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