Cutting Bigger Than The Mat

This is where you need to make some changes to your settings so you can cut longer than the mat.

Cutting bigger than the mat.

For this you need to look at the maximum cutting sizes for each of the three machines. If you are wanting to cut larger than these options then you simply must cut your design. Click here to see the finished project. I recommend you cut these decals with a cutting machine like a cricut.

Small mat cutting area is 4 25 inches x 6 25 inches. If you want to make something larger than the large mat you can use a process known as tiling i ve seen people use this technique to make large car and wall decals big wood signs and enormous paper projects. The maximum cutting area on a 12 x 12 30 5 cm x 30 5 cm mat is 11 5 x 11 5 29 cm x 29 cm. Cricut joy maximum sizes.

Tiling a large scale image with your cricut is actually pretty easy using the slice tool. You will have the option to continue with a larger mat or return to the canvas to resize your image. How to cut larger than mat vinyl wall decals step 1. What size projects are larger than the mat.

First select the design and rotate it so it s going vertically. Matless cutting cuts one image up to 4 5 inches wide and 4 feet long or repeated cuts up to 20 feet long. Get a design you can scale up and prepare it for cutting. For this larger than mat project you ll need some cardstock any size from 8 5 by 11 inches all the way up to 12 by 24 inches will work though the bigger the paper the less work for you.

I absolutely love my silhouette cameo but a few months ago i was wanting to cut a custom piece that was larger than the standard 12 12 square cut mat. Download my free flying unicorn files design 138 from my free resource library you can get a password for it by signing up at the bottom of this page. You can rotate it by selecting the design and then grabbing the green circle at the top of the design and pulling it 90 degrees. If either the height or width of an image is greater than 11 5 29 cm when you select make it you will receive an alert that one of your images is too large for a 12 x 12 30 5 cm x 30 5 cm mat.

I ve seen tons of extra large vinyl cutouts floating around on pinterest and i ve always thought gee i bet i could do that with my cameo. If you are using a 12 inch by 24 inch cutting mat then the largest you can cut is 11 5 inches by 23 5 inches.