Curio Advanced Beginner - Metal etching placement

Step-by-step to etching on small metal discs and placing with the Curio

Advanced Beginner Curio - Metal etching with blanks & placement

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Basics of the Curio video - 38 minutes

Advanced Beginner Curio - Metal etching with blanks & placement on the Curio video - 24 minutes

  • Setting up the Curio base to etch with the blank
  • Measuring the blank
  • Securing the blank
  • Setting up the Silhouette design mat for the etch design
  • Design placement for etching on blanks
  • Tips for working with text & alignment
  • Emboss fill for etching
  • Etching on the Curio
  • Examples of etching on blanks

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Silhouette Secrets+ by EllyMae
Silhouette Secrets+ by EllyMae

My name is EllyMae and I am the owner of Silhouette Secrets+.

I am a wife, mother, and lover of all things wine (as you'll notice in my projects & posts). I won a Silhouette Portrait in 2013 and the first time I used it, I knew I needed the bigger Cameo. At that time, there was not much information out there, but I found what I could and learned by testing & creating things. I love to learn new things that can be done with the Silhouette machines and have turned that into teaching others what I love to do.

I was encouraged by many to start teaching classes and when the TJC Instructor Program was announced in 2016, I signed up. It was one of the best decisions I've made and have met so many great friends & colleagues just because I took a chance. I now teach private lessons & local classes in the Northern Virginia area. I have also had the privilege to be on staff for the Curio Intensive Retreat in June 2017, staff at the All Things Silhouette Conference June 2017, Nov 2017, staff & an instructor at the ATS Conference in Nov 2018, June 2019, November 2019, Virtual ATS 2020, and the instructor at 2 virtual Curio events in 2020. I love to continue expanding my knowledge of what these amazing machines & software can do.

I look forward to sharing the love of Silhouette with all of you and welcome you on this journey!

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  Advanced Beginner Curio - Metal Etching on blanks & placement
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