Silhouette CAMEO 4 Mat Detection and Auto Loading: New Feature

The new Silhouette Studio V4.4.270 release - includes a firmware update that provides Silhouette CAMEO 4 users a new feature! 

The new feature helps load the Silhouette cutting mat semi-automatically and allows you to make sure it's straight when loading. 

Silhouette Studio Print Bleed Trick for Print and Cut

The Print Bleed feature in Silhouette Studio is a very handy tool for printing and cutting borderless stickers and decals. 

There isn't much customization options with print bleed so it may cause you some grief with certain designs and fonts. But there's a work around for that... here, let me show you.

10 Free Business Stickers: Ready to Silhouette Print and Cut

If you're looking for free business stickers for your small business, I have 10 free sticker designs for you! 

The free sticker designs can be instantly downloaded and opened in any version of Silhouette Studio. 

Freebie Friday: Beware of Attack Cat! (Commercial Use Available)

It's Freebie Friday and now we are getting ready for Halloween around here! 

Or you could always just use this if you have a cat too. But if you love fun Halloween decor, this may be just the design for you!

Combining HTV and Embroidery with Rip Away Applique

Combining HTV and embroidery is a great way for Silhouette crafters who also have an embroidery machine to use their HTV scraps!

The great thing about using heat transfer vinyl with embroidery is it's rip away applique. That means means NO cutting fabric applique which can take time and patience - even with a Silhouette rotary blade!

I actually think this technique with HTV is great for beginners as their first machine applique embroidery project!

Patterned HTV: 3 Reasons I Love Thermoflex Patterned Heat Transfer Vinyl

If you're a fan of patterned heat transfer vinyl (and who isn't?), you know that sometimes cutting and applying it can be a rather confusing process.  

This is a sponsored post, but all opinions are my own

The patterned HTV often comes without a carrier sheet (meaning some HTV goes against the rule of cutting in reverse) and the design can get lost in the pattern making it difficult to weed. But with Thermoflex Fashion Patterns both of those issues are non-existent.  With the Thermoflex patterned HTV there's no second guessing - you cut it just like normal heat transfer vinyl and the back is white making the cut lines easy to see when weeding.

How to Make Reusable Handwriting Tracing Sheets from Cutting Mats (Sketching or Etching)

Recently we posted how to create DIY Reusable Tracing and Handwriting Sheets using clear sticker paper. Well, now here are 2 more ways to create them - this time using thin plastic cutting mats!  

This tutorial can be done with any of the Silhouette machines but I am using a Silhouette CAMEO 4 in this example.

Silhouette CAMEO 4 Tools and Blades: Which Tools are Compatible (And How to Use them)

Confused on which tools can be used in the Silhouette CAMEO 4? You're not alone.

Between two different tool carriages, various tool adapters, and multiple versions of the same tool, it's easy to see why knowing which tool to use in the Silhouette CAMEO 4, 15" Silhouette CAMEO 4 Plus, and Pro can seem like a guessing game.

Freebie Friday: Joy to the World (Commercial Use Available)

It's time for yet another Freebie Friday here at Silhouette School!

And this week we are sharing a design that is perfect for those wood round signs that ALLL of you are making and loving!

Brother SE600 Unboxing and Set Up ( & How to Use with Silhouette CAMEO)

I jumped on the embroidery bandwagon during the pandemic after dusting off my 20+ year old sewing machine to make masks.

I was one of the lucky ones to pick up a Brother SE600 from Swing Design before sewing and embroidery machines became impossible to find. I did also find the Brother SE600 on Amazon!
Now that they're finally back in stock I'm sharing this Brother SE600 unboxing and embroidery machine set up.   Plus I have some ideas on how to use an embroidery machine with a Silhouette CAMEO or Portrait machine.

Inkjet Printable HTV on Glitter HTV: Silhouette Tutorial

Don't feel like layering glitter heat transfer vinyl or don't have every color glitter HTV on hand? You're in luck because I have a hack for you today!

You can apply printable HTV to white glitter HTV and get a multi-color glitter look a lot quicker and even without having every different color HTV for your project! 

Simple Mandala Silhouette Project! No Cutting or Weeding Hack

What if I told you that you could create stunningly beautiful and intricate mandala art on canvas without spending hours cutting and weeding vinyl or HTV?

This is a sponsored blog post but all opinions are my own.

Yes, it's true- with this Silhouette Mandala Silhouette project hack!

Silhouette Sketch Pen Bleed: How to Avoid It

If you've used the Silhouette sketch pen feature you know that sometimes you can be left with a pool of ink at the very end.

The ink pool, which can lead to ink bleeds and smears, is caused by the pen or marker just sitting stationary at the end of the sketch for a good 3-5 seconds before returning to the starting position. This quick Silhouette Studio trick can save your sketch projects.

September 11 Never Forget (Free Silhouette Studio Cut File)

It's hard to believe it's been 19 years since September 11, 2001.  I know we all know exactly where we were the moment we heard the unthinkable.  I was on a treadmill in the fitness center, a junior, at Ithaca College.  Even as I write this post on September 10 and I'm tearing up as all the emotions of that day coming flooding back. It's the same feelings I felt standing in Shanksville, PA at the Flight 93 crash site on the 5th anniversary of the attacks working as a television news producer for a local NBC affiliate.  It's always raw emotion.  I think the unthinkable does that to us.

New Silhouette CAMEO 4 Tools Coming

Three new Silhouette CAMEO 4 tools are coming...along with the introduction of a new Silhouette tool naming and compatibility "system". 

The new Silhouette tools are expected to be available later this year and will not only fit in the CAMEO 4, but also in the 15" Silhouette CAMEO Plus, CAMEO Pro, and Portrait 3. 

How to Import SVGs into Silhouette Studio Basic Edition

The new Silhouette App may be more of a game changer than I originally thought...

The Silhouette App, Silhouette Go allows anyone to import and cut SVG designs with Silhouette Studio Basic Edition.  This tutorial will walk you through exactly how to cut SVGs with Silhouette CAMEO even if you have the free Silhouette software

How to Make Wood Round Signs: Silhouette Studio Mock Up to Hang Up (Tutorial and Video)

Wood round signs are SO incredibly popular right now!



This tutorial will take you start to finish on how to make wood round signs including where to get wood rounds and how to use Silhouette Studio to create sign mock ups to help you plan your project.

Silhouette CAMEO Pro Price, Release Date Update, and New Details (Sept 2020)

New info on a Silhouette CAMEO Pro release date...as we get closer to the launch.

The Silhouette CAMEO Pro is months delayed, but as the release date inches closer we are learning some additional info about the largest Silhouette machine.

Freebie Friday: Fall Leaves and Hot Tea

Everyone's favorite time of the week again...Freebie Friday!!

This week we have a design that will get you all ready for the fall that is right around the corner!

How to Fake a Test Cut With Silhouette CAMEO or Portrait

Did you ever forget to test cut when cutting with your Silhouette CAMEO? Or should I say "forget"?

The problem is if you don't test cut you can't be sure that your material has been properly cut. And once you unload that material from the Silhouette cutting machine, there's no second chance cutting.

How to Press Cricut Infusible Ink on White Glitter HTV

We've shown before how to sublimate on white glitter HTV (with amazing results!) but for those of you without a sublimation printer (or for those who want the look of sublimation on a dark shirt), you can still achieve this stunning effect using Cricut Infusible Ink transfer sheets instead of a sublimation printer.

The trick is using Cricut Infusible Ink sheets which are basically pre-printed sublimation sheets! Here's how you can use them on glitter HTV!