Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.
Silhouette loading paper on mat.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
We are using a cameo 12 inch by 12 inch mat and letter sized paper.
How to load vinyl without a mat.
This introductory video shows users how to load material with and without a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo.
Now select load on your cameo 3.
Be sure that you select the mat you are using from the page setup panel before beginning your project.
Materials that have a backing you don t intend to cut through such as vinyl or sticker paper can be cut without a mat using the load media option.
I like to cut most of my vinyl without a mat because the majority of the time i am using rolls of vinyl instead of.
Cutting mats are printed with a 1 inch grid pattern to help you position and align your material.
Silhouette cutting mats are available in several sizes.