And if you like this, be sure to give us a thumbs-up and subscribe to our channel. If you have any questions, leave 'em down below. So I hope this video was helpful for you learning when a mat is necessary, and when it's not. Card stock doesn't have any kind of backing and so when you put it in your machine without a mat, it's gonna make a mess. You also wanna use a mat if you're cutting card stock. See how short my scraps are? They're not gonna fit through my machine very well, so I would wanna use a mat if I'm using scraps. Okay, so I want to show you an example of scraps. So you wanna have your settings just right so it doesn't cut through. And you can see that it didn't cut all the way through that backing. Okay, so we cut without a mat, let' see how that goes. So I'm ready to cut this my selecting the Send button. I'm using glossy vinyl,my ratchet blade, and I have my Cut setting on a two. So I'm gonna go up here in the right hand corner and push Send. Now we're ready to send it to our machine. Now if I were using a mat, I could use that little bit of space. And my border will show me that I can't go all the way to the bottom of the page, or it's gonna cut off. I have it set that I'm cutting a 12 by 12. But if you turn it on, you can see this red line around my design, or around my page. Purchase includes: Zip file containing: PNG color design only, no black and white Compatible with Silhouette Studio, Cricut Design Space, Scan N Cut. And so it says, None.Īnd then at the bottom here, I like to turn on my Show Cut Border. And if you click this arrow, it'll bring down a menu and you can choose what size of mat you're using, or at the top, you can choose that you are not using a mat. So up in the right-hand corner, if I click on this little paper, it brings up my page setup screen.Right here, it says Cutting Mat. This is where we're going to turn some things on and off. So let's go over to our program and I'll show you how to set that up. If I were cutting scraps, I would want to use a mat because they're not going to fit in between my rollers here. And you just wanna make sure that your vinyl fits in between those two rollers. Your roller is usually in this position right here. So, let's go to our machine and I'll show you how to set this up. You can use this same technique with the heat transfer vinyl and use this clear carrier sheet as your cutting mat. Hi guys, it's Jessica from and today I wanna show you my trick of cutting without a mat on my Silhouette CAMEO. I like to cut vinyl without a mat and I like to save my mat for other things like card stock that does require a mat.īut vinyl has this paper backing that can act as your cutting mat.
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