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Text Warp in Inkscape

June 11, 2015 by Kay

If you’ve not yet discovered the Bezier Envelope Extension for Inkscape, a treat awaits you. Here’s a video and written instructions on how to create great shaped text with this cool and easy tool.

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I wrote my first article on laser foil back in 1993 and I couldn’t be happier to see the shiny stuff making such a strong comeback. Since a lot of you don’t have laser printers, but you do have diecutters, I want to let you know of yet another method you can use for foiling.

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Foolproof Print and Cut with a Silhouette

May 22, 2015 by Kay

Print and cut on the Silhouette is one of the great joys of life, and if you have a Silhouette and are not enjoying this you are missing out! The idea is remarkably simple: the 3 marks and your images inside them have to be printed at exactly the same size and position as the Silhouette’s eye expects, or your cuts will not match the prints.

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Distress kit for Silhouette Studio

April 30, 2015 by Kay

I get lots of questions about how to get the grunge or distressed look in Silhouette Studio and I think I finally have a good solution for you! Download my new free distress kit file here and watch the video below to learn how to use it to easily add a fully adjustable level of distress to your cut files.

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Class of 2015 free SVG

April 22, 2015 by Kay

Time for posting the 2015 edition of my “class of” SVG and .studio files. Hope you enjoy the file and congrats to all your graduates!

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Cheat Sheet: File Formats in Silhouette Studio 2015

February 21, 2015 by Kay

Finally updated my Silh Studio File Formats Cheat Sheet for V3.

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Print and cut rebus valentine

February 9, 2015 by Kay

The theme for this month’s Silhouette Challenge was right in my wheelhouse…print and cut.

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A new free font for stand up lettering

February 2, 2015 by Kay

Several years ago, the gift packaging project pictured below was posted on Martha Stewart’s site. It’s no longer there, but it continues to live on via Pinterest and gets circulated in the various craft groups every so often. When it first appeared, I started working on a font to make it easy to create these stand up letters with a digital diecutter.

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