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How distribute designs evenly around the page: Method #5 — Keyboard Shortcuts

July 8, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Can you believe there are so many tools for making evenly-spaced designs in Silhouette Studio? That's a good thing, because they are all useful in different situations. We've already covered using Snap to Grid, Snap to Guides, Fill Page and making … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: columns, copies, duplicates, keyboard shortcuts, rows

How distribute designs evenly around the page: Method #4 — Rows and Columns

July 6, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I've been getting into bullet journaling lately. It's just so relaxing to see the neat rows & columns of ideas! Maybe that's why the idea of having my designs spaced evenly around the page is so appealing. In this series, I'm showing you quite a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: copies, duplicates, replicate, spacing

How distribute designs evenly around the page: Method #3 — Fill page

July 2, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

using fill page in silhouette studio

In this series, I'm showing you multiple ways to space your designs around the page and the pros and cons of each method. So far, we've covered using Snap to Grid and Snap to Guides. This time, we'll use the Fill Page feature. Note: This post … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: fill page, replicate, spacing

How distribute designs evenly around the page: Method #2 — Snap to Guides

June 30, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette snap to guides

This is lesson 2 in our series on how to space designs around the page equally in Silhouette Studio. If you haven't read about method #1 using Snap to Grid, you can find that post here. Today, we'll learn about using Snap to Guides. Note: This post … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Align, guide, guidelines, snap, spacing

How distribute designs evenly around the page: Method #1 — Snap to Grid

June 28, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Recently, someone asked me how to fill a page with designs and have them equally spaced. Such a great question! There are several ways to do that, so it's a great topic for some tutorials. Over the next few days, I'll show you multiple ways to get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: grid, snap, spacing

Why you may not see all the parts on premium fonts (and how to find them)

June 25, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I freely admit it -- I'm a font junkie! I'm trying to do better, but on my last computer I had over 1200 fonts. There are just SO many fun ones!!! I was getting better, then font designers started having the ability to add multiple glyphs or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Design Store, Silhouette Studio Software, Tips Tagged With: download, fonts, glyphs, install, letters, premium, Text

How to make your own brush lettering practice sheets

June 21, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Don't get me wrong -- I love my Silhouette. But since I write about it all the time and do projects with it every day, sometimes I need to take a break from it and express my creativity with other crafts. Last spring it was watercolors. Over the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Projects, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: brush lettering, calligraphy, grid, lines, Text

Plant markers with Singe Quill

June 17, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

singe quill plant markers

I've shared several posts lately about projects I did for my front porch (welcome sign, door mat, address sign). Now on to the back yard! Well, yard is a bit of an understatement. We live on the side of a mountain so it's mostly a slope. The good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Projects, Tools and Accessories Tagged With: Curio, plant marker, projects, singe quill, wood

Tuesday quick tip: font identification trick

June 15, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette studio font identification trick

My son is currently living with us while he attends physical therapy school. This is the child who has a business selling Silhouette-made products. This blows my mind, as he's probably the last of my 4 that I thought would ever be doing that. But a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software, Tips Tagged With: fonts, Text, tuesday quick tip

Vertical painted and stained porch sign with contact paper stencil

June 11, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

contact paper stencil welcome sign

Lately, I've been sharing several lessons as I've been spiffing up my porch for spring. (Yes, for some of you it's already summer, but we are still having nights in the 40s here). I painted a door mat with our name using a freezer paper stencil. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Designing, Materials, Projects Tagged With: contact paper, home decor, paint, projects, stencil, vinyl, wood sign

How to use the autoload feature on Cameo 4 machines

June 8, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

cameo 4 autoload

First, there was the AutoBlade -- no more forgetting to turn your ratchet blade to the right number. Then came the feature where the machine gets your mat or no mat selection from the software and rolls in your mat or material the correct amount … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Machines Tagged With: autoload, cameo 4, Cameo plus, Cameo pro, load, mat

The trick to removing “baked on” vinyl

June 4, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

cracked baked on vinyl

Here I am again with another project for my front porch. I've already shown some custom-made layered letters I'm working on for a sign and my door mat. Once I had those up, I realized my address sign was looking pretty worn. (It's completely true … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials, Tips Tagged With: projects, vinyl

Tuesday quick tip: using a page color that isn’t white

June 1, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette default page color options

There's a new feature in Silhouette Studio that snuck in with version 4.4. This is something we've been wishing for for quite awhile and now it's here. I saw it last week when I was sharing the tip about changing the default fill and line colors and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: background, color, mat, page

50% off MEGA sale in the Silhouette Design Store

May 26, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Okay, this type of sale happens only a couple of times each year in the Silhouette Design Store. So, I just HAD to tell you about it! It's the Mega Sale — HALF OFF EVERYTHING! Note: This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Announcements, Silhouette Design Store Tagged With: sale, silhouette design store, subscription

Tuesday quick tip: How to change the default fill and line color

May 25, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

When you create a shape or text in Silhouette Studio, by default it has a red line color and no fill color. Let's say you know that filled shapes are easier to grab with your mouse, so you always work with filled shapes as I recommend. Or maybe you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: color, default, Fill, line, preferences

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