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Persia Lou

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How to Sketch with Your Silhouette – Sketching & Sketch Pens 101

Blush pink note card with burnt orange floral design element on the front of the card in front of a light pink polka dotted envelope. The notecard is surrounded by a pair of gold scissors, Silhouette sketch pens, a gel pen in a Silhouette pen adapter, and a piece of dark red paper with a burnt orange floral design on it. All of these items are arranged on a coral background. Text at the top of the image reads, "How to Sketch with your Silhouette."

Do you want to learn how to use Silhouette Sketch Pens and how to use your Silhouette machine to sketch or draw? If so, this is the post for you! In this detailed beginner's guide and video tutorial, I will walk you through all of the basics about sketching with your Silhouette machine. This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Most people who get a new Silhouette machine can't wait to start cutting paper, vinyl, and all kinds of materials, which I totally get! It's exciting stuff! But with all of the excitement around cutting, you may not even realize that your cutting machine is also a sketching and drawing machine! What a treat! If you want to learn how to sketch with your machine or if you ended up here because you just saw ... [Read More]

March 1, 2021 10:37 pm Alexis Leave a Comment Filed Under: Craft

How to Sketch & Cut with the Silhouette Cameo 4 or Portrait 3

A sheet of iridescent craft room supply labels on a pink background. A Silhouette Cameo 4 blade and a black marker in a Silhouette pen holder tool lay on the table next to the craft room labels.

Learn how to sketch and cut with the Silhouette Cameo 4 (or Portrait 3!) machine! Sketching and cutting makes it super easy to make custom labels, tags, and more without a printer! Thank you to Silhouette for sponsoring this post, which contains affiliate links that help to support this site at no extra cost to you. I know I'm not the only one who finds themselves purging clutter and working on organization at the beginning of a new year. My craft supply stash has gotten pretty out of control lately, so I have been working on cleaning things up, and pretty labels always make organization a little more fun. While I could have printed labels or cut vinyl decals, instead, I decided to make labels by sketching and cutting, which is perfect for making quick, gorgeous projects without a ... [Read More]

February 2, 2021 4:21 pm Alexis Leave a Comment Filed Under: Craft

Print & Cut 101: How to Print and Cut with Silhouette

white cardstock on silhouette cutting mat with words printed and cut out of the cardstock reading how to print & cut with silhouette paper flowers and other craft supplies surround the cutting mat

In this step-by-step tutorial (with video!) I will show you how to print and cut with your Silhouette machine. The Silhouette print and cut feature allows you to print designs and then accurately cut around them for amazing custom creations. Thank you to Silhouette for partnering with me on this post. This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Today, I am breaking down the Silhouette print and cut process. I have shared lots of print and cut projects on this site in the past (you can check some of those out here), but I have never done a full step-by-step tutorial of how to print and cut with your Silhouette Cameo or Silhouette Portrait, so I am excited to share this full beginner's guide with you all! Silhouette Print and Cut ... [Read More]

November 23, 2020 12:59 pm Alexis Leave a Comment Filed Under: Craft

How to Use the Silhouette PixScan Mat

how to use the silhouette pixscan mat finished pixscan projects

This beginner's tutorial will walk you through all of the steps of using the Silhouette PixScan Mat. This video tutorial will show you the basics of PixScan crafting, plus teach you how to calibrate your camera to work with PixScan, and give you lots of ideas for crafting with the PixScan mat! This post may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Hey hey! It's time for another awesome Silhouette tutorial! I am really excited to share this one with you guys today. This is a tool that I have admittedly not used enough: The Silhouette PixScan Mat. As I was playing around with PixScan for this video tutorial, I realized that I have been missing out! This little mat can really help you get create some awesome things! So, What is the PixScan ... [Read More]

July 21, 2019 12:05 pm Alexis 3 Comments Filed Under: Craft

How to Use Fonts in Silhouette Studio: The Complete Guide to Silhouette Cameo Fonts

how to work with fonts and the silhouette

Learn all about using fonts in Silhouette Studio! This complete guide to Silhouette Fonts will teach you how to add your fonts to the Studio software, choose the best fonts for your projects, as well as how to edit and manipulate fonts with your Silhouette Cameo. This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you.  Hey there! I am excited to share this post with you all today. I have been working on this guide for a while now and trying to include as much helpful information as I can for you all. If you are wanting to create your own awesome designs with your Silhouette, then this post is for you! Today, we are taking a deep dive into the many ways you can use fonts in the Silhouette Studio software. Let's get started! How to Use ... [Read More]

