We are using a cameo 12 inch by 12 inch mat and letter sized paper.
Silhouette loading paper on mat.
Silhouette cutting mats are available in several sizes.
Cutting mats are printed with a 1 inch grid pattern to help you position and align your material.
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.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
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.
How to load vinyl without a mat.
Just as the name implies choose load mat when cutting anything that you have placed onto a cutting mat.
This introductory video shows users how to load material with and without a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo.
Be sure that you select the mat you are using from the page setup panel before beginning your project.
Please note the words a backing you don t intend to cut through.