If you love vintage papers like I do, you’ll adore these designs. Perfect for back-to-school projects, office designs, scrapbooking and cardmaking or simply because you love the grungy look of lined papers. Check out our printable Vintage Desk Paper Backgrounds, now available in the stores listed below.
Silhouette Design Store Individual Papers
My main papercraft passion is cardmaking, especially for family and friends. My go-to files for handmade cards are my envelope cutting files. With a variety of common card sizes that can be easily adjusted, these files are perfect for coordinating your envelopes with your cards. They are indispensable for any cardmaking project and especially fabulous for wedding invitations!
My favourite card format to make is 5×5″ because I love a square card because it is a little different to standard and is still easy to post. But that also means a custom envelope because square envelopes aren’t easy to come by. For that I have this perfect set of Square Envelope Cutting files. They are available in aset of 7 different sizes in my Etsy, Design Bundles and Creative Market stores, but don’t worry, The Silhouette Design Store file is easy to resize. In the Silhouette Design store only .studio and SVG files are available.
I have a tutorial here on resizing DXF files in Silhouette studio but the tecnique applies for .studio and SVG files as well. These are the finished sizes of my square envelopes should you ever need a specific size. The sizes are the card size the envelope is required for.
Square Envelopes
5 Inch Envelope – 8.721 Inches
5.5 Inch Envelope – 9.529 Inches
5.25 Inch Envelope – 9.128 Inches
5.75 Inch Envelope – 9.976 Inches
6 Inch Envelope – 10.406 Inches
6.25 Inch Envelope – 10.793 Inches
6.5 Inch Envelope – 11.190 Inches
These fabulously useful Square Envelope Cutting Files are available in the following stores.
Also available is this 5×7″ envelope. It can also be resized as required and is a super popular size! Check it out in the following stores.
I really love slimline cards and invitations. They just look fabulously stylish don’t you thinK? Well now you can make a coordinating size 10 envelope! These envelopes can be resized if required. The size 10 slimline envelopes can be found in the following stores.
Another popular envelope size is the A6 and C6 envelope sizes. This set comes with both with the exception of the Silhouette Store where only the C6 Size is available. Check them out in the following stores.
And finally for those of us used to international letterhead sizing rather than US sizing we also have a DL sized envelope perfect for A4 pages folded into perfect thirds or our version of a slimline envelope. The DL envelope is available in the following stores.
If there is an envelope size you need and I haven’t created it, I want to know! Drop me a message if there is a custom design you would like to see!
Discover our two gorgeous SVG card cutting files, perfect for anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, or simply saying “I love you”! Featuring adorable love birds and a special insert for your sentiments, these cards are both charming and easy to create with your cutting machine. Delight your loved ones with these quick to make and beautiful designs!
Check out these adorable cards in my stores below.
Anniversary Love Birds Card
I Love You Love Birds Card
Do you have a gamer in your life? I designed the “Time to Level Up” SVG card cutting file featuring a gaming controller specifically for my son, and he absolutely loved it! I’m confident that the gamers you know will love it too.
To make this project even easier, use your offcuts for cutting the small pieces. Check out our step-by-step assembly instructions here
The Level Up Gamer Birthday Card is available in the Silhouette Design Store.
One of my favorite things to do when designing is hand-painting watercolor flowers. Flowers are a versatile subject for crafting projects, making them perfect for card-making, scrapbooking embellishments, stickers, and many other creative uses. I often paint watercolor flowers for the Silhouette Design Store and would love to share some of my latest print-and-cut designs that I adore using in my own projects.
Click on the images in the gallery below to go directly to the design in the Silhouette Design Store.
I created a process video to demonstrate how to cut files using the Silhouette Cameo. These floral designs look stunning when printed and add a beautiful touch to cards and scrapbook pages! In the video, the featured design is reduced in size and duplicated to fit four on a page. I aim to make the starting designs as large as possible to fit on an 8.5×11 inch print-and-cut page, maximizing usage options. You can find this Lavender Watercolor design here in the Silhouette Design Store.
I made these cards using this tutorial making the backgrounds with the Dry Paint Brush SVG Clipping mask and Backgrounds available in my store along with some flower offcuts I had from other projects and on the top right I made a card using the Lavender Print and Cut Flower design featured in the video. I am so loving this teqnique for card making and have had a ball making so many of these cards!
