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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

Simple smile design

May 11, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Don't you love it when you teach someone, then they take that information and run with it and become great at doing what you taught them? I do! One of my sisters took my class on the Modify panel at one of the first All Things Silhouette conferences. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: design, Drawing Tools, mirror, modify, replicate, subtract, weld

Make your own toilet paper design

April 13, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

So, yes, we are all home a LOT. That means several things, but for my purpose today it means (a) many of us have extra time on our hands  and (b) we are using a great deal of toilet paper. Several cute sayings and designs have popped up around using … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing Tagged With: convert to path, cut edge, design, Drawing Tools, intersect, line style, line thickness, modify, perforated, rounded rectangle, subtract, warp

How’d They Do That? Half in, Half Out Logo

August 12, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I'm one of those folks who looks at signs not only for the information on them, but to check out the fonts and graphics. This past weekend I was in an airport and saw a sign with the logo for Colorado Mountain College. It looks like this: Note: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: control point, design, Drawing Tools, logo, modify, regular polygon, shapes, subtract, weld

Frugal Friday: make an easy Christmas tree shape

December 21, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I'm betting we ALL need to save some cash this time of year. In today's Frugal Friday tip, I'm going to teach you to make your own Christmas tree. That means you don't have to buy one. It just takes a few simple steps. Once you begin to understand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing Tagged With: christmas, design, Drawing Tools, frugal, modify, polygon, shapes, tree, triangle

4 simple-to-design Christmas tags

December 20, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette Christmas tags

Recently I was out shopping for Christmas. My sister called me in a panic because she needed a design for Christmas tags. I told her I'd help her as soon as I got home. 30 minutes later, she called again to say she had figured out how to design her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing Tagged With: christmas, design, Drawing Tools, shapes, tags

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

June 29, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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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

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

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