Tutorial: Funky Christmas Tree
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We might be heading into summer, but it is always a good time to design for Christmas. In fact, do you know that many crafters sell Christmas products all year long?
Let’s take a look at designing a Christmas tree today.
- In Silhouette Studio, use Flexishapes (6th tool on the left sidebar) to draw a triangle/tree shape. I used a basic triangle, but you could choose a more detailed tree.
2. Draw a small circle using the Draw an Ellipse tool (5th tool on the left sidebar). Hold down the SHIFT key to make a perfect circle.
3. Move the circle into your triangle/tree. Then, right click the circle and choose ‘Duplicate’.
4. Resize the circle and move it.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until your triangle shape is full of circles. Be sure to keep the circles near the triangle shape line – at the end you’ll be deleting the triangle shape.
6. Add a rectangle for a trunk and fill it with circles.
7. Delete the triangle and the rectangle.
8. Add color to the design.
9. Add additional details or text. (Font used: Kate Johnson.)
This tutorial was fun with circles, but you could use anything: How about an alphabet themed Christmas tree for a bulletin board in a classroom? What about a dinosaur filled tree for a toddler boy’s shirt? What if you forgot the tree and used an entirely different shape? It’s your choice… you are the designer!
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