Cutting Vinyl Labels By Hand

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.

Cutting vinyl labels by hand.

Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat. Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. 2 how many name labels do you need. How many name labels that you need will determine the size of the name label sheet.

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. A great feature of this vinyl sticker printing machine for sale is 300 dpi built in scanner. First open cricut design space. The copper vinyl i used for this project was oracal 631 matte vinyl.

Vinyl labels and matless cutting. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings. Click go in cricut design space to cut your project. Our makerspace s logo is a cog which means that cutting it out by hand is.

The mat and insert into cricut joy. Iron on vinyl needs to be mirrored when cutting. Cut design from vinyl. Cut a piece of vinyl about a half inch bigger than the design.

Vinyl laminated labels with silhouette cutter. Boring people that s who. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Now we are ready to load our vinyl into the cutting machine.

The big sell of the scanncut 2 from brother is disclosed in the name. You can always cut your vinyl by hand using a pair of scissors or craft knife. Place vinyl on cutting mat. The aforementioned benefit of having a small portable cutting surface.

You do not have to have an electronic cutting machine to work with vinyl. Since i had a remarkably curvy piece of vinyl i taped it to my cutting surface. You can use smart iron on vinyl or regular iron on vinyl on a mat whichever you have on hand. When we were given a silhouette portrait by instructables labels were one of the first things i wanted to try out.

It enables you to scan anything you want. After scanning this vinyl decal maker can cut the selected image photo or hand written sketch. Vinyl decal machine has over 600 built in designs so you won t be needed a computer or pc to complete your project. 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.

I always use oracal 631 because it is a high quality indoor outdoor vinyl and is easy to apply and remove. 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. However if you want to make name labels with iron on vinyl the process is the same with the exception of the cutting step. Cut vinyl labels out on vinyl cutting machine.

Who doesn t love a sticker.