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.
Sillhoutte cutting the vinyl up.
The angle of the blade goes into the vinyl at a slightly different angle than the regular silhouette ratchet blade or auto blade which again prevents the vinyl from being torn.
This is a basic tutorial on how to cut and apply a vinyl decal with your silhouette cameo.
Now you are ready to design.
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.
1 blade is not properly inserted and or locked down.
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The backing of the vinyl allows your silhouette to grip it when printing.
I love this option because you can use long rolls of vinyl and cut multiple projects at once.
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Cutting without a mat this option is great because you can cut smaller pieces of vinyl without a mat.
This will get you to a good starting point.
Use a sticky mat.
This will keep the material firmly in place.
My friend and fellow instructor elly from silhouette secrets has diagnosed this issue so often on facebook that she keeps a photo of a properly installed blade on hand to post whenever someone is having cutting issues.
Glow in the dark vinyl use for glow in the dark vinyl.