Blog

Hey, guys, it's Jessica with ExpressionsVinyl.com. And today I want to help you overcome your fear of making your first cut on your Silhouette machine!I hear all the time that, "Oh, I have a machine, it's sitting in my closet," or, "Oh, I'm too scared to pull it out. "I don't know what to do."So we're going to get you over that today because I don't want your machine just collecting dust. You want to be creating and crafting and finding the pleasure that is in that. I'm going to hold yo …

Have you ever wanted to create a project in a crunch but realized that you were missing something crucial to the creation!? My stepdaughter is headed to the beach on Monday for Spring Break and I wanted to make a monogrammed pineapple tote for her to take...until I realized I was missing yellow HTV! Rookie mistake. BUT, never fear! I have the perfect solution. For this project you will need:*The Silhouette CAMEO® (or similar cutting machine)canvas tote bagpink and green HTVany color of Or …

Hey guys, it’s Jessica from expressionsvinyl.com and today I want to talk to you about the knife tool. Some people also call it the slicing tool.So let me show you how it works and maybe why you would want to use it. So I'm just going to type my name here and then I am gonna fill it in so you guys can see a little better what I'm doing. Okay, we've got that set and now, I'm going to go over and select my knife along the left hand side. I am using the basic Silhouette Studio softwa …

Hi guys it's Jessica with expressionsvinyl.com and today I want to talk to you about layering adhesive vinyl. As you can see, these projects have tons of layers.It looks kind of scary, but I'm going to show you my technique and that it's not scary at all. AND you get an awesome result with all the layers.It's all about the setup in your program. So, let's go over to the Silhouette Studio and I'll show you how I set it up. If you want to check out our Silhouette Cameos head over to our websi …

Hey guys, It's Jessica over ExpressionsVinyl.com and today I want to show you how to layer a project when you can't quite see through the transfer tape.It's no secret that paper transfer tape is my favorite. It's really easy to work with and releases perfectly. So when you've got tight little lines that you need to line up and it's really obvious if you're off, I've got a trick to do that so it's lined up perfectly.I've got one already set up, so you can see my different layers. I've got my …