Why Canva Designs Print Wrong Colors on Roland (and the one fix)

If you design in Canva and print on a Roland BN2, you may have experienced frustration when you pull your file into VersaWorks and the colors look nothing like what you designed.

Your design is beautiful in Canva. Then VersaWorks shows the PDF preview and you're wondering if your file is corrupted or if the colors did not export correctly. 

The good news is there's one setting that fixes this instantly. Read on for the 10 second fix! 

Embroidery Machine for Beginners - Everything You Need to Know to Get Started

Machine embroidery is not nearly as intimidating as it looks.  As someone who was only moderately comfortable around as sewing machine, I know when you first see an embroidery machine it can feel overwhelming.  

I've been there. My mom gifted me a sewing machine for my 16th birthday (that I still have), but an embroidery machine just seems so much more advanced (and scary). In reality though, embroidery machines are in some ways even easier. Did you know you don't even need to use a pedal?

A few years ago, I started as a total beginner and I have made every mistake in the book - including spending hours trying to fix a "broken" machine that turned out to just be a screensaver. I'm sharing all of it so you don't have to go through what I went through. 

This is your complete beginner's guide to getting started with a machine embroidery machine - from choosing the right machine to your first finished project.

Shop my recommended beginner embroidery machine here

EufyMake E1 UV Printer: White Ink Not Printing? (How to fix it)

If your EufyMake E1 UV printer white ink stopped printing - I've been there. And I want to save you the hour-plus of frustration I went through figuring out how to get it printing white again. 

The EufyMake E1 is a desktop UV printer that prints directly onto objects - tumblers, wood, acrylic, stickers and more. And white ink is hands down the most common problem EufyMake E1 owners run into.

In this complete guide to testing and fixing the white ink, we'll go through all the steps you need to take to make sure your Eufymake E1 is printing correctly. 

Congrats Grad Freebie Friday Silhouette Cut File

It's Freebie Friday and you guys know what that means - time for a freebie!

School is coming to an end and graduation season is in full swing. 

How to Make DIY Big Head Cutouts at Home

DIY big head cutouts are all the rage right now. Graduation parties, sporting events, birthdays, senior nights...you'll always see a big head on a stick!   

The good news is you can make them at home and add them to your small business (even just seasonally).  What I love about this method is they come out super high quality - they're not blurry or pixelated, but are crisp, full-color, cut-to-shape big heads on corrugated plastic that look completely professional.

I made a set for my daughter's graduation party (can you believe Olivia is graduating?!) and I am SO excited about how they turned out. So let me show you exactly how to do this.

Craft Plastic Sheets for Laser Cutting - Settings and Tips

I had never cut craft plastic sheets on my laser before and I honestly wasn't sure what I would use them for. But when I was making photo booth props for my daughter's graduation party, they turned out to be perfect! 

This material is thin, slightly flexible - almost rubbery - and it cuts beautifully on a CO2 laser like an xTool P2s or Flux Beamo.  You can also cut it on a diode laser or even a craft cutter, like a Silhouette CAMEO or Cricut. 

I had my laser up and running already for some DIY big heads, so that's why I opted to laser cut the plastic sheets. Here's everything you need to know before you cut.

How to Prep a Photo for Laser Engraving (And Why Most People Get It Wrong)

Photo engravings on wood either look stunning or look like dull, muddy mess. It's not actually the laser itself - it's the prep work you do on the photo before you send it to be laser engraved. 

Most bad engravings are directly related to the image that was sent to the laser.  If the photo is low contrast, has a messy background, or is the wrong file format, no power or speed settings will fix it. Here's how to fix photos before engraving. 

How to Trace by Color with One Click in Silhouette Studio - Video Tutorial

If you have ever found yourself manually tracing every single part of a design just to isolate one color, you are doing way too much work! 

The Trace by Color tool is the easiest way to grab exactly what you need in one click, and it’s a total game-changer for your workflow.

How to Design for Tapered Tumblers in Silhouette Studio (Conical Warp Guide)

Did you ever design a tumbler wrap in Silhouette Studio where the text looks great - perfectly straight, nicely spaced, centered on your design - then you sublimation print and the text is slightly curved? Or if you printed some type of circle it's now somewhat oblong?

You didn't do anything wrong.  A tapered tumbler isn't a cylinder - it's a cone. And when a flat design is wrapped around a cone it gets slightly warped so you need to compensate for that in the design program. That's what Silhouette Studio's conical warp tool fixes.

Peace Out School Freebie Friday Silhouette Cut File

It's Freebie Friday and you guys know what that means - time for a freebie!

This school year is wrapping up and for those counting down the remaining days, this week's free design Peace Out School is for you!

Epson F570 Won't Print: Fixing a Clogged Nozzle

Are you having trouble with your Epson F570 not printing correctly? This is usually caused by clogged nozzles, and it's a very common issue with sublimation printers. 

The good news is that it's an easy fix - especially on an Epson F570 sublimation printer In this tutorial, I'll walk you through the exact steps to get your printer back up and running.