Halloween Layered HTV Tutorial

Welcome to Tutorial Thursday. Today I am sharing some HTV (heat transfer vinyl) tips with the Silhouette Studio software.  You can also cut HTV with other machines. Here is what we are making!

Let’s get started.  First, find your files and fonts to create your shirt.  I used these files for this shirt:

LW Longhand Font (SVG, Silhouette)
LW Perfect Type Font (SVG, Silhouette)
Feet from Coming Soon (SVG, Silhouette)
Halloween Witch Hat (SVG, Silhouette)
Halloween Bats (SVG, Silhouette)

I typed Kick or Treat, and then added the other elements. In your design software, make a background box that will be the color of your project.  This will help you visualize the colors.

This looks ok, but I really wanted the colors to pop out more from the background.  This is where the Offset feature is used in Silhouette Studio.  I moved the background, and then selected the project. Then I used the Offset function which is the star Icon on the right side menu.  This is the Offset Settings Panel:

 

For this project I used Offset, changed the distance to 0.085 inches and selected the round option.  Click apply.

 

In this image, the red outline shows the offset.  Now it’s almost ready to cut.  Now separate each color and flip your project horizontally before cutting. The white offset layer is perfect in helping you line up all your other layers.

You will apply the HTV to your shirt or project working from the back color to the front with one color at a time. In this project, the first color to be applied is white.  I heat each layer for about 15 seconds instead of the full recommended time.  Then on the last layer, I apply heat for the full recommended time.  In my project the white layer is the largest, so I kept the clear transfer tape and used it to cover the whole project with each new layer. It is such a fun Halloween shirt for my sister!

You can create your own HTV project for less this week!  All SVGs, Fonts and commercial licenses are 30% off when you use code OCT2020 at checkout!

Have a great day!

New Impossible Cards with Coordinating Treat Bags

I have some new Halloween Impossible Cards this week, each with a coordinating Treat Bag!  They would make great gift sets for your favorite goblins!  Take a peek…

Impossible Card Black Cat (SVG, Silhouette – Coming soon)
Treat Box Black Cat (SVG, Silhouette – Coming Soon)

 

Impossible Card Frankenstein (SVG, Silhouette – Coming soon)
Treat Box Frankenstein (SVG, Silhouette)

Impossible Card Frankenstein’s Bride (SVG, Silhouette)
Treat Box Frankenstein’s Bride (SVG, Silhouette)

Impossible Card Pumpkin (SVG, Silhouette)
Treat Box Pumpkin (SVG, Silhouette)

They also come in a bundle here if you can’t decide which is your favorite! Even better, these files and all others in the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop are 30% off through Saturday when you use code OCT2020 at checkout!

Have a great day!

Sympathy Cards

Happy Columbus Day Everyone:

Anita here with a set of sympathy cards that I made for a dear friend who lost her uncle recently and he was a significant person in her life.  I love how elegant these are.  I used Lori’s file called Sympathy Card Thoughts Prayers which you can find here in Lori’s SVG Shop and here in the Silhouette Design store.  The second card is called Sympathy Card Comfort Strength Hope and you can find that one here in Lori’s SVG store and here in the Silhouette Design store.  I used one of Lori’s new Echo Park Paper collections called Our Wedding.  The card file comes with an insert that you can put behind the card front but I liked the colors showing through the designs.

 

Lori has cards for every occasion and in these times when you may be choosing to stay closer to home, you can still keep in touch with your family and friends.

Hugs,

Anita

Bella Blvd. Cut File Feature

Hi Everyone!  Today I’m showcasing a fabulous project using Bella Blvd.’s cut files!  This awesome back to school layout was created by Traci Penrod for Bella Blvd.

 

Traci used the Owl and School Time files from the Star Student Collection for her layout.

 

For more details you can see her original post here.   New Bella Blvd SVG files are being added to the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop on a regular basis, so stop by to see all of the fun SVG files HERE!

Have a great day!

Ghost Gift Set with Corri

Hi everyone!  Corri here today sharing a cute gift set for Halloween.  I made the Ghost Center  Step Card (Silhouette, SVG).  You can find a tutorial for this card here.

I used paper from the Echo Park – I Love Halloween Collection that Lori designed.  The card comes with a print and cut sentiment but I used one from the Frames and Tags that match the collection.

I also made this cute coordinating Handle Box (Silhouette, SVG).

I plan to fill this little box with some goodies and mail it off along with the card as a treat for one of my college kids.  They love getting surprises.

Thanks so much for stopping by!