How to make a vinyl decal with a silhouette.
Making vinyl decals with silhouette.
This tutorial took on a life of its own as i kept finding new things to include.
In this video i show you how to make a car decal with your silhouette cameo 3 using oracle 651 paper.
You do not have to have an electronic cutting machine to work with vinyl.
I ll show you the best way to use your silhouette cameo to cut a large design using this super cute embroidery design.
Place your printed and laminated sheet onto your cutting mat and feed that into your silhouette.
Printable adhesive vinyl works great with an electronic cutting machine but i just want to make it clear that you absolutely do not have to have a fancy cutting machine to make your own vinyl decals.
How to make a vinyl decal from a photo in this tutorial we ll walk through the steps to make a layered vinyl decal from a photo using cute cutter a new webapp that helps you turn photos into cuttable svgs.
For this project i used two sheets of 12x24 removable vinyl which only cost about 3 50 but the challenge that many people find when cutting large decals is how to cut a large decal when their cutter is only 12 wide.
You can always cut your vinyl by hand using a pair of scissors or craft knife.
You can easily work with printable vinyl with just a pair of scissors or a craft knife.
There are several ways to make a vinyl decal.
Follow this tutorial to learn how to convert a jpeg or png to a cut file.
And make sure to pick vinyl glossy or vinyl matte as the material type depending on what you re cutting.
Cut your vinyl decals.
This is a basic tutorial on how to cut and apply a vinyl decal with your silhouette cameo.
Line up the cutting mat with the arrows on the left then hit load on the touchscreen on the right.
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.
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Also make sure the cut lines are on by pressing cut load your piece of white vinyl on the silhouette cutting mat and into the silhouette cameo machine and send it to be cut.