Now it's time to get into the emboss/deboss part. Next I selected my text and did an offset as well. You can vary how far you wan the offset to be from your original. Then I created an internal offset for the border by selecting it, going to the offset function and clicking on internal offset. I then typed my word (I used Amydor as the font) and centered them inside my border by selecting the text and border and using the 'center' function. First I created a scalloped border by overlapping circles, selecting them all and using the 'crop' function. I created a card design in Silhouette studio. I prefer to use my silhouette machines for other materials but because the Curio comes with the new Emboss/Deboss features, a embossing mat and the tools, I had to try it out. I then loaded my machine and let it stipple.

Once, I had reduced the line thickness down to 1, it looked much more like the preview. As you can see, the line thickness for my stipple is 3.2, which is way too high. To fix the issue, move your photo out of the way and select your stipple. It looks a lot different from the preview.

When you are happy with what you see, click 'create stipple'. I usually stick with any of the regular 1 - 7 styles. After that you can check which stipple style you like most. Increase the density to 100, the refinement to 4, and the grid spacing to 0.02 or lower. Then click on 'create stipple area' and draw a rectangle around the area you want to convert into a stipple.īecause it looks very grainy you will likely want to adjust a few settings. Open the stipple feature and select 'stipple trace'. With photo editing software, convert your picture into a black and white image and erase the background, then import into silhouette studio. So once, I had played with the Curio for a few days, I trimmed down some cardstock, loaded my pen holder with a sharpie and got to work. While I was waiting on my Curio to arrive, I watched this video about creating a stipple photograph.

Silhouette curio