I shared a post recently about making crepe paper flowers. You can find it here. In it, I gave quite a few recommendations of designs in the Silhouette Design Store that work for this. But it’s also relatively easy to create your own petals. Today, I … [Read more...]
First Steps in rotary blade: crepe paper dogwood flower
Have you heard about the crepe paper flower craze? For a relatively low cost, you can make beautiful, life-like flowers from crepe paper. Really — you won’t believe that aren’t real. I’m not talking about the cheap-o kind of crepe paper used for … [Read more...]
24” Cameo 4 PRO now available (and other sales this week)
Silhouette America has just released the new Cameo 4 PRO model. And there's a BIG surprise! The original intent was for this to be a 20" wide cutting machine. I can now let you in on the secret that it's actually a 24" one! That's pretty exciting, … [Read more...]
Tracing Tips & Tricks — #5 Simple multi-color images
Welcome back! If you haven’t started with Lesson 1 of this series on tracing, you’ll find it here. So far we’ve covered when you need to trace, selecting images, what’s in the trace panel and how to trace simple, solid shapes of 1 color. Today, … [Read more...]
Business Edition Features: Multiple Undo
I get lots of questions about the features in the different levels of the Silhouette Studio software. I’m going to begin a series of posts where I show you the features of different levels of the software so you can see them in action. (If you need … [Read more...]
Tricks to working with SVG files
One of the great things about using Silhouette machines is the Silhouette Studio software. It is amazing, especially since it’s free and updates are always free. And if you choose to upgrade to a higher level of the software, it’s relatively … [Read more...]
Wood tag using the Singe Quill
I've been working a great deal lately on bringing my house out of the 90s. I've just finished my powder room and it's a HUGE transformation from dark, earthy colors to light, farmhouse ones. I like to keep out extra TP and room spray in arm's reach … [Read more...]
Spirit Swag — Personalized cowbell
For me, fall means FOOTBALL!!! It's an especially good bright spot this year. Since my son is no longer playing college ball, we have "adopted" a couple of players from a local university. It's so they have a family away from home. This week, I'm … [Read more...]
Tracing tips & tricks — #4 Simple, solid shapes
So far in our tracing series, we’ve just been learning about the prep work — the most important part of any project. (You can start with Lesson 1 here). We’ve discussed file types and image selection and gotten an overview of the Trace panel. Now … [Read more...]
What in the world??? When the shape won’t let you change its fill color
I LOVE LOVE LOVE mystery/detective shows, particularly British ones. And I really enjoy doing puzzles and playing games where I have to solve a problem. Lots of folks do. But very few of us like to have to solve a mystery when working with … [Read more...]
What in the world??? Shape won’t fill with color (or doesn’t act right when it does)
Have you ever encountered a real head-scratcher in Silhouette Studio? That’s what this series is about — explaining those and showing you how to fix them. Today, I’ll show you why sometimes you just can’t get a shape to fill with color. Or, you do, … [Read more...]
Tracing tips & tricks — #3 What’s in the Trace panel
This is part 3 of the series on tracing — creating cut files from things like photos and clip art. Be sure to read Lesson 1 on why and what to trace and Lesson 2 about choosing images before you read this one, as I will refer frequently to the … [Read more...]
Tracing Tips & Tricks — #2 Image Selection
In this series (lesson 1 is here), I’m showing you how to take a clip art type image and turn it into a cut file for your Silhouette. This gives you a tremendous amount of designing flexibility. Lesson 2 is about graphic styles and how to choose … [Read more...]
Tracing Tips & Tricks — #1 Where to Start
Today I’m beginning a series that’s LONG overdue. It’s about tracing — how to turn an image such as clip art or a photo into a cut file. I’ve taught this as a class at the All Things Silhouette Conferences for years and am finally starting to do it … [Read more...]
What in the world??? — No points to edit on a design
In this series, we’re uncovering the mysteries of the universe. Well, at least the Silhouette universe. I’m covering topics that can really stump you no matter how long you’ve been using Silhouette machines. Today, we’re going to talk about what’s … [Read more...]
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