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Draw something! How to use the Silhouette Studio Drawing tools: Lesson 3 — Draw an Arc

October 14, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

This is the third lesson in my series on using the drawing tools in the Silhouette program. In the previous lessons, we've covered drawing lines and non-regular shapes. In today's tutorial, we'll cover the last tool in the first section of drawing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: arc, Drawing Tools, shapes

Draw something! How to use the Silhouette drawing tools: Lesson 2 — Draw a non-regular shape

October 11, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

In the first lesson in this series, I taught you how to draw a straight line. I included information on how to make it a perfect horizontal, vertical or 45° angle, and how to get rid of that pesky feature where the software keeps drawing shapes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: curve, drawing, polygon, shapes

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

How’d They Do That? Half in, Half Out Logo

August 12, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I'm one of those folks who looks at signs not only for the information on them, but to check out the fonts and graphics. This past weekend I was in an airport and saw a sign with the logo for Colorado Mountain College. It looks like this: Note: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: control point, design, Drawing Tools, logo, modify, regular polygon, shapes, subtract, weld

Frugal Friday: make an easy Christmas tree shape

December 21, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I'm betting we ALL need to save some cash this time of year. In today's Frugal Friday tip, I'm going to teach you to make your own Christmas tree. That means you don't have to buy one. It just takes a few simple steps. Once you begin to understand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing Tagged With: christmas, design, Drawing Tools, frugal, modify, polygon, shapes, tree, triangle

4 simple-to-design Christmas tags

December 20, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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Recently I was out shopping for Christmas. My sister called me in a panic because she needed a design for Christmas tags. I told her I'd help her as soon as I got home. 30 minutes later, she called again to say she had figured out how to design her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing Tagged With: christmas, design, Drawing Tools, shapes, tags

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

September 19, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff 8 Comments

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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

Before You Begin Series #3: Your account

September 18, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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This is lesson 3 of my series for beginner Silhouette users, where I cover things to do even before you get your machine. To start with Lesson 1, go here. I do definitely recommend starting from that lesson. Note: This post contains affiliate links. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette America website, Silhouette Design Store Tagged With: account, before you begin, beginner, designs, download card, free, free shapes, images, shapes, silhouette america, silhouette design store, website

Software Basics — Lesson 10: The Library

August 8, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Today’s lesson is about the library. (To start with Lesson 1 of the Software Basics series, go here). Hopefully, you’ve already gone through the Before You Begin series and have set up an account with Silhouette America, signed up for their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: beginner, cloud, designs, folder, images, library, local, properties, property, search, shapes, shared, snapshot, split screen, sync, user

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