Cutting Vinyl Labels By Hand

The aforementioned benefit of having a small portable cutting surface.

Cutting vinyl labels by hand.

Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. You can always cut your vinyl by hand using a pair of scissors or craft knife. Our makerspace s logo is a cog which means that cutting it out by hand is. The mat and insert into cricut joy.

2 how many name labels do you need. Cut vinyl labels out on vinyl cutting machine. Cut a piece of vinyl about a half inch bigger than the design. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.

When we were given a silhouette portrait by instructables labels were one of the first things i wanted to try out. Vinyl labels and matless cutting. Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. Boring people that s who.

Now we are ready to load our vinyl into the cutting machine. Vinyl laminated labels with silhouette cutter. First open cricut design space. Who doesn t love a sticker.

Iron on vinyl needs to be mirrored when cutting. The copper vinyl i used for this project was oracal 631 matte vinyl. The big sell of the scanncut 2 from brother is disclosed in the name. You can use smart iron on vinyl or regular iron on vinyl on a mat whichever you have on hand.

If the vinyl isn t too curly i usually don t tape it down as it allows for easier manipulation of the project when cutting. If you are looking for a vinyl sticker machine that makes it easy to cut a hand drawn design then you will love this one s simplicity. I always use oracal 631 because it is a high quality indoor outdoor vinyl and is easy to apply and remove. Vinyl decal machine has over 600 built in designs so you won t be needed a computer or pc to complete your project.

It enables you to scan anything you want. 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. Place vinyl on cutting mat. It is possible to cut vinyl directly from the roll without a mat using your silhouette and i will add a post all about how to do that soon but for now let s just focus on how to cut with a cutting mat.

Cut design from vinyl. A great feature of this vinyl sticker printing machine for sale is 300 dpi built in scanner. However if you want to make name labels with iron on vinyl the process is the same with the exception of the cutting step. After scanning this vinyl decal maker can cut the selected image photo or hand written sketch.

Do the same for the iron on vinyl label making sure to place your iron on vinyl shiny. Since i had a remarkably curvy piece of vinyl i taped it to my cutting surface. How many name labels that you need will determine the size of the name label sheet. You do not have to have an electronic cutting machine to work with vinyl.

Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.