Silhouette Is Cutting Top Of Mat

Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.

Silhouette is cutting top of mat.

I am having issues with images on my mat not cutting in the same place as they appear in make the cut on the virtual mat when cutting to the cameo. Mine is set to cut mat and it still cut the right edge of my mat. Using a 12 x 24 silhouette cutting mat will save a bunch of time and often use materials more efficiently because you can load up and cut more with each send to the machine. Learn the basics of your silhouette cameo.

Even if you will be using it again soon place the shiny side of the blue protective cover back on the mat to keep it free from any debris. The cricut mat does seem much sturdier so i have a few of the 12 by 12 cricut mats on order. I use a 12 by 24 cricut mat and a 12 by 12 silhouette mat. The silhouette tacky cutting mat comes along with a twelve square inched area that is manufactured by sticking a cyan coloured paper to the sticky background of the mat.

This is a quick tip i just discovered while playing with my silhouette portrait. Lastly ensure you ve selected the correct cut settings before cutting out your design by performing a test cut. Tips to getting the most out of your silhouette cutting mat cover the mat with the blue protective sheet after each use. Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.

This sort of silhouette mat is compatible for mixed media cutting machines along with the silhouette cameo machines. It is cutting on the top edge of both mats. When working with the longer mat you need to tell the software that that s what you re doing. If you are using any previous silhouette cutting models cameo 3 portrait 2 etc you must use a cutting mat to cut out cardstock or other paper materials.

When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers. I have my 12 x 12 mat oriented portrait style in mtc which is how. This video gives an overview of how the silhouette cameo cutting mat is set up and how to use it. This is my second mat at 15 each.