Learn how to sketch and cut with your Silhouette Cameo 3 or Silhouette Curio while we make some pretty yet simple Thanksgiving place settings. This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Today I have a few things to share with you all! I want to share some simple Thanksgiving table and decor ideas, show off our awesome Fresh Cut Fall Bundle, AND teach you how to sketch and cut with your Silhouette (which is a technique I love that I think is really underutilized!). Phew... that's kind of a lot, but I think it's all good stuff and it all goes together... I think. Hopefully. HA!Let's talk this fall cut file bundle for a minute first. If you are looking for ideas to spruce up your home for fall, you don't want to miss this great collection of over 60 SVG, ... [Read More]
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DIY Leather Bookmarks: How to Emboss and Cut Leather with the Silhouette Curio
Learn how to emboss and cut leather with the Silhouette Curio and make your own DIY leather bookmarks! This cute leather craft is easy to personalize and makes the perfect gift for the bookworm in your life. This post was made in partnership with Silhouette and contains affiliate links, which help to support this site, but, as always, I only share products I personally use and love.If you have been around here much, you probably know that I love my Silhouette machines and that I use them all the time. I love my Cameo and use it constantly - I even created a whole online course all about cutting vinyl with the Cameo - but last year my Cameo got a fun little buddy that I am still getting to know and quickly growing to love. That little buddy is the Silhouette Curio, and I am really ... [Read More]
Silhouette Curio Tutorial: Easily Fill in Fonts
Filling in outline fonts with sketch pens is SO easy with the Silhouette Curio. I will walk you through it with this video tutorial. No complicated hacks - just one simple click. Thanks to Silhouette for sponsoring this post, which may also include affiliate links. See my full disclosure policy here.Hey guys! Today I am back to share some more tips for using the Silhouette Curio! I got my machine a few months ago, and I have had a lot of fun exploring what this little guy can do. It has some of the same features as the Cameo, which I still adore and use constantly, but it also brings in some new abilities and features. I already shared how you can use the print and deboss feature to create awesome letterpress look notecards, and today, I want to share one of my other favorite ... [Read More]
DIY Letterpress Look Notecards with the Silhouette Curio
I love letterpress, don't you? I just love how it combines the visual and tactile into something that feels really special - almost from another time. It's magic lies in the slow, artisanal, by-hand process, which is hard to recreate at home. There are DIY letterpress methods, but most involve buying pre-made (aka pre-designed) or custom (aka more expensive) plates. Those options can produce beautiful pieces, but I love having options and have a hard time spending money on a design I will only use once or twice.So, when Silhouette offered to send me one of their new Curio machines that can emboss, stipple, and etch, I said yes please! I hoped I could harness the Curio's embossing powers to capture the look of letterpress, and I was not disappointed. After a bit of experimenting, I ... [Read More]