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.
Sihoutte cutting stickers vinyl side up or down.
In this video we ll start simple with a one color decal cut it in our software and then apply it to a tumbler cup.
You can get silhouette cameo cutting mats in 12 x 12 and 12 x 24.
Find cutting and application instructions below.
Plus i have a list of free stickers at the end of this post.
I like to cut most of my vinyl without a mat because the majority of the time i am using rolls of vinyl instead of.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.
After you have cut your design you need to weed it.
I like to use my silhouette hook and my silhouette pick me up tool to weed the vinyl.
It s a water resistant and uv resistant film with an adhesive that can last for up to 3 years.
Click the icon on the right side that looks like a piece.
The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat.
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.
When you are finished you should see the shiny material and the design with nothing else around it.
Now select load on your cameo 3.
Open the silhouette software and set up the page.
Then we ll cut a two color decal with re.
How to load vinyl without a mat.
Whatever mat and machine you are using put your adhesive vinyl paper backing side down onto your mat so the colored vinyl side is facing up see image below.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
Printing the stickers with silhouette print and cut.