Make sure the cutting edge is flush with the ruler.
Make your own cutting mat for silhouette.
Cut it as you would regular vinyl and then weed the image while it is still on the mat.
Make sure your material is loaded on your mat the correct way.
Two of the great features of the cameo 4 are the built in roll feeder and crosscutter.
Tape the edges with masking tape along the lines marking the cutting area.
First one i used as a silhouette cameo cutting mat.
How do i iron freezer paper.
You can always repeat if you mess up or little fingers cut off vital parts.
If you have a portrait you ll need to trim it down to 8 5 x 11 inches.
If you re using a mat cutter tool it will be a sliding attachment with its own ruled edge to ensure that the cutter doesn t slip.
Lay your image on your surface shiny side down and use the cotton setting on your iron with no steam.
Cutting blade comes with.
You need just clear cover for binding and a good quality spray adhesive disclaime.
This size will still fit the silhouette portrait machine with a slightly shorter cutting length.
Place the edge of the mat along the blue line.
If you have a cameo remember to adjust your mat size in the software.
Then you ll feed your paper in and use these templates to cut the dividers.
If you are using a cameo you can just put the 12 12 paper right onto your mat.
Leave the cutting area clear.
Be sure it matches your workspace design just like in step 1.
Step 5 use double stick tape to tape your silhouette to your mat.
These make cutting from a roll of material like vinyl or heat transfer really easy to work with.
You can also trim up or round off your silhouette if you think it needs a bit of adjustment.
Step 4 carefully cut around the silhouette.
This is smaller than the silhouette mat 9 by 13 5.
This is a video of my personal take on cutting mats.
Silhouette cutting machine cameo portrait cutting mat.
This method is easy peasy.
In this tutorial you will find out how you can use them.
I could easily put this right on top of my silhouette mat and use a sharpie to mark the lines.
You can save some money on your diy cutting mat for your electronic cutter.
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Cicut and silhoute are copyright names.
I just used it the same as a mat without the markings.
When cutting manually be sure to press firmly against the ruler or t square to keep it from moving as you cut.
Then load your mat into your silhouette machine.
The mat needs to align with the blue line with the arrows.
To cut freezer paper with your cricut or silhouette lay your freezer paper shiny side facing down on the cutting mat.
