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Cut Doctor: Lesson 23 — Bad cuts part 1

March 13, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the Cut Doctor's office! We've been learning to diagnose cutting issues and prescribing remedies. So far we've looked at things that can happen before or during the cut. Today, we're moving into the realm of looking at a completed cut … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Machines, Materials Tagged With: cut doctor, cut settings, drag, Sketch pen, stray

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #6 — Cut Order

March 4, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Today's lesson is about another way to add flexibility in your cut job when you use the advanced cut mode -- cut order. Cut order is the sequence in which the machine cuts the shapes in your project. When you cut by line color, fill color or layer, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: action, action by, color, cut order, cut settings, Fill, layer, line, pauses, send, Sketch, Sketch pen

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

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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

Best ever hack for paper projects with multiple colors

February 15, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff 2 Comments

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So I am a confident enough woman to admit that I’m absolutely TERRIBLE at getting elements straight on a paper project (or any project for that matter). It’s okay – I still feel good about myself. But because I know this about myself I’ve created … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Projects Tagged With: Align, cardstock, layer, layout, level, offset, paper, scrapbook, Sketch pen, straight, template

Wedding invitation envelopes with Silhouette sketch pens

February 23, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff 12 Comments

They say that you should hand write the envelopes for wedding invitations.  Well, my handwriting is pretty bad so I couldn’t see that happening for my daughter’s wedding.  Enter my Cameo machine! I got the look of handwritten (or better) without … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Projects, Tools and Accessories Tagged With: Business Edition, envelope, font, pen holder, Sketch, Sketch pen, Text, words, write

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