How To Create an EC Color Template in Silhouette Studio

I saw a post a few weeks back on the Silhouette Loves EC FB Group where someone asked about a way to create a color palette in SIL. While I don't yet know of a way to do that, I did find a work around shortly after that has really worked well for me! I hope this saves you time and teaches you something new today! Let's get started...

1. Search "Erin Condren Color Guide" in Google Images

2. Right Click on the color guide you'd like to use (I prefer this one) & choose your save option from the menu (I usually select "Save Image As" if it's available so I can choose the location and name of the image I'm saving to make it easier on myself.)

3. If you chose the "Save Image As" option, name your file and click Save.

4. Drag your file on to your SIL mat. *TIP: Make your finder window (the window where you see the files listed) smaller so you can see both windows at once.

5. This step is really a matter of OCD preference. I like to size my color guide to 8.5x11 & drag it to the left of my mat. Feel free to size it to your liking and place it wherever your heart desires. I do recommend making sure it's off the mat. Otherwise it will print & cut with your other items. 

6. I'm using this random box as my example but this would apply to anything you're working on be it shapes or text.

7. Select the fill option from the tool bar (if you're changing the line color then you would select the line fill option)

8. From the Basic Options in the Fill Menu on the right select/click on the dropper

9. Move your dropper over the color on the Color Guide that you'd like to fill your text/shape with & VOILA - you now have the exact colors from the EC site.

 (You can see here I clicked on the "Seafoam" color)

*TIP: Save this as a separate file so you don't have to do this every time you want to create an EC project in your SIL software. You can do a "Save As" each time you re-open it for a new project.

That's it for this first part of the tutorial for an EC Template. I'll be sharing more in the next day or 2. One more tip with the EC Color Guide before I go - I would recommend printing it so you know how your printer prints each color. I actually did this and found the colors with a transparency of 43.9 (so random I know) worked best with my printer. Every printer is different so you may have to adjust your transparency settings and play with it. Comment below if you'd like to see how to do either of those items or if you have any other questions. 

Thank you so much for reading & following along with me today! I hope you learned something new today and I really hope this saves you some time creating your fun EC projects!!

I would love to hear your feedback below! 

xoxo,

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