world of silhouette.

Now you are ready to design. Use a sticky mat. Vinyl silhouette brand i choose this for regular vinyl including 631 651 silhouette brand and cricut brand glitter patterned and other similar. 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.

1 blade is not properly inserted and or locked down. Glow in the dark vinyl use for glow in the dark vinyl. 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. This will get you to a good starting point.

Make sure your cutting mat is pretty sticky when place the vinyl on it to cut. This is a basic tutorial on how to cut and apply a vinyl decal with your silhouette cameo. I love this option because you can use long rolls of vinyl and cut multiple projects at once.