The benefits of using a mat are.
Teach me how to use silhouse vinyl cutter.
If necessary use scissors to cut off the area of the design from the larger piece of vinyl.
Another great thing is you can place multiple pieces of vinyl on one mat when cutting your design.
Instead of printing the image with ink you will use a vinyl cutting software that will direct the vinyl cutter.
You use the vinyl cutter similar to how you use a printer.
You do not have to have an electronic cutting machine to work with vinyl.
I ll be using siser easyweed vinyl.
If you have another silhouette machine like the silhouette portrait 2 or the silhouette curio the instructions are basically the same.
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.
It allows you to cut 12 12 if using a standard mat or 12 24 if using a larger mat.
Holding your vinyl in place select load and your vinyl will be loaded into the silhouette and ready for cutting.
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You can use any font on your computer.
Okay let s load our design into silhouette.
In the course i will walk you through creating eleven different vinyl projects.
Venture into vinyl and it will teach you everything you need to get started cutting vinyl with your silhouette.
After the design is cut unload the mat from the machine and carefully remove vinyl from the mat.
How to weeding and transfer adhesive vinyl use your vinyl hook tool to remove the excess vinyl from the backing leaving just the design.
You can always cut your vinyl by hand using a pair of scissors or craft knife.
Okay let s try something a bit more fancy than a circle cut.
Start typing any text you want to cut.
Select the text tool on the left panel and click in the edit area.
Easier to load less chance of slipping of vinyl and smaller cut borders.
If you re using a different type of htv make sure to read the manufacturer s instructions for the cutter settings.