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How to Cut Faux Leather, Glitter Fabric, and Jelly Sheets with Silhouette Cameo 3

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If you’re wondering how to cut Cut Faux Leather, Glitter Fabric, and Jelly Sheets with your Silhouette Cameo 3 then look no further. I’ve recently started to make some bows for my girls with faux leather and after some trial and error have figured out the cut settings that work best for me. There are several different types of faux leather with some being thicker, some more fabric-like, and some being plastic. The cut settings are pretty much the same for all the materials, but for the thicker fabrics, you’ll want to do several cuts. Here I’ll explain the different types of faux leather I’ve used and how I was able to cut them easily with my Cameo 3.

Before cutting you should always do a test cut to make sure the settings work for your material. I suggest using a new mat and blade when you start cutting these materials and labeling and saving that mat and blade to only cut faux leather, jelly, and glitter sheets.

Jelly Sheets

Jelly sheets have been the easiest for me to cut so far. The jelly sheets are a plastic-like material and I thought they would be difficult to cut, but they were super easy. The settings I used for cutting jelly sheets for jelly bows was:

Material: Stencil Blade: 2 for the first 2 passes and then Blade 4. Force 33. Double Cut.

How to cut jelly sheets cameo 3

How to cut it: Once you’re ready to cut your jelly bows you’ll go to the send menu in your SIL software and put in the settings above. You’ll do a double cut with a blade depth of 2. Once that stops DO NOT unload the jelly sheet. Pop open the blade compartment and change the blade to a 4 and then hit send again. Once it’s done you can unload and assemble. I’ve found the best glue to use on jelly bows is e6000 or Loctite Ultra Gel Control Super Glue. Superglue will not work since jelly material is plastic and super glue has a hard time sticking to it. (These glues can be stinky so make sure to use them in a well-ventilated area. A face mask doesn’t hurt either.)

Faux Leather and Fabric Sheets

When it comes to the faux leather and fabric sheets I’ve come across a few different types. Some of them have a very sturdy back, which makes them easy to cut, but some are fabric and they’re a bit more of a struggle to cut. With the fabric ones, they tend to slide a lot, so masking tape will be your best friend.

Cutting thicker faux leather. Material: Faux Leather Paper. Blade: 10. Force 22. Double Cut. You can tape this down to the mat if you want, but I put the pattern side down and with a sticky mat I haven’t had issues with the material moving. For thinner faux leather you can take the double cut off.

How to cut faux leather cameo 3

Cutting Fabric Sheets. Material: Fabric Thick (Canvas). Blade: 5. Force 22. Double Cut. You should tape this down to the mat. I place the pattern side down and then tape along the edges of my fabric and mat. Don’t worry, if you get masking tape on the cutting area the blade will cut through it and you can peel it off when it’s finished.

I have found that good quality hot glue, like Gorilla Hot Glue, works good for the faux leather and fabric sheets. I’d also suggest using fabric hot glue or e6000.

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Glitter Fabric Sheets

For chunky glitter: I haven’t been able to get my cameo to cut through it. It’s VERY thick so I have to cut them by hand and even with sharp scissors it was a little bit difficult. If someone finds a method that works with the cameo 3 I would love to hear it.

How to cut glitter sheets cameo 3

Fine Glitter Sheets. Material: Fabric Thick (Canvas). Blade: 5. Force 22. Double Cut. You should tape this down to the mat. I place the pattern side down and then tape along the edges of my fabric and mat. Don’t worry, if you get masking tape on the cutting area the blade will cut through it and you can peel it off when it’s finished.

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Frannie

Thursday 14th of September 2023

Chunky Glitter Fabric

After lots and lots of frustration, this worked for me:

Tape it down on all sides, glitter side down. Purple mat (strong). Burnish that tape - don't let it even think about going anywhere! Autoblade Blade: 10 Passes: 3 Pressure: 33 Speed: 1

Then carefully weed it with scissor in hand, because when the occasional glitter piece didn't get cut through, it tore a hole into the edge of my piece. It didn't glitter up my mat as much as I expected, but there's still cleanup to do. Beats cutting 100 of these with a scissor and getting a permanent indent in my fingers from the scissor handle!

Ashley

Tuesday 30th of March 2021

I used a ratchet blade 10, force 33, speed 1, 3 passes AND I taped my chunky glitter down upside down and it cuts!

Alison

Saturday 1st of August 2020

I am also trying to make jelly earrings with my Cameo 4. I have tried for days on end. I am so frustrated. Unfortunately I can find no advice ANYWHERE for settings on the Cameo 4. Do you have any tips? Thanks!

Jamie

Sunday 2nd of August 2020

I haven't used the Cameo 4, so I am not sure. There is a great FB group called Silhouette Design and Inspiration (or something similar). Join that and ask! They should be able to help you.

Caroline

Friday 26th of June 2020

Any luck with the chunky glitter since this was published? I'm struggling with them as well! Love the idea of cutting the patterned side down, I never would have thought of that ! Definitely trying it on my next project! Thanks!

Jamie

Sunday 28th of June 2020

I haven't had any luck. :(

Alisha

Thursday 11th of June 2020

What kind of blade are you using to cut the faux leather? Does a deep cut blade work best?

Jamie

Sunday 14th of June 2020

I used the premium blade. I didn't try it with the deep cut blade, so I'm not sure how it would work. https://amzn.to/37tbMva

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