I have used my Silhoutte for some time now and always had a problem with cutting through cardstock or anything thicker than copy paper, usually I get there in the end but today is proving frustrating.

Today I wanted to cut something out of Cardstock and I have wasted three bits so far, first bit was just leaving everything as machine said - cardstock - plain, 4 on the blade, 20 on the pressure cut didn't even mark the back of the card so obviously not cut, couldn't get the job to cancel on the machine and ended up turning it off and on again.

Second I adjusted the blade and the pressure up but still not cutting through, last one I changed the blade, pressure on 33 and cut on a 5, it has cut around 90% but I am left with a pair of scissors trying to get through the rest of it.

To be fair it wasn't even cutting through on the test cuts and by then I was up to selecting heavyweight cardstock, blade at 7 and pressure at 33.

What am I doing wrong?