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How to create a custom plaid pattern

December 14, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

plaid pattern silhouette

Recently, I was helping with the decorations for a baby shower. The organizers wanted a sports theme with an emphasis on University of Tennessee. If you know that school at all, it's main color is a rather bright orange. The trick was to find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing Tagged With: design, pattern, plaid, print

Frugal Friday: Making the most of expensive HTV and vinyl material

September 28, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

glitter sparkleberry htv

As I told you in my first Frugal Friday tip, I hate to throw away scraps of expensive or beautiful material. I like to try to find ways to reuse the bits and pieces whenever I can. That’s certainly the case with any patterned adhesive vinyl or HTV. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Materials, Tips Tagged With: detach lines, frame, heat transfer material, heat transfer vinyl, htv, modify, pattern, PixScan, scraps, subtract, vinyl

7 tricks to make a multi-piece project more interesting

September 6, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I remember when I first started paper crafting. I would put together a card or scrapbook page and then look at it and think, “BORING!” What is it that makes a project look interesting and finished? It doesn't just happen. Some folks have a natural … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Tips Tagged With: alignment, balance, color, depth, diagonal, fonts, interesting, mix, paper, pattern, placement, size, texture, thirds, triangle, tricks

How to more easily visualize your design and finished project

July 9, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette visualize project

Today I want to share with you some tips on how you can better visualize the outcome of a design. You can use these methods to get a more realistic preview your project, create mockups, or to predict the outcome before you use any Modify options. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: background, Fill, line color, mock up, pattern, raster, visualize

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (misc. info)

May 4, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette pattern fill

We've learned the 7 different ways to put a raster image into any shape, but we aren't done yet. (To start with lesson #1 in this series, go here.) There are some critical tidbits of info you'll need to know in order to use these methods successfully … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: cut, cut style, Fill, folder, import, library, merging, no cut, pattern, pattern fill, raster

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #7)

May 2, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

cropped printable pattern Silhouette

Today we're continuing our series on using raster images as fill patterns. If you haven't read about the other methods, start here. In this last method, we're going to talk about using the Modify panel in conjunction with a printable pattern. (But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: crop, Fill, intersect, modify, pattern, pattern fill, print, printable

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #6)

April 30, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

pattern-filled rectangle drag and drop

Today we're continuing our series on ways to add your own raster image as a fill pattern. If you haven't read about Methods #1-5, you'll definitely want to do that first. You can start with Method #1 here. Today, I'm going to show you a quick way to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: drag and drop, Fill, pattern, pattern fill, raster

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #5)

April 27, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette drag and drop into shape

I hope you're learning a lot in this series about adding your own raster images as fill patterns on shapes. If you haven't read about Methods #1-4, then you'll want to start here. Here in Method #5, I'm going to show you how to drag and drop an image … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: drag and drop, Fill, pattern, pattern fill, patterns

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #4)

April 25, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette import patterns

Today's lesson is #4 in a series about how to add your own raster images to use as patterns to fill any shape. This method is actually a combination of 2 other methods we’ve already learned. You’re going to use file import to add the image to your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Fill, folder, import, library, pattern, pattern fill, raster

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #3)

April 23, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette pattern fill

So far in this series on adding your own pattern fill to a shape, I've shown you 2 ways to save raster images into your regular library folders and use them from there. You'll want to make sure you've practiced those, because I'm going to refer to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Fill, fill pattern, folder, font organization, fonts, import, library, library organization, pattern, pattern organization, patterns, sub-folder, subfolder

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #2)

April 17, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

import file to Silhouette library

In this series, we're talking about 7 different ways to use your own raster images as a fill pattern for your shapes. In our first lesson, we talked about using drag and drop to copy an image you saved on your computer into the Silhouette library. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Fill, folder, import, library, pattern, pattern fill, raster

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #1)

April 17, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette pattern fill aspect ratio

When I’m designing projects in Silhouette Studio, I never work with unfilled shapes. Filling a shape with a color makes it easier to grab it with the mouse, helps me see front to back order, and tells me immediately if a design is a grouping or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: aspect ratio, drag, Fill, library, pattern, pattern fill, raster, stretch

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #5 — Action by: Line, Fill or Layer

March 2, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette cut by fill color

Now that you know the basics of the Send area, it's time to get into advanced options with Action by: Line, Fill or Layer (Advanced Cut Mode in version 3). In these modes, you choose your cut settings for each shape based on its line color, its fill … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: action, action by, auto weld, color, Compound Path, cut, cut preview, cut settings, cut view, Designer Edition, Fill, Fill Color, gradient, grouping, layer, layers, line, line color, no cut, pattern, send, Sketch, Sketch pen, tool, weld

Pancakes and Donuts: the key to understanding the difference between a grouping and a compound path

February 27, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette pancakes and donuts

To truly understand using and creating designs in Silhouette Studio software, you need to have a good understanding of Groupings and Compound Paths -- how they are the same, how they are different and how they respond differently to modifications. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Compound Path, convert to path, craftsy, donuts, Fill, font, grouping, modify, pancakes, pattern, point editing, Print and Cut, scale, Text, trace, tracing, ungroup

Before you begin series #4: Getting to know the Silhouette Design Store

September 19, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff 8 Comments

silhouette design store

The Silhouette Design Store is the place where Silhouette America sells cut images, printable patterns and fonts that you can use in the Silhouette Studio software. When you purchase a design, it is downloaded into your library in your software and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Design Store Tagged With: 3d, artist, beginner, category, commercial license, credit boost, cut, design store, file types, filter, font, images, pattern, Print and Cut, rhinestone, search, shapes, silhouette design store, Sketch, subscription, svg, wish, wishlist

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