Making Vinyl Decals With Silhouette

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Making vinyl decals with silhouette.

Let me know what you think about the much longer video i have time stamps fo. This is a basic tutorial on how to cut and apply a vinyl decal with your silhouette cameo. 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 easily work with printable vinyl with just a pair of scissors or a craft knife.

Use a premade image make sure it is not copyrighted when using a premade image you ll need to import the image into silhouette studio and convert it to a cut file. Place your printed and laminated sheet onto your cutting mat and feed that into your silhouette. Follow this tutorial to learn how to convert a jpeg or png to a cut file. I ll show you the best way to use your silhouette cameo to cut a large design using this super cute embroidery design.

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. 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. And make sure to pick vinyl glossy or vinyl matte as the material type depending on what you re cutting. Complete tutorial for making a layered vinyl decal from a photo using cute cutter a webapp that turns photos into cuttable svgs.

In this video i show you how to make a car decal with your silhouette cameo 3 using oracle 651 paper. There are several ways to make a vinyl decal. 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. Cut your vinyl decals.

You do not have to have an electronic cutting machine to work with vinyl. Line up the cutting mat with the arrows on the left then hit load on the touchscreen on the right. This is a perfect service to add to your business to ma.