I’ve been making some shoe tags lately by etching with my Curio on acrylic. Our family has started a tradition of wearing Converse at the reception of family weddings, and I add the tags with the couple’s initials and the wedding date. (If you want to see how I do this, I covered it in […] To access this post, you must purchase Deluxe Membership – Yearly, Deluxe Membership – Monthly, Basic Membership – Yearly or Basic Membership – Monthly. The post Tuesday quick tip: matching rotated angles appeared first on Smart Silhouette ..read more

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 tools — the arc. As in the other lessons, I’ll cover the info […] To access this post, you must purchase Deluxe Membership – Yearly, Deluxe Membership – Monthly, Basic Membership – Yearly or Basic Membership – Monthly. The post Draw something! How to use the Silhouette Studio Drawing tools: Lesson 3 — Draw an Arc appeared first on Smart Silhouette ..read more

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 endlessly. You can find that lesson here. Today, I’m […] To access this post, you must purchase Deluxe Membership – Yearly, Deluxe Membership – Monthly, Basic Membership – Yearly or Basic Membership – Monthly. The post Draw something! How to use the Silhouette drawing tools: Lesson 2 — Draw a non-regular shape appeared first on Smart Silhouette ..read more

Buying designs from the Silhouette Design Store is great, but there are also plenty of tools in Silhouette Studio to help you create your own designs. Today, I’m starting a new series on using the Drawing Tools in Silhouette Studio to get you going in the right direction. Some of them I’ve mentioned briefly in other […] To access this post, you must purchase Deluxe Membership – Yearly, Deluxe Membership – Monthly, Basic Membership – Yearly or Basic Membership – Monthly. The post Draw Something! How to use the Silhouette drawing tools — Lesson 1: Draw a line appeared first on Smart Silhoue ..read more

My youngest boy recently got engaged. Hurrah! I was very excited to welcome his sweet future wife to the family. He had a very elaborate plan that worked almost to perfection, culminating in a celebratory dinner with her parents who came in as a surprise. To commemorate the occasion, I got her a ring dish […] To access this post, you must purchase Deluxe Membership – Yearly, Deluxe Membership – Monthly, Basic Membership – Yearly or Basic Membership – Monthly. The post Tuesday quick tip: How to strikethrough text appeared first on Smart Silhouette ..read more

I freely admit it — I’m a complete font junkie! Every time there’s a new text style that comes into vogue, I have to add to my already enormous collection. If you own a Silhouette machine, you already know you can cut out words for things like vinyl decals or HTV on shirts. But the good news for those of us who love fonts is that there are SO many more uses for them! Since this week (through August 31,2021) the Silhouette Design Store has fonts up to HALF OFF (yes, even on commercial licenses), I figured it would be a good time to share some other ways you can use those lovely creatures. Note ..read more

Image effects panel — have you heard of that one? Many Silhouette users haven’t. But it can be a HUGE help if you are printing from Silhouette Studio. You can use the tools in it to adjust colors in both printable patterns and photos. Let’s go through what each of the options in the Image […] To access this post, you must purchase Deluxe Membership – Yearly or Deluxe Membership – Monthly. The post Image effects panel for better printing appeared first on Smart Silhouette ..read more

I’ve been learning more lately about editing my photos, both for personal pics and project images. I recently learned something new that I found really useful in understanding color. It’s the difference between color values that are defined by RGB or CMYK. If you are trying to design something in Silhouette Studio, you want to […] To access this post, you must purchase Deluxe Membership – Yearly or Deluxe Membership – Monthly. The post RGB vs. CMYK for colors — what’s the difference? appeared first on Smart Silhouette ..read more

Here we are in our last lesson on how you can space your designs space evenly in Silhouette Studio. If you haven’t read the others, then you can start here. Today, I’ll show you how to use the align tools to distribute your images equally on the page. Note: This post contains affiliate links. That […] To access this post, you must purchase Deluxe Membership – Yearly, Deluxe Membership – Monthly, Basic Membership – Yearly or Basic Membership – Monthly. The post How to distribute designs evenly around the page: Method #8 — Align tools appeared first on Smart Silhouette ..read more

This is a question I get asked all the time: “Since Heat Transfer Vinyl requires a high heat to apply it, can I use it on fabrics such as polyester, spandex and nylon?” I had the same questions as a beginner, because we’ve all heard you have to be careful with heat on materials such […] To access this post, you must purchase Deluxe Membership – Yearly, Deluxe Membership – Monthly, Basic Membership – Yearly or Basic Membership – Monthly. The post Can you use HTV on polyester, spandex and nylon? appeared first on Smart Silhouette ..read more