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Successful Beginner Projects: #3 Initial Gift Tag

November 7, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

beginner cameo project

In today’s Successful Beginner Project, we’ll learn to add text, draw a simple shape, create an offset and a compound path, use more scale and align features, and cut by fill color. This tag is great for any time, but especially Christmas. By putting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Designing, Materials, Projects, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: action by fill, Align, beginner, cardstock, christmas, circle, Compound Path, cut by color, cut preview, cut settings, draw, font, group, letter size, lock aspect ratio, material, offset, order, scale, send, tag, Text

Successful Beginner Projects — #2: Butterfly Gift Bag Decoration

October 17, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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As a Silhouette beginner, the best thing you can do is start with some simple projects that get you successful right out of the gate. That's what the Successful Beginner Projects series is all about. In project #2, we’re going to use the butterfly we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Designing, Materials, Projects, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: beginner, cardstock, cut style, no cut, paper

Breaking a solid shape into pieces with the magic of Divide

October 2, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette pieces

Let's talk about a common design question. Say you have a design that's a single piece, but you want to cut it from several different colors or materials. You want to break it apart into multiple pieces, like this--What about using the knife tool? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: divide, modify

Object on Path Shape: A new version 4 option for replicating shapes

July 29, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

One of the slick new features of Silhouette Studio version 4 is a Replicate option called Object on Path. This is very similar to Text on Path, which is most often used to wrap text around a circle. What Object on Path does is allow you to put any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: convert to path, object on path, replicate, text on path, version 4

Using sketch designs to create watercolor masterpieces

April 3, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff 8 Comments

I shared in a previous post how you can use vinyl as a stencil for watercolors. If you haven't read that, check it out here. Today I'm going to show you a different way to use your Silhouette to create beautiful watercolor  paintings by using a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Projects, Tools and Accessories Tagged With: Sketch, watercolor

Faux inlaid wood tag

February 14, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette inlaid wood

It’s time to show you the table centerpieces for my daughter’s wedding. Her rustic theme fit great with our taste & budget. I read a wise article that said the best decorations are already in your home because those are the things you love. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Materials, Projects Tagged With: Align, Compound Path, Drawing Tools, Fill Color, PicScan, PixScan, Resizing, table decoration, tag, Text, wedding, wood tag

Fill ‘er up! The hows and whys of color, gradient and pattern fill

December 8, 2016 By Cindy Eckhoff 4 Comments

I don’t know about you, but as a visual person I find it hard to visualize what my projects will look like with just red lines on a plain white background.  I love the fact that I can use the fills within Silhouette Studio to get a better idea of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: color, Fill, Fill Color, fill gradient, fill pattern, gradient, pattern

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