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Tuesday quick tip: matching rotated angles

November 2, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I've been making some shoe tags lately by etching with my Curio on acrylic. Our family has started a tradition of wearing Converse at the reception of family weddings, and I add the tags with the couple's initials and the wedding date. (If you want … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software, Tips Tagged With: angle, rotate, rotation

Draw something! How to use the Silhouette Studio Drawing tools: Lesson 3 — Draw an Arc

October 14, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

This is the third lesson in my series on using the drawing tools in the Silhouette program. In the previous lessons, we've covered drawing lines and non-regular shapes. In today's tutorial, we'll cover the last tool in the first section of drawing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: arc, Drawing Tools, shapes

Draw something! How to use the Silhouette drawing tools: Lesson 2 — Draw a non-regular shape

October 11, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

In the first lesson in this series, I taught you how to draw a straight line. I included information on how to make it a perfect horizontal, vertical or 45° angle, and how to get rid of that pesky feature where the software keeps drawing shapes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: curve, drawing, polygon, shapes

Draw Something! How to use the Silhouette drawing tools — Lesson 1: Draw a line

October 7, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

line tools in silhouette studio

Buying designs from the Silhouette Design Store is great, but there are also plenty of tools in Silhouette Studio to help you create your own designs. Today, I'm starting a new series on using the Drawing Tools in Silhouette Studio to get you going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: create, draw, line, preferences

Tuesday quick tip: How to strikethrough text

September 21, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

My youngest boy recently got engaged. Hurrah! I was very excited to welcome his sweet future wife to the family. He had a very elaborate plan that worked almost to perfection, culminating in a celebratory dinner with her parents who came in as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: htv, line, shirt, strikethrough, Text

13 things to do with fonts besides cut them

August 24, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I freely admit it -- I'm a complete font junkie! Every time there's a new text style that comes into vogue, I have to add to my already enormous collection. If you own a Silhouette machine, you already know you can cut out words for things like vinyl … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: fonts, Text, words

Image effects panel for better printing

August 13, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

image effects icon in Silhouette

Image effects panel -- have you heard of that one? Many Silhouette users haven't. But it can be a HUGE help if you are printing from Silhouette Studio. You can use the tools in it to adjust colors in both printable patterns and photos. Let's go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Print and Cut Tagged With: black and white, brightness, color, colorize, contrast, Fill, gamma, gray shade, hue, image effects, inversion, photo, Print and Cut, saturation, sepia, tint

RGB vs. CMYK for colors — what’s the difference?

August 6, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I've been learning more lately about editing my photos, both for personal pics and project images. I recently learned something new that I found really useful in understanding color. It's the difference between color values that are defined by RGB or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Print and Cut Tagged With: color, print

How to distribute designs evenly around the page: Method #8 — Align tools

August 3, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Here we are in our last lesson on how you can space your designs space evenly in Silhouette Studio. If you haven't read the others, then you can start here. Today, I'll show you how to use the align tools to distribute your images equally on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Align, distribute, space

Can you use HTV on polyester, spandex and nylon?

July 28, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

using htv on polyester or spandex

This is a question I get asked all the time: "Since Heat Transfer Vinyl requires a high heat to apply it, can I use it on fabrics such as polyester, spandex and nylon?" I had the same questions as a beginner, because we've all heard you have to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials Tagged With: heat press, htv, nylon, polyester, spandex

How to distribute designs evenly around the page: Method #7 — Smart Snapping

July 21, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Today's lesson in our series on spacing your designs evenly around the page in Silhouette Studio is using Smart Snapping. (If you haven't read the other lessons, start here). This is a relatively new feature in the software and one many people don't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: move, smart snapping, spacing

My recent zoom class on Shadowboxes now on YouTube

July 19, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

shadowboxes youtube class

I shared with you in a recent post that I was doing a Zoom class for Michaels where I go through how to make these shadowboxes. Note: This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click the link and purchase something, I receive a small … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: cardstock, projects, shadowboxes, wood sheets

How distribute designs evenly around the page: Method #6 — Move To or By

July 15, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

In today's lesson in our series on spacing your designs evenly around the page in Silhouette Studio, I'm going to show you how you can select an object and move it by a specific amount to or to a specific location. (If you haven't read the previous … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: move, spacing, transform

Tuesday quick tip: How to save a cut that’s going bad on Cameo 4

July 13, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

We've all had it happen. You send a job to cut on your Silhouette and something goes wrong during the cut. It could be that your mat is no longer sticky enough and so isn't holding your material. Or maybe your blade number or force is too high so the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Machines Tagged With: cancel, cut settings, pause

FREE zoom class this Wednesday with Michaels

July 12, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

shadowboxes with silhouette

One great thing that has come out of the past pandemic year is that many, many companies have upped their game in online classes and shopping. Michaels stores started Zoom classes and they have been extremely popular, so they are ongoing. This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: cardstock, class, frame, free, gifts, home decor, projects, shadowbox, wood

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