How To Tuesday - Turn Cricut Mat into Silhouette SD Mat

**EDIT** I'm getting a lot of questions about using a Cricut mat with the Silhouette Cameo cutting machine... YES it should work and be the same size. You won't have to cut it down at all like I did for the Silhouette SD. You may still need to add blue tape on the edges for the wheels to grip onto the mat. Good luck!

How To Tuesday! Make a 12x12 Cricut mat into a Silhouette SD mat!

I have to be honest. I am in love with my Silhouette SD, but I absolutely hate the Silhouette mats. I hated them from the first day I got them. They are flimsy, they don't last (even when I clean them after every use) and they are very expensive! I don't use my Cricut as much as I use to, but I do think that Cricut has the best cutting mats! I can scrub those babies down and they always bounce right back, plus a pack of two 12x12 Cricut mats is still half the price of a single Silhouette mat!

Materials:

a 12x12 Cricut cutting mat

a Silhouette SD mat (for sizing)

ruler

exacto knife

scissors

blue painters tape

marker

If you're a paper crafter, my guess is that you have all of these materials around your house anyways. This is very easy, I will never buy a Silhouette mat again :)


Step 1:  Lay your Silhouette SD mat on top of the Cricut mat, and mark where the mat ends. Draw a line with your ruler...

use silhouette mat to measure where you'll cut the cricut mat

use ruler to draw a line down cricut mat

Step 2: Hold your ruler against the line you drew, and use the exacto knife to score down this line. Using the ruler helps you keep your cut line very straight...

score the line with the craft knife

Step 3: Cut with scissors where you scored with the exacto knife. I found cutting the mat with scissors to be very very easy with the scored cut already in place.

Step 4: Add blue painters tape to each side of your cut Cricut mat. This is very important!! Without the tape, your mat will not be able to roll into the Silhouette SD cutter. I placed my blue tape about 1.5cm in on each side. I simply trimmed whatever tape was hanging off the edges.

A new Silhouette SD mat!!!

And you're finished!!! In just a few easy steps you have made yourself a very sturdy cutting mat, at a third of the price, for your Silhouette SD machine! Helpful tip... Since the Cricut mats are thicker, you will need to give them a little push when you load it into your machine. Once it's fed in, it'll cut beautifully!

It fits!!

This makes me so happy you don't even understand. Those Silhouette mats were driving me insane, and these work so so well! Good luck, happy cutting!

<3 Rachel w k

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