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.
If necessary use scissors to cut off the area of the design from the larger piece of vinyl.
Okay let s try something a bit more fancy than a circle cut.
Instead of printing the image with ink you will use a vinyl cutting software that will direct the vinyl cutter.
How to weeding and transfer adhesive vinyl use your vinyl hook tool to remove the excess vinyl from the backing leaving just the design.
You use the vinyl cutter similar to how you use a printer.
Another great thing is you can place multiple pieces of vinyl on one mat when cutting your design.
Start typing any text you want to cut.
You do not have to have an electronic cutting machine to work with vinyl.
You can use any font on your computer.
Venture into vinyl and it will teach you everything you need to get started cutting vinyl with your silhouette.
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You will get all the cut files required for those projects as well as video guidance for each step.
You can always cut your vinyl by hand using a pair of scissors or craft knife.
I ll be using siser easyweed vinyl.
After the design is cut unload the mat from the machine and carefully remove vinyl from the mat.
If you re using a different type of htv make sure to read the manufacturer s instructions for the cutter settings.
My course is called silhouette savvy.
Okay let s load our design into silhouette.
If you have another silhouette machine like the silhouette portrait 2 or the silhouette curio the instructions are basically the same.
Easier to load less chance of slipping of vinyl and smaller cut borders.
It allows you to cut 12 12 if using a standard mat or 12 24 if using a larger mat.
This vinyl cutting machine will cut out the image that you have made on the piece of sheet or vinyl using its blades.
In the course i will walk you through creating eleven different vinyl projects.