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Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio

Filed Under: Free Cut Files

Ahhh, goodbye Christmas and New Year! Silhouette and Cricut small business owners, it’s time to start thinking to Valentine’s Day. Today, I’m showing you how to create a carved initial tree trunk design with personalized initials. I think the design style is perfect for a ceramic tile, wood sign, or a card.

Design Tutorial: Tree Trunk with Personalized Initials in Silhouette Studio

You’ll need these three fonts (or similar ones) to complete this tutorial:

  • Peoni Patterns – 100% free for personal and commercial use at this link.
  • Brankovic – 100% free for personal and commercial use at this link.
  • MTF Heart Doodle – Free for personal use, $5 donation for commercial use at this link.
  1. In Silhouette Studio, type the letter ‘e’ using the Peoni Patterns font. (Note: You can also use the ‘d’. It’s a slightly different tree pattern.) Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  2. Resize your trees as needed. Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  3. Type a ‘c’ in the MTF Heart Doodle font and size it to fit the middle tree. Rotate it as desired. Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  4. Use the eraser tool to erase any tree detail from underneath your heart. (Be sure that the eraser is set to ‘Outline’ and not ‘Solid’.)Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  5. Add the initials and a + sign inside the heart using the Brankovic font. Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  6. Fill the design with any color and change the line color to the same color as the fill. (Tip: If your design won’t fill with color, double click the line of the design and single click on any red circles to close the path. For the middle tree, I had to first right click on it and ‘Make Compound Path’, then single click the red circles to close the path.) Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.com
    Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.comWhen you are finished with this step, your design should look like this: Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.com
  7. Select the middle tree, then the heart, then the initials. (Tip: Hold down the ‘Shift’ key to select multiple objects at once.) Navigate to ‘Object’, ‘Modify’, ‘Subtract’. Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.com

That’s it! Your design should now be ready to cut. Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.com

But what if you want more trees? If you want to make the design a rectangle instead of square, type an ‘e’ in the Peoni Patterns font and resize it to the same size as the first trees. Then, overlap the edges of the trees very slightly. Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.comSelect both objects by holding down the shift button. Then, right click and select ‘Weld’. Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.com Your trees should have filled in with color. Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.comYou can also do this during step 1 if you’d like to have a rectangle design with the carved initial on the biggest tree. If you are cutting a rectangle set of trees, be sure to resize your mat to fit the design.

I think this design will be great for personalized Valentine’s Day products.

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Design Tutorial: Carved Initials Tree Trunk in Silhouette Studio - Portrait, Cameo, Curio, Mint - by cuttingforbusiness.com

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Comments

  1. Jen says

    January 3, 2018 at 9:22 am

    Perfect timing was just working on a similar idea as a gift for a friend and possible future product. Thanks!!

    Reply
    • Christine says

      January 4, 2018 at 9:03 am

      Love when that happens!

      Reply
  2. Stacy says

    January 14, 2018 at 1:43 pm

    Thank you for the tutorial. It was really fun can’t wait to make it.

    Reply
    • Christine says

      January 15, 2018 at 9:39 am

      Awesome! Have fun!

      Reply

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