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Customizing Silhouette Cut Settings in V3Hi guys, it's Starla with Expressions Vinyl and today I'm going show you, how to program your Cut Settings in the Silhouette Studio.There is nothing more frustrating that having to guess what the cut settings are from vinyl to vinyl, so we are going to show you how to set that perfect setting for your vinyl and eliminate the guessing game on settings.Let's go ahead and look at the default settings.When you go into the program and you select the very top, …

Hi crafty friends! Connie here from Kutie Kaira Designs showing you how to create an adorable candy jar covered in glitter vinyl confetti's and finished off with pink pom-poms. This candy jar just makes me so happy. It's super easy to make and is the perfect project to use up those vinyl scraps that you have laying around. I have more scraps than I care to admit...but I can't ever throw away precious vinyl scraps. Who's with me?! Let's get started! Things you will need: -Cutti …

Hey guys, it's Jessica here today from ExpressionsVinyl.com, and today I want to talk about fonts and how to best identify a font that is easier to weed. I've cut a whole bunch of fonts and today I'm going to go through them and tell you how to identify different attributes that will make your life a lot easier!Bernard MT Condensed - This one, as you can see, has nice, thick edges. That one is going be really easy to weed. You just wiggle your vinyl, or wiggle your weeding vinyl across and it's …

Hey guys, it's Jessica with Expressions Vinyl and today I want to show you how to draw a text box (weeding box) in your Silhouette Studio software AND Cricut software. What is a "Weeding Box" you ask? The answer is quite simple: a weeding box is a square/rectangle placed around your design that is cut along with your design that facilitates the weeding and vinyl placement processes. Why is this important? Well, if your vinyl happens to go a little bit eschew in your machine and …

Hey guys, it's Jessica with ExpressionsVinyl.com, and today I want to show you how to avoid tearing your heat transfer vinyl (HTV) when it hasn't cut quite deep enough or if the vinyl's just being tricky to work with.I have our Jade Siser Glitter (don't you just LOVE this color?!), and I think on this one my machine didn't quite cut deep enough. But it is a big piece of vinyl, and this stuff isn't particularly cheap, so I didn't want to let it go to waste.So, one thing you can do is familia …