Silhouette Savvy Series: Stand-out stitched title #2

 

Hello there!

Happy New Year to you all!  May 2017  be filled with lots of health, love, happiness, and crafting time, of course!

I am back with a new entry for the Silhouette Savvy Series.  In a previous entry (click here to be taken to the entry)  i showed you how to use the pencil attachment to draw a design in the Silhouette Cameo.  This time, we will explore the same concept, but just using the regular blade on the machine.     For this entry, I am using the  ” ‘Tis the Season” cut file from the Cut Shoppe to create  the stitched title used in the project.

• First, isolate and trace the image you want  to use ( you can find the tutorial on how to select and trace an image by clicking here).  Make sure that  you highlight the entire image, and create a compound path to the image.

 

• Since, we will be hand-stitching the title, first we need to create a stitching guide along the perimeter of the image.  For this simply go to the Cut Settings window of the Silhouette, and select to perforate the edge of the cut file.  Here is what the image will look like after choosing this function.

 

• Do not send the image to cut in the machine.  Instead go to the Offset window on the silhouette software, and click on create an external offset around the image.   You can chose how much space you will like around the stitched image.  Do not worry if the perforated line disappears in this stage.  Here is what your screen would look like at this stage.

 

• Once again go to the Cut Settings window in the Silhouette software, and chose the command Cut Edge.  This will only create a cutting line around the edge of the offset of the image.  Now you will see the perforated lines of the image, and a solid line around the offset just created.  Here is what the image will look like before cutting:

 

Now all that is left to do is click on Sent to Silhouette for the machine to cut the image.  If you don’t see this image, just back track a few steps.  Usually this happens when the original image was not set to a compound path. So just undo the last few steps, make sure you create a compound path of the image, and follow the steps as highlighted in this tutorial.

Once the image is cut, I chose to use metallic watercolors to color inside the perforated line, and then spent a few hours watching Netflix, and stitching the  image.  Here is the final product:

 

 

 

I loved this picture of my kids playing with the lights of the Christmas tree, and this title was the perfect complement to this picture and layout.   The beautiful, Pinkfresh’s “Oh Joy” collection was ideal to document this lovely moment.  Here are some more close ups of the project, and the final layout.

 

 

 

 

As always, let me know if you have any questions on the tutorial.   I would love to see what you create with this technique, so don’t forget to tag Scrapbook Nerd when you share your project on social media.

 

Thanks for visiting today!

 

 

Pinkfresh Studio – Oh Joy – Colleciton kit 16/Pkg	Pinkfresh Studio – Oh Joy – Acetate Die-Cuts 33/Pkg	Pinkfresh Studio – Oh Joy – Acrylic Mirror Stickers	Pinkfresh Studio – Oh Joy – Phrase Sitckers	Pinkfresh Studio – Oh Joy – Puffy Stickers
Pinkfresh Studio – Oh Joy – Washi Stickers	Crate Paper – Snow and Cocoa – Gold Glitter Snowflakes	Prima Marketing – Metallic Accents Semi-Watercolor Paint Set	Crate Paper – Hello Love – Resin Embellishments	The Cut Shoppe – The ‘Tis the Season cut file

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Silhouette Savvy – Creating stitching patterns.

Step by Step paper crafting tutorials

 

Hello everyone!,

I hope you all are enjoying the last half of summer;  it is amazing how fast this year is moving.

Today, I am back with a new installment of the Silhouette Savvy Series.   This time we will be looking on how the Silhouette software can be used to create a simple stitching pattern on a layout, like in this layout that serves as the sample of the tutorial.

 

 

I love to add texture to my pages, and usually use hand stitching and embroidery to accomplish it.   There are many ways to add stitching to a layout, and some don’t involve a Cameo ( I will make a tutorial on them in the near future).   However, when there is a lot of stitching involved, it is easier to have the Silhouette software do some of the tedious work.  Please enjoy the video (and forgive my Spanish accent) on how to create a stitching pattern:

As you can see the video highlights how easy it is to create a stitching pattern on any project.  Here is a close up to the finished title after using back hand stitching to complete the pattern created:

 

 

In case you missed any steps , here is a quick written list of the steps-by-step on how to create a pattern:

• Select the image you want to use
• Open the Trace window
• Click : Select Trace Area
• Highlight the area of the image you want to use
• Unclick High Pass filter,  all the image will be brightly highlighted in yellow
• Press Trace,  and move or delete the  traced  image .
• Once you have the cut lines showing on the grid,  right click on the mouse to verify that the entire image is a compound path.
• Position the image where it will be cut.
• Go to the cutting settings window
• Select Perforate Edge, and the type of paper being used
• Click Sent to Silhouette

The machine will create little slits along the edge of the image chosen.   Use these as a guide to embroider, and add stitching to your layout.

 

Here is how the stitched title looks on my layout.  I chose Pink Paislee’s Outfitters collection, a new cutfile designed by The Cut Shoppe for Scrapbook Nerd  -The Wanderer- some mixed media, and distressed elements to document a picture of my kids at the “Marker of the World” – a popular post/signal in my native town down in Ecuador.  Here is the final layout

 

 

As always let me know if you have any questions about this tutorial or any of the previous tutorials in this series.   I hope this inspires you to use your Silhouette beyond creating cut-outs for your projects.

 

Till next time,

See you around!

 

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Outfitters – Ephemera Die-Cuts 40/pkg	Outfitters – Faux Leather Badges 6/Pkg	Jillibean Soup – Healthy Hello – Wood Veneer Shapes	Heidi Swapp – Color Shine – White	Heidi Swapp – Color Shine – Mustard
Heidi Swapp – Color Shine – Navy

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