How to Cut Shrink Plastic (Shrinky Dinks) with Your Silhouette (Cameo or Portrait)

[@vickyvazz]

These turned out great!! Going to try to do a keychain this way… let’s hope it’s successful!

[@mollygabrielle]

How much did you increase the depth for the second pass

[@maniok1977]

Thanks! Very helpful!

[@rigormortis9133]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@kimmirandaart9909]

this is so nice thank you, but how did you manage to get the silhouette to read the material without registration marks?

[@Cloudcloudcloudia]

I also don’t know how to make silhouette read material without registration mark!

[@jessiezeng9585]

This is genius and could be use the same way as circuit party foil just more steps since circuit party foil is discontinued

[@Onyi416]

hello, I used blade 10, force 33, but the clear shrink flim didn’t fully cut. Should I change to 2mm blade instead of the original blade? thanks.

[@RingtailStudios.]

Hi was watching your video and wanted to try it myself but for some reason my machine cuts above and through my design.. Any idea why it may be doing that?

[@yhkim7516]

Looking at the previous comparison video, I thought Curio would be more suitable for shrink film work. (Because it's a hard material) I am curious now I saw you using portrait. How is it for real use? Is the portrait better to cut the shrink film?

[@AlexisMiddletonPersiaLou]

It does cut with the Portrait, but it is a little bit more of a process. The easiest cut I have gotten with shrink plastic is with the Cameo 4 and the kraft blade.

[@mariadavis6157]

Very beautiful, Did you print directly on the shrink plastic?

[@AlexisMiddletonPersiaLou]

Yes!

[@ximenafigueroakoster4013]

You dont put a resin layer to finish them?

[@oliviafaria2011]

Do you have to seal this once done? Love your work.

[@eveleen18]

I seal the printed side with uv resin

[@NightTimeDay]

Be careful to use gloves and a respirator with an organic solvent filter when using UV resin. Plenty brands lie about being non-toxic when they're really toxic and quite dangerous for your health.

[@applebottemgs2.076]

I'm having some trouble running my paper through my machine. I keep getting a error massage saying it cannot register the paper. Any help would be appreciated.

[@AlexisMiddletonPersiaLou]

Is the Silhouette having trouble with the registration marks?

[@mohammedfahizmodibo9986]

Please what printer do you use to print the base colour?

[@AlexisMiddletonPersiaLou]

I printed these with my Canon inkjet printer. (This an affiliate link for the printer I used - amzn.to/36ZC9cg)

[@paulaalmeda6200]

Do you also use it for print in to heat tranfer vinyl? thank you for your time

[@JustMick43]

Does your ink rub off the plastic when touching cuz mine does. What settings are you using t

[@AlexisMiddletonPersiaLou]

I didn't have any issues with the ink rubbing off. What type of printer and shrink plastic are you using?

[@kaylanek1]

Ya same. I was using glossy plastic and a normal printer that I connected to my computer with silhouette studio

[@mellorin5646]

@@kaylanek1 Did you use the printable kind? Since the normal one shouldn't work I think

[@paulaalmeda6200]

Waooooo 💜💜💜

[@charinetsacbibit7961]

hi can I use scissors for the paper?

[@adrienneyang4148]

I think yes

[@NightTimeDay]

Yes you can buy cheaper shrink paper if you want to hand draw and cut yourself too

[@AlexisMiddletonPersiaLou]

Yes absolutely!

[@NightTimeDay]

It's a shame when a small creator doesn't reply to questions in the comments.

[@AlexisMiddletonPersiaLou]

I'm sorry. I do my best but things fall through the cracks all the time.