May 6, 2019 1:53 pm Alexis 4 Comments Filed Under: Craft

How to Use Cut Files with the Silhouette Alta 3D Printer

3D printed pinata keychain

Learn how to convert your 2D cut files (SVG, DXF, and PNG files) into 3D files to use with the Silhouette Alta 3D Printer. The Alta makes it so easy! This video tutorial will walk you through the steps of using different 2D file types with the Alta and we will make a cute piñata keychain too! Silhouette provided me with my Alta machine, and this post may contain affiliate links which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. If you are new to the Silhouette Alta, check out my Silhouette Alta Guide right HERE. Last week I shared my beginner's guide to setting up your Silhouette Alta 3D Printer and making your first project. In that post, I just showed you how to create projects using the 3D designs available from the Silhouette Design Store. They have some fun designs ... [Read More]

August 13, 2018 9:17 pm Alexis 4 Comments Filed Under: Craft

How to Use Any Image with your Silhouette: Silhouette File Types and How to Use Them

Learn how to use any image with your Silhouette! You can cut all kinds of files with your Silhouette Cameo or Portrait, and I will walk you through the process of using each file type with both written and video tutorials. This post may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site. When I got my first Silhouette years ago, the thing I was most excited about was the ability I had to cut anything I wanted - absolutely any image! It was amazing to me, and it still is probably my favorite thing about working with this machine. You can do so much with it, but of course, you first have to learn how! The Silhouette (Cameo, Portrait, and Curio) can work with a lot of different types of images and different file types, but the steps for working with each one are a little ... [Read More]

April 19, 2018 8:17 pm Alexis 10 Comments Filed Under: Craft

How to Cut by Color with the Silhouette: DIY Mermaid Bag

Learn how to cut by color with your Silhouette and make this cute multi-colored DIY mermaid bag even easier to make! I guarantee this will be your new go-to technique for cutting and layering multiple colors of vinyl with your Silhouette, and the video tutorial will walk you through each step in the Silhouette Studio software. This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Thanks! I am super excited to share this cute project and tutorial with you all today. I love the way this cute mermaid bag turned out, and I can't wait for it to warm up enough for me to take it to the pool! Today, I wanted to do a little step by step tutorial on how to cut by color with the Silhouette, and also share another method for layering heat transfer vinyl. Last month I shared a ... [Read More]

April 3, 2018 8:26 pm Alexis 9 Comments Filed Under: Craft

How to Layer Heat Transfer Vinyl: Cool Boys Easter Shirt DIY

diy hip hop bunny t-shirt - love this for a boys easter shirt

Learn how to layer heat transfer vinyl with your Silhouette using this cut out technique. I have a full video tutorial to walk you through each step and make layering heat transfer vinyl easy! Plus make a DIY hip hop bunny t-shirt - a perfect boys Easter shirt! This post contains affiliate links, which allow me to earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.  My son is at that age when he is still very much a little kid but old enough to feel that he is growing out of certain things. Do you know what I mean? He still loves bunnies and Easter and all of that, but he also wants to feel like a cool big kid! I feel like this hip hop bunny tee is the perfect fit for this age. It is fun and playful but still just a little bit edgy and cool, especially for a boy's Easter ... [Read More]

February 13, 2018 9:41 pm Alexis 4 Comments Filed Under: Celebrate, Craft

How to Layer Vinyl Decals – Retro Disneyland Notebook

Make your own retro Disneyland notebook and learn how to layer vinyl decals with your Silhouette Cameo - it's easier than you might think! This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this blog. Thanks for supporting Persia Lou! I am a huge, giant, mega Disney nerd. Specifically, I am a Disneyland nerd. When I was a little girl growing up in Southern California, we had annual passes for a few years, and ever since then I've been hooked. I especially love Retro Disneyland - the colors, mid-century style, and optimism about the future all really appeal to me. The vintage attraction posters really inspired my kids' bedroom makeover, that was just one of my favorite projects ever. Today, I have a fun little project for you that celebrates Retro Disneyland in a much ... [Read More]

October 3, 2016 5:07 am Alexis 22 Comments Filed Under: Craft

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