Silhouette Cutting Vinyl With No Mat

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.

Silhouette cutting vinyl with no mat.

Of course there isn t a ten foot mat available omg how would one store such a thing so if you want to cut longer than 24 cut without a mat. The silhouette cameo can cut lengths of vinyl or anything with a backing up to 10 feet long. Next something to keep in mind when cutting without a mat you lose 1 4 of cut able space on your material on the left right side and 1 of cut able space on the backside. Save those mats for cardstock.

Additionally pop out cut mode is not intended for thin or flexible materials like copy paper or fabric. Don t be intimated by cutting vinyl without a mat on the silhouette cameo. If you ve never done that before don t be intimidated by the idea of going matless. If you are using any previous silhouette cutting models cameo 3 portrait 2 etc you must use a cutting mat to cut out cardstock or other paper materials.

If you were cutting a piece of paper without a cutting mat since it has no liner the die cut would fall out. One of the most common issues from silhouette cameo beginners is that their cameo 3 autoblade is cutting through the vinyl or other material and the backing. Check the box to show cut border. Maybe you prefer to cut vinyl without a silhouette cutting mat or maybe the material you re cutting is too long to fit on a cutting mat.

The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade. This will bring up a red cut border and will show you the maximum cut able area of your vinyl. Next the pop out cut feature can be used only with the cameo 4 machine line. 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.

Whatever the reason both silhouette studio and your silhouette cameo need to be set up correctly to cut without a mat. This silhouette tutorial will walk you through the three quick steps to successfully set.