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Hack to make sure text around a circle is centered

October 24, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Today I want to share a quick tip with you about getting text in the right spot when you wrap it around a circle or arc. (If you don't know how to do that, see this post). It's not hard to do, but one thing that I used to struggle with was making … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software, Tips Tagged With: alignment, Text, text on path, words on circle

Frugal Friday: Making the most of expensive HTV and vinyl material

September 28, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

glitter sparkleberry htv

As I told you in my first Frugal Friday tip, I hate to throw away scraps of expensive or beautiful material. I like to try to find ways to reuse the bits and pieces whenever I can. That’s certainly the case with any patterned adhesive vinyl or HTV. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Materials, Tips Tagged With: detach lines, frame, heat transfer material, heat transfer vinyl, htv, modify, pattern, PixScan, scraps, subtract, vinyl

Knockout designs made easy

September 20, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette knockout knock outs

For my first project in my Spiritwear series, I want to teach you how to create a knockout design. This is a fun way to combine a school mascot with the team name or another phrase. I promise it will be easier than any other knockout method you've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: divide, htv, knock out, knockout, logo, mascot, modify, spirit wear, spiritwear, team, tshirt

Get it together, man! 6 tips to make a project more cohesive

September 10, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette scrapbook page

Have you ever looked at a project someone else made and thought, “Why does theirs look so professional and pulled together while mine doesn’t?” Or have you ever liked all your pieces individually, but when you put them together they just don’t look … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Projects, Tips Tagged With: cohesive, color, coordinate, design, project, undertone

7 tricks to make a multi-piece project more interesting

September 6, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I remember when I first started paper crafting. I would put together a card or scrapbook page and then look at it and think, “BORING!” What is it that makes a project look interesting and finished? It doesn't just happen. Some folks have a natural … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Tips Tagged With: alignment, balance, color, depth, diagonal, fonts, interesting, mix, paper, pattern, placement, size, texture, thirds, triangle, tricks

Oh, the offset! Such a handy tool

September 3, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette offset

Do you know about the offset feature in Silhouette Studio? If you’re a beginner, you might not (see my true confession below). But it’s an amazingly cool tool that can save you lots of time and frustration when working in the software. Note: This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software, Tips Tagged With: mat, offset, offsets

Paint by number designs – a “think outside the box” challenge

August 27, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

paint by number with silhouette cameo

I’ve been wanting to try this for so long! I finally had a good excuse because I needed a gift for my great niece’s birthday. I used my Cameo to draw the design and numbers on canvas for a paint by number craft. Once you understand the general … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Projects, Tools and Accessories Tagged With: auto weld, canvas, line thickness, paint by number, point editing, project, Sketch

How and why to save a Silhouette design as an image

July 24, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette save as image

One of the things I love about the Silhouette Studio software is how flexible it is. I like to find ways to use it unexpected ways. Recently, I wanted to make a coffee mug for some dear friends who had moved away and recently returned to our home … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: image, jpeg, jpg, line color, pdf, picture, raster, save as, svg

How to more easily visualize your design and finished project

July 9, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette visualize project

Today I want to share with you some tips on how you can better visualize the outcome of a design. You can use these methods to get a more realistic preview your project, create mockups, or to predict the outcome before you use any Modify options. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: background, Fill, line color, mock up, pattern, raster, visualize

Photo crop in Silhouette Studio: how and why to do it

July 6, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

trace and detach

I’ve been working on a gift for some dear friends who moved away and are now returning to our home turf.  I’m creating the design in Silhouette Studio and saving it as a JPEG so that I can get it printed professionally on a coffee mug. Today, I want … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: crop, draw curved shape, draw freehand, draw smooth freehand, edit points, Fill, jpeg, magnet trace, modify, photo, photo crop, photo editing, point editing, raster, trace, trace and detach

Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 7)

June 29, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette edit points for trace

Here we are in our final lesson on Point Editing. If you need to start at the beginning of this series, go here. In today’s lesson I’m going to give you a few tips on working with points on text, show you how to edit points to help when you’re … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: closed, convert to path, crop, curve, curved, Drawing Tools, edit points, Fill, freehand, magnet trace, modify, open, path, point editing, points, polygon, raster, simplify, smooth freehand, subtract, Text, trace, trace and detach, tracing

Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 6 Part 3)

June 22, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette point editing open paths

Now that we’re on Lesson 6, are you becoming an expert at Point Editing? (If you have stumbled onto this lesson and haven’t gone through the previous ones, start here.) In Part 2 of this lesson, I showed you how to break and join paths to fix broken … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: break path, edit points, join path, line, open paths, path, point editing, pop up, red dots, score, Sketch, slit

Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 6 Part 2)

June 20, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette editing points

I hope you’re learning how much you can alter your designs in Silhouette Studio by editing points. If you haven’t gone through the previous lessons in this series, start here. Otherwise, this lesson won’t make much sense. In Part 1 of this lesson, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: black dots, break path, edit points, join path, open design, paths, point editing, points, red dots, trace, tracing

Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 6 Part 1)

June 15, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette point editing breaking paths

Today we're digging even deeper into the world of Point Editing in Silhouette Studio. We're going to look at the concept of breaking and joining paths. We'll talk about when you need to use these techniques, plus what open shapes are and how to close … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: break, close, closed, Compound Path, edit points, Fill, grouping, join, open, paths, point editing, points, red dots

Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 5)

June 11, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette point editing curve

Today's lesson on Point Editing is probably the most impactful. I'm going to give you all the secrets to adjusting any curve on any shape. If you understand the principles I'll discuss here, you'll save yourself a great deal of frustration as you try … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: bezier, blue box, control handle, corner, curve, curves, edit points, flat, point, point editing, smooth

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