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Faux Metal Pop-out Sign
Want the look of a metal sign without using metal?! Here's a great cheat for a faux metal sign! Here's what I used:
Brushed Chrome
Polished Metal Yellow
Polished Metal Red
Lustre Green
Lustre Royal Blue
Lustre Champagne
Black Cardstock
Capinella ou Beaujolais font
Assorted Christmas Baubles - silhouette Design Store
First, I attached the sheet of brushed chrome vinyl to the black cardstock prior to cutting anything out.
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Nov 25th 2017
How to Weld Images Using Silhouette
Hello everyone! It's Amy with expressionsvinyl.com and today I'm going to show you how to use the weld feature in Silhouette Studio. If you have no idea what "weld" is, no worries. The purpose of using the weld feature is to link words or images together so they cut out neatly as one instead of separate pieces. Sometimes letters or images overlap other letters or images. That's when welding comes to the rescue! This example, I will show you how to use weld to make a wreath using a leaf image. I
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Oct 24th 2017
Easily decorate faux pumpkins with Vinyl
Fall is one of our favorite times of year, between the colorful leaves, sweaters and boots and don't forget all things Pumpkin....pumpkin carving, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Spice.....All things nice.While carving pumpkins can be a fun for the whole family, it can be quite messy with all those pumpkin guts and scary for those lil' Punkins' of yours using knives and blades.This year, vinyl them up!The ExpressionVinyl Creative Team brings you some fun ideas to use on some faux Pumpkins this year and for
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Oct 10th 2017
Using a Quilting book instead of a Machine
Hi everybody, it's Starla with ExpressionsVinyl.com, and we were given a challenge to do a project with no machine. And it is possible, it's just a little bit more time consuming. So I'm going to show you a way to do one. So I have a lot of fabric book and thought they would be easy to use as a template they always have tons of cute patterns inside.Here is what you will need:Vinyl:Siser StripflockSiser Glitter HTVSiser EasyweedSilhouette Printable Cotton MaterialPenScissors and or box knifeHowev
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Sep 29th 2017
HTV For Shirts: How To Choose The Right Size Vinyl
It's a question we get quite a bit: how do I know the correct sizing and placement of heat transfer vinyl on t-shirts? People often ask, so today we're going to answer that question and more! Check out the standard sizing and placement for both sleeves/body on onesies, as well as youth, adult, and fitted adult t-shirts. Let's dive in!How to Align Your Vinyl Properly
I'm going to show you how I find where to place the heat transfer vinyl. There's lots of fancy rulers and tools you can use
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Sep 11th 2017