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What in the world??? Shape won’t fill with color (or doesn’t act right when it does)

September 11, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

Have you ever encountered a real head-scratcher in Silhouette Studio? That’s what this series is about — explaining those and showing you how to fix them. Today, I’ll show you why sometimes you just can’t get a shape to fill with color. Or, you do, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: closed, color, drawing, Fill, open, point editing, points

What in the world??? — No points to edit on a design

September 1, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

In this series, we’re uncovering the mysteries of the universe. Well, at least the Silhouette universe. I’m covering topics that can really stump you no matter how long you’ve been using Silhouette machines. Today, we’re going to talk about what’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: Compound Path, edit, group, point editing, points, Text, ungroup

How’d they do that? Spaced puzzle pieces

February 24, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a few weeks, ever since I saw a logo design for a message series at our church. The series is called “Life in Pieces,” with the word “pieces” looking like a puzzle. There’s a bit of separation between the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: closed path, crop, Fill, modify, offset, open paths, point editing, puzzle

How’d they do that? 3d pop up elements

February 18, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

Today, I’m going to show you a design technique for taking an ordinary design and making into one that pops up off the page. I’m not talking about something like a card where it pops up when you open the card. I’m talking about a design that seems to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: paths, point editing, pop up

Thanksgiving place cards

November 27, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

thanksgiving place cards silhouette cameo

We are hosting Thanksgiving this year in our home and I love to decorate for Fall. That includes setting a festive table. I made some quick place cards from standard designs. It's not hard to do, as long as you know a few principles. Once you learn … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free Content Tagged With: foil quill, modify, place card, placecard, point editing, projects, Sketch, subtract, subtract all, thanksgiving

Flawed design from the Silhouette Design Store: how to get the corrected version

March 25, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff

Last week I shared several ways to alter a design to fit your project, and I used the Silhouette Design Store‘s free weekly design as a sample. I pointed out several problems with a design and showed how to fix them. You can find that post here. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: flawed design, free, library, point editing, silhouette design store, sync

Modifying this week’s Free Design to fit your project (and fixing some mistakes in it)

March 19, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff

This week’s Free Design in the Silhouette Design Store is a great one to teach you some concepts about how to modify a design to fit your project. It also is a teaching tool for how to fix messed up designs.  I want to point out the mistakes and show … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: modify, point editing, subtract, subtract all, weld

Paint by number designs – a “think outside the box” challenge

August 27, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

paint by number with silhouette cameo

I’ve been wanting to try this for so long! I finally had a good excuse because I needed a gift for my great niece’s birthday. I used my Cameo to draw the design and numbers on canvas for a paint by number craft. Once you understand the general … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free Content Tagged With: auto weld, canvas, line thickness, paint by number, point editing, project, Sketch

Photo crop in Silhouette Studio: how and why to do it

July 6, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

trace and detach

I’ve been working on a gift for some dear friends who moved away and are now returning to our home turf.  I’m creating the design in Silhouette Studio and saving it as a JPEG so that I can get it printed professionally on a coffee mug. Today, I want … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: crop, draw curved shape, draw freehand, draw smooth freehand, edit points, Fill, jpeg, magnet trace, modify, photo, photo crop, photo editing, point editing, raster, trace, trace and detach

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

June 29, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette edit points for trace

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: Deluxe Membership 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

Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 6 Part 3)

June 22, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette point editing open paths

Now that we’re on Lesson 6, are you becoming an expert at Point Editing? (If you have stumbled onto this lesson and haven’t gone through the previous ones, start here.) In Part 2 of this lesson, I showed you how to break and join paths to fix broken … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: break path, edit points, join path, line, open paths, path, point editing, pop up, red dots, score, Sketch, slit

Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 6 Part 2)

June 20, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette editing points

I hope you’re learning how much you can alter your designs in Silhouette Studio by editing points. If you haven’t gone through the previous lessons in this series, start here. Otherwise, this lesson won’t make much sense. In Part 1 of this lesson, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: black dots, break path, edit points, join path, open design, paths, point editing, points, red dots, trace, tracing

Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 6 Part 1)

June 15, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette point editing breaking paths

Today we’re digging even deeper into the world of Point Editing in Silhouette Studio. We’re going to look at the concept of breaking and joining paths. We’ll talk about when you need to use these techniques, plus what open shapes are and how to close … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: break, close, closed, Compound Path, edit points, Fill, grouping, join, open, paths, point editing, points, red dots

Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 5)

June 11, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette point editing curve

Today’s lesson on Point Editing is probably the most impactful. I’m going to give you all the secrets to adjusting any curve on any shape. If you understand the principles I’ll discuss here, you’ll save yourself a great deal of frustration as you try … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: bezier, blue box, control handle, corner, curve, curves, edit points, flat, point, point editing, smooth

Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 4 Part 2)

June 1, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

point editing corner

This lesson in our series on Point Editing is part 2 of a tutorial on altering line segment types and point types. (To start with Lesson 1 in this series, go here.) In part 1, we talked about the concepts in general. This time, I’ll show you how I’ve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: corner, curve, edit points, flat, point editing, smooth, trace

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