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How distribute designs evenly around the page: Method #4 — Rows and Columns

July 6, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I've been getting into bullet journaling lately. It's just so relaxing to see the neat rows & columns of ideas! Maybe that's why the idea of having my designs spaced evenly around the page is so appealing. In this series, I'm showing you quite a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: copies, duplicates, replicate, spacing

How distribute designs evenly around the page: Method #3 — Fill page

July 2, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

using fill page in silhouette studio

In this series, I'm showing you multiple ways to space your designs around the page and the pros and cons of each method. So far, we've covered using Snap to Grid and Snap to Guides. This time, we'll use the Fill Page feature. Note: This post … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: fill page, replicate, spacing

What in the world is that? — weird target at center of design

June 15, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

This is something that happens to folks all the time, and it can drive you CRAZY! You accidentally hit something and all of a sudden see a little circle with crosshairs in it in the middle of your design. Then you can't figure out how you did it and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software, Tips Tagged With: center of rotation, Designer Edition, replicate, rotate, target

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

Making a shape into a card

July 2, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

This year I found myself needing a Father's Day card and having only about 15 minutes to make it. (Ya, don't ask). I had bought my husband some golf head covers and a pass to his favorite golf course, so I wanted -- you guessed it -- a golf-themed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing Tagged With: card, design, fold, modify, replicate, score, weld

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #8 — How Text or Object on Path affect cut style

March 9, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette curve word

You may not know this, but in Silhouette Studio you can make words go around a shape. That's called Text on Path. New in version 4, you can also take a shape and use Object on Path to create duplicates of that shape around the contours of another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: clip art, control point, curve text, curve word, cut, cut preview, cut settings, cut view, jpg, no cut, object on path, photo, photograph, png, point, raster, replicate, send, Text, text on path, vector

Designing your own wreath

November 15, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

wreath design

Recently, the Silhouette Design Store featured a wreath as a Free Design of the Week. I love the design, but it got me to thinking. Wouldn't it be pretty easy to create my own wreath if I wanted to use different designs? With the help of the Object … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: design, object on path, replicate, wreath

Object on Path Shape: A new version 4 option for replicating shapes

July 29, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

One of the slick new features of Silhouette Studio version 4 is a Replicate option called Object on Path. This is very similar to Text on Path, which is most often used to wrap text around a circle. What Object on Path does is allow you to put any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: convert to path, object on path, replicate, text on path, version 4

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