For this silhouette cameo project we want to pick vinyl matte if you re working with oracal 631 or vinyl glossy if you re working with the more popular oracal 651.
Silhouette cameo send to cut vinyl.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.
If you are using a silhouette cameo 3 you are equipped with an automatic blade.
The cameo 3 has cutting depth of 2mm so if your median exceeds that it will not load or cut properly.
Now you re ready to make your first vinyl cut.
These are the best heat transfer vinyl brands for quality and they cut very easily and consistently on silhouette cameo and portrait.
I hope this helps.
However if your vinyl piece is smaller than what the rollers can adjust to you will need to use a cutting mat.
If you start by cutting a smooth htv like easyweed which comes in a lot of colors you ll learn the basics and feel more confident when you start experimenting with glitter heat transfer vinyl stretch htv.
This is a basic tutorial on how to cut and apply a vinyl decal with your silhouette cameo.
You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio.
Select your type of vinyl from the material drop down list in the send panel.
Load the vinyl into your silhouette.
You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.
Click the send button along the top tool bar.
For example if i wanted to cut the blue first i would uncheck the red box and send it to cut.
I often cut multiple pieces of silhouette chipboard and then layer them together to get the thickness i want.
Now select load on your cameo 3.
Cut settings can be easiest and trickiest of getting great cut.
Learn how to cut multiple colors with a silhouette with this easy tutorial.
Open design in silhouette studio and resize as desired.
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.
If this is the case you could try cutting the paper and cereal box separately and then adhering the pieces together.
The tricky news is that each piece of vinyl blade and machine can cut a little differently.
How to load vinyl without a mat.
A cutting mat is not necessary.
This will open the send panel.
Then i would check the red box and uncheck the blue and send it to cut again.