Using Cricut Cutting Mat Silhouette

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Using cricut cutting mat silhouette.

Since the cricut mats might not all be the same you can use your silhouette mat as a reference like i did to find the correct placement you could even draw lines with a sharpie so you don t forget. While both the silhouette mats and cricut mats both include a 12 x 12 grid of 1 squares the mats themselves are not exactly the same size. If you have anything to share about using other brands with your silhouette by all means leave a comment please. Start by gathering your supplies.

This means if you put a piece of material within the sticky gridded area on a cricut mat and cut it with the silhouette you may end up cutting off your material. Restick your cutting mat. 1 of each cutting mat cricut and silhouette painters or masking tape a razor knife a straight edge ruler metal is better a sharpie marker. Once the edges of the mat are taped use a spray adhesive or glue stick.

Use cricut snapmat to cut photos. This is to prevent any adhesive that is added from getting onto the edges which may interfere with your machine s rollers. But to use cricut mats with silhouette you ll need to do make some slight modifications.