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How to Apply Vinyl to Wood Signs With Slats

We've shown you before in a previous blog post how to design in Silhouette Studio for wood signs with slats. Well, we love bringing you new and different ways to create so that you can choose a method that works best for you. 

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So, here's another way to deal with how to apply a vinyl decal onto a wood sign with slats.

New Siser Juliet Cutting Machine! First Look and Details on the 12" Cutting Machine

Introducing the Siser Juliet 12" cutting machine...Siser's first ever vinyl cutter. 

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Silhouette School is excited and honored to be in Italy for the launch of the new 12" high definition cutter and to share the first look with you! 

The new Siser machine will be on pre-order soon at Swing Design so be sure to sign up for Silhouette School's Juliet pre order email notifications and I'll alert you as soon as the Juliet pre orders open.

How to Divide Images into Panels in Silhouette Studio (Knife Tool Tutorial)

Want to divide an image into panels or smaller pieces in Silhouette Studio? It's easy to do! 

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In this tutorial, we'll show you how to turn a regular mandala into a 9 piece work of art using the Silhouette software. 

How to Apply Vinyl to a Wax Candle

Just when you thought you might have applied vinyl to just about every surface in your home, here's a quick and easy home decor project using permanent adhesive vinyl on wax candles! 


This is really easy to do, but there's a few simple tricks to making sure you get a good stick with the vinyl on the wax. Keep reading to find out how to do it!

Silhouette Hack to Save Vinyl When Layering

If you're a fan of the registration mark method of layering vinyl (and I would highly suggest it) you know it can come at the cost of vinyl.

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To perfectly layer vinyl, the registration marks need to be in the same position for each piece of the design. However that can lead to a lot of wasted vinyl. Today I'm sharing a Silhouette trick that will help you save vinyl when layering!

DIY Chalkboard Vinyl with Oracal 651

From food storage to home décor pieces, chalkboard vinyl gives you the versatility to decorate and label any flat surface by turning it into its own chalkboard!

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And now with THIS hack, you can turn regular, glossy adhesive vinyl into chalkboard vinyl. It's so simple, and here's how to do it!

How to Make an Ombre Glitter Tumbler

As if glittered tumblers couldn't get any more stunning...today I'm sharing how to make an Ombre Glitter Tumbler!

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This post will focus mainly on how to apply multiple glitter colors to a tumbler, so if you’re new to epoxy tumblers...make a u turn right now and start with this  full start to finish tutorial on how to make epoxy tumblers. 

Affordable 24" Vinyl Cutter: Using GCC with Silhouette Studio Pros and Cons

I'm about to be long winded...in the name of a larger cutting machine - so grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and hear me out on this one...

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Several months ago you may remember I did a poll asking Silhouette School readers if they'd be interested in a larger cutter.  The more than 10k responses were overwhelmingly in favor of a larger cutter that is both affordable and has the ability to run on Silhouette Studio.