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...]
How to make your own brush lettering practice sheets
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...]
What in the world??? — Random blue line
In this series, I'm covering things that stump beginners (and even veterans) in Silhouette Studio. Today, I'll tell you about those odd blue lines that may show up on your Design area and seem to appear out of nowhere. Those are called guidelines. … [Read more...]
What in the world??? — Designs jerk around the page
Have you ever had something that had you completely stumped in Silhouette Studio? And you couldn't figure out what in the world was going on or how to stop it? That's what this series is all about -- explaining all those crazy things. Today we're … [Read more...]
Software Basics — Lesson 4: Choosing how your drawing area looks with grid settings
Now that you've set up your page and chosen your mat, it's time to choose how your drawing area looks. (To start with Lesson 1 of this series, go here.) In this lesson I'm going to show you all the options in the Grid tab of the Page Setup panel. … [Read more...]