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Scalloped Circle and Illustrator CS6 Shape Builder
One thing about Illustrator is that you can easily create a path for just about any shape. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a 2.5 inches scalloped circle in Illustrator that will become an SVG cutting design for the Silhouette cutting machine.

Honeycomb Xmas Ornament SVG Cut Design
The honeycomb style Christmas ornament makes a great paper craft and the cut file for an ornament is easy to design. In this tutorial, we will create an SVG cut file for the Silhouette Cameo that will make a 2.5 inches high paper ornament.

Designing a Montage Layout SVG Cut File
A very popular type of paper craft is a collage or montage, usually containing photographs. I decided to try creating an SVG cut file for the Silhouette Cameo containing a group of cut lines for a rectangular montage.

Illustrator CS6 Spiral Tool
In this tutorial, we will complete the first step in creating an SVG cut line for a swirl design element. Swirls are very popular in scrapbooking and other paper craft projects. We will take a look at the Spiral tool and how to use it to draw a spiral in Illustrator.

Witches Labels - Background Paper
We will make three Halloween potion labels, featuring the three witches from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. We will begin, in this tutorial, by creating the background paper design.

Digital Crafts Business 2014
Digital crafts has a short history of only a couple decades but things change quickly in the craft business. What does that mean for the digital artists and craft designer in 2014.

Silhouette Studio New PixScan Feature
Silhouette America released a new feature for their Silhouette Studio Designer Edition software. This new feature, named PixScan, works with both the CAMEO and the Portrait and gives more versatility to your cutting.

Photorealistic Digital Art for Digital Stamp
In this tutorial, we will learn how to use a Photoshop engraving action to turn a photorealistic image into a digital stamp.

How to Print and Cut Clip Art in Silhouette Cameo
Occasionally, you will want to use an image in your Silhouette project that isn’t an SVG cut file. In this tutorial, we will import a raster image into Silhouette and use the Trace feature to create a cut line. This is the process you will use to print and cut clip art in your Silhouette.

Paper Bead SVG Cut Files
In this Illustrator tutorial, we will continue making an SVG cut file for paper beads. In the previous tutorial, we created a tube and oval bead. Now we will create a cone and hour glass shaped bead.

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