Samantha Walker's Imaginary World: Jamie

Friday, March 09, 2012

Silhouette Tutorial - Print and Cut by Jamie

Hi! It's Jamie back with you today sharing a tutorial for creating a print and cut with your Silhouette dies! I am using one of my favorite cuts, the Blooming Woodland Daisy from Samantha Walker.

Step #1: Open the Silhouette die within your Silhouette Studio Software and resize the item.

Step #2: Ungroup the items by going to 'Object' and selecting the 'Ungroup' option.

Step #3: You will see separate boxes around each of the items.

Step #4: Select the grass and stem area then click on the 'Open the Fill Color Window' shown in the red circle to open the fill colors.

Step #5: Select a fill color of your choice.

Step #6: Click on the petals section and select a fill color of your choice.

Step #7: Click on the center section of the flower and select a fill color of your choice.

Step #8: Click on 'Edit' and 'Select All'

Step #9: Group the items back together by selecting 'Object' then 'Group'.

Step #10: Click on the 'Open the Registration Mark Settings Window' and click the Show Reg Marks box. This will show the registration marks on your page.

Step #11: Click on the 'Open the Cut Style Window' and select 'Cut Edge'.

Step #12: Click on 'File' then 'Page Setup'.

Step #13: Change your page to 8-1/2" x 11" (unless you have a large format printer that will handle 12x12). Click 'OK'.

Step #14: Click on the printer icon to send the print to the printer.

Step #15: Select your printer and click 'Print'.

Step #16: Once your page prints, click on the 'Send to Silhouette' icon.

Step #17: Follow the instructions on the screen and then click on 'Continue'

Step #18: Place your print on your mat as shown on your screen.

Step #19: Load your paper then click on 'Detect Automatically' and your Silhouette machine will scan your page for your marks.

Step #20: Set you cutting setting to match your paper then click 'Cut'.

Step #21: Remove your pieces from your mat and create!

Samantha Walker Supplies:

Silhouette Dies: Blooming Woodland Daisy by Samantha Walker (Silhouette America)

Pattern Paper: Heidi Collection by Samantha Walker (Creative Imaginations) and

A to Z Collection by Samantha Walker (Creative Imaginations)

Stamps: Sweet Life by Samantha Walker (Unity Stamp Co)

Metal Dies: Ornate Artisan Tags and Accents by Samantha Walker (Spellbinders)

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Spiral Flower Tutorial with New Silhouette Designs!

Hi! It's Jamie here with you today and I am going to show you how to make these beautiful flowers using Samantha Walker's Spiral Flower Silhouette dies cuts!

Samantha has several Spiral Flowers in her Silhouette Digital Die Store. I am going to be working with the Spiral Marigold die cuts, but all of the Spiral Flowers will work the same!