My course is called silhouette savvy.
Teach me how to use silhouse vinyl cutter.
Another great thing is you can place multiple pieces of vinyl on one mat when cutting your design.
The benefits of using a mat are.
You can use any font on your computer.
I ll be using siser easyweed vinyl.
Start typing any text you want to cut.
If you have another silhouette machine like the silhouette portrait 2 or the silhouette curio the instructions are basically the same.
If you re using a different type of htv make sure to read the manufacturer s instructions for the cutter settings.
You use the vinyl cutter similar to how you use a printer.
This is called.
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.
Easier to load less chance of slipping of vinyl and smaller cut borders.
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.
You will get all the cut files required for those projects as well as video guidance for each step.
Okay let s load our design into silhouette.
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.
If necessary use scissors to cut off the area of the design from the larger piece of vinyl.
After the design is cut unload the mat from the machine and carefully remove vinyl from the mat.
Okay let s try something a bit more fancy than a circle cut.
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.
You can always cut your vinyl by hand using a pair of scissors or craft knife.