Make Your Own Cutting Mat For Silhouette

You can save some money on your diy cutting mat for your electronic cutter.

Make your own cutting mat for silhouette.

How do i iron freezer paper. Cicut and silhoute are copyright names. Silhouette cutting machine cameo portrait cutting mat. If you are using a cameo you can just put the 12 12 paper right onto your mat.

Then you ll feed your paper in and use these templates to cut the dividers. Leave the cutting area clear. These are perfect for scraps and pieces of vinyl you just can t waste. First one i used as a silhouette cameo cutting mat.

Step 5 use double stick tape to tape your silhouette to your mat. You can also trim up or round off your silhouette if you think it needs a bit of adjustment. Make sure your material is loaded on your mat the correct way. I could easily put this right on top of my silhouette mat and use a sharpie to mark the lines.

If you have a cameo remember to adjust your mat size in the software. Cutting blade comes with. Yes i d love to say 20. Step 4 carefully cut around the silhouette.

Align the printed sheet of paper to the left side of the mat. These make cutting from a roll of material like vinyl or heat transfer really easy to work with. You need just clear cover for binding and a good quality spray adhesive disclaime. Two of the great features of the cameo 4 are the built in roll feeder and crosscutter.

The mat needs to align with the blue line with the arrows. Place the edge of the mat along the blue line. In this tutorial you will find out how you can use them. Lay your image on your surface shiny side down and use the cotton setting on your iron with no steam.

When cutting manually be sure to press firmly against the ruler or t square to keep it from moving as you cut. This size will still fit the silhouette portrait machine with a slightly shorter cutting length. The place mat i bought measured 12 by 17 which will make two 8 5 by 12 mats. You can always repeat if you mess up or little fingers cut off vital parts.

This is smaller than the silhouette mat 9 by 13 5. Be sure it matches your workspace design just like in step 1. Make sure the cutting edge is flush with the ruler. This method is easy peasy.

This is a video of my personal take on cutting mats. If you re using a mat cutter tool it will be a sliding attachment with its own ruled edge to ensure that the cutter doesn t slip. To cut freezer paper with your cricut or silhouette lay your freezer paper shiny side facing down on the cutting mat. Tape the edges with masking tape along the lines marking the cutting area.

Then load your mat into your silhouette machine.