I had so much fun creating these cards using the Doodle Flowers and Grunge Daisies Monoprint papers. The card on the left is created with the Red Yellow & Pink Grunge Doodle Flowers Monoprint Background, Decorative Grunge SVG Clipping Mask using the technique in this tutorial and the Spring Floral Bouquet Print and Cut.
The card on the right is created with the Green and Blue Grunge Daisies Backgrounds, Grunge Urban Drips SVG Clipping Mask, the Blue & Yellow Abstract Flower Print & Cut & Lined Watercolor Leaves Print and Cut.
I have a few goodies available for your crafting needs! Read on to see a few of the products I have available! I have some fabulous backgrounds with USA themed Stars and stripes. I just love the grungy goodness in my current favourite background set Grunge USA Monoprints. You might also like to check a recent tutorial for using backgrounds with SVG Clipping Masks to create some unique cards and scrapbook pages. This gorgeous set of printable backgrounds is available in the following stores.
Silhouette individual backgrounds (note collection available underneath each product)
Etsy
Design Bundles
Creative Market
I also have some gorgeous watercolor flower print and cut designs in the Silhouette Design store painted in Red White and Blue perfect for your Patriotic USA Independance Day crafting! Click on the images below to see them in the Silhouette Design Store.
I don’t know about you but I love a good bunting to make my house look more festive for holidays and special events. Check out this Stars and Stripes Bunting Cutting File available in my Silhouette store.
For those of you who prefer a little more watercolor and a little less grunge in your printable backgrounds you might enjoy these Stars and Stripes Watercolour Backgrounds available in the stores below.
Silhouette
Etsy
Design Bundles
Creative Market
For those of you who prefer just pure watercolor and no grunge you will love these hand painted Red, White and Blue Watercolor Printable Backgrounds for your festive projects. You might like to check a recent tutorial for using backgrounds with SVG Clipping Masks to create some unique cards and scrapbook pages. This gorgeous set of printable backgrounds is available in the following stores.
Silhouette
I hope you have found some designs to inspire you for your Fourth of July Crafting and Design! Enjoy!
I don’t know about you, but I love a quick and easy design for a last minute card, and this design is not just super easy to make but makes a striking card as well. Check out this gorgeous SVG card design in the following stores.
Unlock your creativity with exquisitely detailed SVG files, perfect for crafting captivating clipping mask effects in Silhouette Studio. While highly intricate SVG or Studio files might not be suitable for cutting due to their abundance of tiny elements, they shine when used as printable framed backgrounds and photos. These versatile designs elevate cardmaking, art journaling, and scrapbooking projects. Additionally, consider using them for sublimation printing on t-shirts and mugs.
I converted this stunning Grungy Ink Stamp Mask to an SVG/Studio file for Silhouette Studio thanks to Elly Mae Habets from Silhouette Secrets. Elly’s more in depth tutorial also provides more information on how to use this design effectively. Be sure to explore her blog for more details! Elly Mae also shares fantastic tutorials on her YouTube channel (well worth subscribing to!), covering various crafting techniques and tips. Additionally, her active Facebook group offers excellent tips and support for Silhouette enthusiasts
Please Note that the file I am about to use is not suitable for cutting due to its intensly detailed and glorious grungy goodness.
This file is available in the Silhouette Store here. Or as part of an orignal png set of masks I have available on Etsy, Design Bundles and Creative Market.
Note: The png masks would require tracing before use which can data heavy and may require patience as your computer works to process the image. The SVG versions of the files are less detailed and less data heavy but can still be slow depending on the power of your computer and what you are trying to do.
Once you have opened the file in Silhouette Studio it will look something like this.
Next open your file browser and find a background pattern you would like to have shaped by this gloriously grungy clipping mask and drag it to the open SVG Mask in Silhouette Studio.
The clipping mask will fill with the pattern you have chosen, in this case Vintage Grunge Tan Beige Ephemera Monoprint Background Pattern individually (available with co-ordinating background patterns – see collection under design in the store) on Silhouette or as part of a set on Etsy, Design Bundles & Creative Market.
Once the pattern has been dragged to the Grungy Ink Clipping Mask SVG it will “clip” to the shape of the mask and give you that gorgeous grungy edge. Once you have done this ensure the clipped image is selected and then click on the red rectangle top left of your tool bar and click on the white and grey cross hatches to change the outline to transparent to ensure it doesn’t print. Then you can print as desired and use for your crafty cards and scrapbook pages, art journaling or for sublimation. There are so many possibilities only limited by your imagination!
Here are a few more examples of patterns I added to the clipping mask. Don’t forget, you can do it with photos too!
