Day: July 15, 2014

5 {Not So} Common Tips on Making Your Cutting Mat Last

Hinter den Kulissen: 5 {nicht so gewöhnliche} Tipps damit deine Schneidematte länger hält   Tutorial Tuesday is here and I’d like to dedicate today’s post to those Silhouette owners among my readers (this post probably also applies to Cricut users and others, too). I’ve had my machine for a bit over a year now, love using it (have used it tons), and have done so many projects with it that I feel like I have a pretty good understanding of how things work. And today, I’d like to talk a little bit about the sticky mat that a lot of die cutting machines use. Now, when I first got my Cameo, one of the first things I did was scour the www to find any advice on cut settings and how to make my sticky mat last as long as possible (supplies are expensive and very very difficult for me to get). And since there’s lots of advice you can find on that topic, I’m not going to repeat most of that here. Simply do …