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CTRL/CMD and ALT key tricks for shapes

April 7, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I recently shared with you how you can make perfect shapes by simply using the SHIFT key on your computer keyboard (find that here). Today, I'm giving you some more keyboard tricks using the ALT and CTRL keys to work with shapes, as well as a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: ALT, CMD, copy, CTRL, cut style, duplicate, keyboard, mirror, shapes, shift, shorcuts, transfer properties

Tuesday quick tip: what to do when text on a path messes up as you mirror

June 2, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

mirroring text

The day I learned about placing text around a circle was a great day! I had been doing it manually before that. LOL! And then my mind was completely blown when I found out you could put text around ANY shape. (If you don't know how this works, you'll … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software, Tips Tagged With: Compound Path, flip horizontally, htv, mirror, Text, text on path, text to path

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

Cut Doctor: Lesson 18 — When the machine starts cutting in the wrong place

February 7, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

cameo 1 load media wrong

The Cut Doctor is in! We're back for our second lesson in troubleshooting cuts on your Silhouette machine. This time we're looking at symptoms at the onset of a cutting disease. Let's look at some reasons your machine may start cutting in the wrong … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Machines Tagged With: cut doctor, cut settings, emboss, firmware, flip, htv, load, mat, mirror, usb

First Steps in HTV: Project #1 — Polka Dot Heart Tea Towel

September 19, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

using htv with silhouette cameo beginner

I didn’t realize when I bought my first Silhouette machine that I could use it to make custom shirts, or that heat transfer vinyl would turn out to be my favorite type of material to work with. My boys (and their friends) seem to have several new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials, Projects Tagged With: beginner, heat transfer material, heat transfer vinyl, htv, iron, mirror, project, towel, weeding

Dispelling Text Myths in Silhouette Studio: 30 Misconceptions about words, letters and fonts (part 4)

August 23, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

words on circle in silhouette

We’re in the midst of a series about Text Myths in Silhouette Studio – misunderstandings that Silhouette users have when working with wording. If you haven’t read about Text Myths #1-15, start here. The 5 myths today deal with the location of text. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: backwards, control point, horizontal, justification, letters, letters on circle, mirror, slider, text box, text edit, text on circle, text on path, text to path, upside down, vertical, words, words on circle

Beach gear using Sparkleberry vinyl

July 20, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff 2 Comments

I’m SO SO SO pumped to show you one of my favorite new products I got at the All Things Silhouette conference recently. I’ve been in love with Sparkleberry Ink’s vinyl since I first saw it. Mandy Graham graciously gave me a few sheets to sample and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials, Projects Tagged With: beach, flip, hinge, mirror, pattern, sparkleberry, spiker, Text, vinyl

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