I thought I would share some cards I made using this technique with my Dry Paint Brush Grunge Clipping Mask available in the Silhouette Design Store as well as my Pink Red Yellow Grunge Watercolor Background and Turquoise Teal Blue Grunge Watercolor Background. I added some birthday sentiments which I cut on my Silhouette Cameo along with a bit of bling as well.
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One of the common issues for new Silhouette Studio users and no doubt for users of other cutting file software is that by default most of the time, svg files will open in your default browser and the icon will be the icon of your default browser. For example, for Chrome Users, it will be a Chrome icon and Edge users it will be an Edge icon. That doesn’t mean however that the file cannot be opened in other software, just that if you double click on the file it will open in your browser rather than your cutting file software.
From any software, you can open any file that the program recognises from the software itself. In silhouette studio, for example you go to the File menud and choose Open or use the shortcut Ctrl + O. You don’t need to change defaults to be able to do this.
But for many of us, who like to browse for files using the File Explorer, it is nice to have them open into Silhouette by default and it is easier to recognise the file by the Silhouette Icon rather than a browser icon.
In the following screenshot you can see what my svg file looks like before I changed it to defaut open in Silhouette Studio. Note that I have file extensions turned on as well so you can clearly see what file types are. I also use file naming conventions that include the file type in the file name so that people who don’t have file extensions turned on can still see the file type.
As you can see before I made the change, my svg icon has the Chrome icon by default. This means it will by default open in Chrome when you double click on it.
If you right click on the file a menu will come up with the option on it to “Open With”.
Click on “Open With” which will then give you a sub menu to choose from where you will have the option “Choose another app”.
Click on “Choose another app”.
Once you have done that a new window will come up with a list of program options. Yours will likely not have Silhouette Studio in it like mine does. Mine only does because I have set it as a default software previously. Therefore, you will need scroll down to click on the pink “More Apps” at the bottom of the list to give you more options.
Note: In older versions of windows (Windows 10 & previous) there will be a checkbox you need to check marked “Always use this app to open .svg files” before continuing.
Once you click on “More Apps” more apps will appear in the window and you will be able to scroll further down till you see “Look for another app on this PC”.
For Windows 11+
Scroll down and click on Choose an app on your PC,
Scroll down till you find the folder “Silhouette America” and double click on the folder to open it, then double click on “Silhouette Studio”. There you will find the app executive file named Silhouette Studio which may or may not have the .exe at the end of the file name.
Click on the open button. In Windows 11+ you need to select the Always button on the following screen. In Windows 10 and earlier having used the “Always use this app to open .svg files” checkbox negates this step.
This will simultaneously set svg files to always open in Silhouette Studio but also immediately open the file in Silhouette Studio.
As you can see now instead of having the Chrome icon on the .svg file it now has the Silhouette Studio Icon which means that the program Silhouette Studio will going forward open .svg files.
If you do not wish to do this process to ensure svg files always open in Silhouette Studio you can also simply click on the file menu in Silhouette Studio, select Open and browse to where your svg is saved on your computer, select the file and click open to open it in Silhouette Studio.
© Clikchic Designs 2022
Many of you will be aware of the recent updates in the Sihouette Design Store. Unfortunately it did not go as planned and there have been some issues. Rest assured that the tech team at Silhouette is working hard to resolve the issues and while there is still work to be done, you can safely purchase from the Silhouette Design Store.
There have been some issues with Library Syncing between the Silhouette Studio Software and the Silhouette website but the team at Silhouette are working hard to resolve this issue. In the meantime if you need files purchased through Silhouette urgently you can download them directly from the Silhouette Design Store website to access your files. Silhouette Secrets has done a wonderfully informative video to aid users who need help with this. I would recomend watching it if you are unsure how to go about downloading files directly from the Silhouette Design Store.
Silhouette Store Contributing Artists have been all affected by the downtime caused by the website upgrade issues and I would recommend you visit the store and follow your favourite artists so that you can find your favourite designers more readily.
Unfortunately my Clikchic Designs store front has dropped off the list of contributing artists and as a result it is more difficult to find. To my lovely customers I must ask you to kindly take the time to visit my store link, and click on follow next to my logo so that my store appears in the list of contributing artists when you are logged in to the store and as a result you will more easily find my new designs! I am confident when the most urgent updates are complete my store will be re-added to the list, but if you click follow, in the interim you will more easily be able to find my store, and it will be conveniently there for you to easily find at any point going forward. Below are some screenshots on how to follow my store from the store front, or one of my products.
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