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LIVE with The Colorful Cookie and Stencil Expressions collaboration cookie design cookie stencils coupon code cricut design space download freebie guest cookier how to live pages to follow pyo silhouette cameo silhouette studio traditional stencils tutorial Jul 21, 2021

Have you ever needed a stencil and needed it now?? Stencil Expressions provides stencil downloads to make it quick and easy for you!

Sharon Resch, the owner of Stencil Expressions was a LIVE guest on The Colorful Cookie Facebook page. She gave us a tour of the Stencil Expressions website and...

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Decorating a Tiki Cookie With Amy Hicks from Seriously Sweet on Davis Street collaboration cookie community cookie cutter cookie design cookie stencils cookiedecorating tutorial Jul 20, 2021

The Colorful Cookie and Amy Hicks from Seriously Sweet on Davis Street teamed up to give you a special cookie design LIVE from her summer series called "Tiki Hot". 

She taught us how to create a multi-media cookie from start to finish using many mediums including fondant, wafer paper and...

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Turn Clipart into a Coordinating 4th of July Stencil & Cutter Set 3d printer 3d printing cookie community cookie cutters cookie decorating cookie stencils download guest cookier holiday how to live pages to follow silhouette studio traditional stencils tutorial tutorials Jun 18, 2021

 

Did you catch the LIVE on Thursday, June 17th with The Colorful Cookie and Sam's Cookie Company? If not, here it is! Sam and I both enjoy teaching people how to design, so we combined efforts to bring you this fun 4th of July tutorial!

In The Colorful Cookie Club, the focus of our...

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What is Compound Path in Silhouette Studio? compound path cookie stencils print and cut silhouette cameo silhouette studio silhouette tools silkscreen stencils traditional stencils Jun 09, 2021

 

When creating a design in Silhouette Studio, there are many tools that can be helpful. Understanding how to manipulate your design to turn it into a stencil can be tricky, but understanding the tools you need at the right time can make it a breeze. Compound path is one of those...

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Cricut Design Space Offset Tool cookie stencils cricut design space offset tool pyo silkscreen stencils Apr 12, 2021

In our last post, we talked about the Silhouette Studio offset tool. If you are a Cricut Design Space user, there is no need to worry, you now have access to the same tool! It has just been added recently with a few other new updates. In this post, we will be discussing the offset tool, where you...

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The Silhouette Offset Tool: What It Does and How to Use It beginners cookie stencils cutting tools fonts offset tool pyo silhouette cameo silhouette studio silhouette tools Mar 23, 2021

There are many tools that can be used when creating stencils in Silhouette Studio. Whether you are just starting out with the software or you have been using it for quite some time... anyone can easily say there is ALWAYS something new to learn! I am writing a few blog posts about some of the...

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Spring Cookie A Thon 2021 cookie a thon cookie community cookie decorating cookie stencils how to spring tutorials Feb 27, 2021

It's that time of year again.... SPRING COOKIE-A-THON 2021!  It is going to be  AMAZING!! I don't know about you, but this is always one of my favorite times of the year. It is such a great time watching all of the outstanding cookie artists who are members of The Colorful...

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Inspirational Cookiers and Fun Cookie Tools blogs cookie community cookie decorating cookie stencils cookie-a-thon cookiers pages to follow Jan 27, 2021

Over the years, I have met tons of amazing people through my Kansas City Cookier Facebook group, The Colorful Cookie Facebook page, my Cookie-A-Thon Facebook group, online teaching in The Colorful Cookie Club, and in person classes and meet ups at CookieCon. It is a fun time to be a cookier! So...

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Thermoflex Frosty Plus Glossy Clear HTV Vinyl cookie community cookie decorating cookie stencils heat transfer vinyl htv silk screen silk screen materials silkscreen stencils stencil materials Jan 15, 2021

Cookiers! The time has finally come! A heat transfer vinyl that is fantastic for cookie stencils! Let me tell you a little bit about this htv, which one you're looking for (it's easy to grab the wrong one) and what's so special about it. Cookier, Oralia Lloyd told me about it and I am going to...

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The Differences Between Traditional Stencils and Silk Screen Stencils bridging cookie community cookie decorating cookie stencils cookiers cricut htv silhouette cameo silkscreen stencils traditional stencils weeding Oct 30, 2020

 

When it comes to deciding which type of cookie stencil to use, much of it will come down to personal preference. I want to share what I know about both types of stencils so that you will have the information you need to decide which method will work best for you. Both types of...

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Post #2 in our "Wondering What You Need to Cut Cookie Stencils?" Series cookie community cookie decorating cookie stencils cookiers cricut cut cutting tools silhouette cameo stencil materials storage Oct 07, 2020

This is part 2 of the What Do You Need to Cut Cookie Stencils? Series!

In the first post of the series, I discussed some of the most important things you need when you decide to start cutting stencils. If you missed it, be sure to check it out here, so you can decide which machine and cutting...

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What Cutting Machine Do I Need To Make Cookie Stencils? beginners cookie stencils cricut cutting machine design space silhouette cameo silhouette studio silk screen materials traditional stencils Jan 31, 2020

Which Cutting Machine Should I Buy?

Blog Post Updated March 2022

WHICH CUTTING MACHINE IS BEST FOR MAKING COOKIE STENCILS? WHICH MACHINE WILL I LIKE BETTER? THE CRICUT OR THE SILHOUETTE CAMEO?

This is the number one question that I get asked. The other most asked questions are, “How do I...

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