Category: Tutorial

Silhouette Tutorial Using Double Sided Adhesive with Traci +Silhouette Winner

First of all I would like to send a shout out and big congrats to our Cameo winner  Tina Keller. Please send your address to info@loriwhitlock.com so we can get a machine sent to you. Now back to Traci’s awesome project.
Hugs and Kisses Valentine Set with Glitter Tutorial
Hi everyone!  It’s Traci here to share an easy tutorial for using Silhouette’s double-sided adhesive.
This material is fun to play with and makes adding glitter, flocking powder, embossing powder or other decorative materials
to your project quick and easy.
I wanted to make a Valentine gift set with glitter so I started with the shape that I wanted to have glitter on.  I chose one of
Lori’s cute new heart designs and resized it to fit my card front.
Next, I opened my Cut Settings window and changed the setting to Double-Sided Adhesive, changed the paper size to
8 1/2 x 11 in page settings, loaded the adhesive into my CAMEO, and hit cut.
After cutting out the adhesive material, I set that aside so that I could cut a white background heart to apply
the double-sided adhesive to.  I could have just applied the shape directly to my card, but I wanted the heart to
pop up from the card with foam tape, so I needed a background.  I wanted the background to be solid, so
I needed to remove the lines.  To do this, I had to release the compound path by right-clicking and choosing
Release Compound Path.
Now I was able to go in and delete the striped areas of the shape and cut out a simple white heart background.
Before cutting, I made sure to go back into cut settings and change the setting to cardstock.
Now that I had two hearts cut out, I just needed to peel the yellow backing off of the double-sided adhesive and
apply the striped heart to my white card stock background shape.
Next, I carefully peeled off the top white layer of the double-sided adhesive and applied red glitter.  I wanted to
make sure it was covered well, so I pressed the glitter down onto the adhesive before shaking off the excess.
I repeated these steps for the glitter word “Kisses” on my treat bag topper too.  In order to have space for
“Kisses”, I deleted the heart that comes on Lori’s cute purse treat bag topper.  I also created two internal offsets
for the front of this piece so that I could layer matching papers to the front.
I love Lori’s “Hugs” and “Kisses” files and thought they made a cute Valentine gift set when used together!
Hope you have fun playing with the double-sided adhesive!
Sending lots of hugs and kisses to all of Lori’s fans,
Lori’s Shapes:
 

Silhouette Tutorial: Stitching with Corri

Corri here today to show you a quick tutorial for creating stitching holes with your Cameo.

 The first thing I did was create a rectangle that is 5.25″h x 4″w.  I opened Lori’s 11 hearts file and selected a heart to use on my card.   I resized the heart to 3″h (keep aspect ratio).

Next, using the alpha tool, I typed some periods in Times New Roman at 36 points.

Grab the toggle button in the bottom left corner of the text box and drag it until it touches the heart.

The text (dots) will form along the edge of the heart.

 

Continue typing periods until the edge of the heart is completely filled.

Finally, select the heart and click on the cut settings menu (scissor icon) and select “no cut”.

Now when you cut the rectangle you will have tiny holes in the shape of a heart that you can thread with twine.

 

I used pattern paper and some sticker elements from the Echo Park – Head over Heels Collection.

This technique could be used for many types of projects and would be really cute with some “sewing” sentiments.  For example, I love you “sew” much.

Silhouette Tutorial Matching Colors with Traci

Hey Lori friends!
It’s Traci here with a tutorial for matching your Silhouette print & cuts to your favorite card stock.  Have you ever created a print & cut, only to find that after you printed it, it really didn’t match the paper or card stock you were using?  Maybe the greens were too blue, or the yellows were too orange?  Well, there are a few ways to solve this problem, and today we are going to focus on matching your card stock.
Before we get started, I will add one disclaimer…much of this technique depends on the quality and level of the ink in your printer.  If you are low on ink, the colors may not be as true as you might want them to be.  But I encourage you to try it and see how it works for you!
I use many brands of card stock in my projects, but for the purposes of this tutorial, I am going to use Bazzill.  The reason for this is because in order to use the Silhouette software to match your colors, you need to know the RGB code for each color.  Bazzill provides a few different ways for you to look up a color’s RBG code.  They have a paid app in the iTunes store that I use.  You can use the app to search a card stock name and find the RGB code.  Another way is to purchase Bazzill swatch books — these have the RGB code listed right on the swatch.  I am in no way affiliated with the Bazzill company, and I am sure there are ways to find out the RGB codes for other brands as well.
So let’s get started:
First, pull up the shape you want to use in the software and resize it if needed.
I’m making a card, so I resized this cute subway art to fit the front of my card. (I later made it a bit smaller).
To resize, click on the Scale menu to specify dimensions.
Next, right-click on the shape to “ungroup” the pieces if you want them to be different colors.
Go to the Fill Color menu (little paint bucket icon) and find the “advanced options” at the bottom of that screen.
Next, highlight one piece of the shape that you want to color, and then input the RGB code for your card stock in the boxes on the advanced screen.
Hit enter, and your card stock color will pop into your shape.
Repeat the step above by entering the RGB codes for each piece of the shape.
My RBG codes included values for Bazzill Garnet, Parakeet, Hillary, and Black card stocks.
Next print the shape.  I am not cutting this shape out with my silhouette so I just sent the image to my printer.
If you have a shape to cut out after printing, be sure to follow the guidelines for a traditional print and cut.
I also repeated the steps above to change the colors on this adorable “Jolly” label.  Just be sure to
ungroup all of the individual pieces of the shape to change each color.
And here is my final card and ornament box.  Although hard to tell online, the colors match very well, especially
the greens 🙂  Have fun trying this on your next print & cut!
Lori Whitlock Shapes:

Silhouette Basics Class at Jessica Sprague

Did you know Lori has an all new class on using your Silhouette machine? If you have ever wanted to learn more about this amazing machine this is a great class to walk you through all the tools of the basic software while making this adorable project. In this class you will receive many custom shapes only available through this class + a Lori Whitlock font. You provide your own paper and time to cut it and this cute mini album can showcase your favorite photos. This is a self paced class available here at Jessica Sprague. Normal price is $35 but until the end of the month you can pick it up for $26.25.

Our talented Creative Team used these files to create books of their own. Mendi adjusted the size of her album and check out a few of her adorable layouts.

Silhouette Tutorial with Corri: Altering Shapes

Hi everyone!  I have a cute gift idea to show you today.  I love coffee and really enjoy sharing my favorite K-cups with my friends.  I altered Lori’s 3d box (design #27558) to hold to k-cups.

Here’s how I did it.

First enlarge the box to 11.565″h (keep aspect ratio).

 

Next draw a rectangle that is 3.5″h x 4.680″w.

 

Draw a circle that is 1.625 x 1.625 and then duplicate so you have two matching circles.

 

Select both circles and pull down from the object tab to align tops.  Select them both and then right click and select group.

 

Select the rectangle and circle and pull down from the object tab to align center-middle.

 

You can now cut this shape and then use a score 3/4″ in from the top and bottom

 

This piece is then glued inside the box to hold the k-cups in place.

 

I embellished the outside with a cup from this set and a pretty red chevron bow.