There are a few hundred thousand different designs in the Silhouette Design Store. These designs are categorized into one of several different content types. You can use the filters to look for a specific content type.
Content types include the following:
- Regular Cut
- Print & Cut
- 3D Crafts
- Fonts
- Printable Patterns
- Sketch
- Rhinestone
- 3D Models
A small content-type icon indicator is found under the thumbnail in the lower left-hand corner as a quick reference while browsing to indicate what type of content each preview is.
(The above example is a '3D Craft' icon)
Regular Cut
This is a standard design with cut lines. Some designs are simple single lines, some are intended to be cut out in separate sections or different material colors and then pieced or layered together. The design may or may not open in the software with color (as seen in the design's thumbnail example). Many 'Regular Cut' designs open as basic red cut lines.
- Icon (identifier)
No icon:
- In Design Store (thumbnail example)
- In Silhouette Studio (actual cut lines)
- Project (example: car sticker made from cutting out layers in different vinyl colors)
Print & Cut
Print & Cut designs are intended to be printed from your home printer and then cut with your Silhouette cutting machine. Registration marks are required in the Silhouette Studio software to establish an accurate cutting position.
- Icon (identifier)
'P' with registration marks:
- In Design Store (thumbnail example)
- In Silhouette Studio (actual file with print image and cut lines)
- Project (example:)
3D Crafts
These are designed to be cut and then folded and/or assembled into a three-dimensional project, typically made out of sturdy cardstock material.
- Icon (identifier)
Cube icon:
- In Design Store (thumbnail example)
- In Silhouette Studio (actual cut lines)
- Project (example: )
Fonts
These are installed on your computer directly and downloaded to your Silhouette Studio library. Font files are in TTF and/or OTF format.
- Icon (identifier)
'Aa' icon:
- In Design Store (thumbnail example)
- In Silhouette Studio (actual cut lines)
- Project (example: )
Patterns
These can be used to create your own Print & Cut designs.
- Icon (identifier)
Diamond pattern icon:
- In Design Store (thumbnail example)
- In Silhouette Studio (actual cut lines)
- Project (example: )
Sketch
These are designed to draw the design with sketch pens.
- Icon (identifier)
Pencil icon:
- In Design Store (thumbnail example)
- In Silhouette Studio (actual cut lines)
- Project (example: )
Rhinestone
These images are used to make rhinestone templates. The Silhouette machine cuts a series of small circles creating a pattern into which rhinestones can be placed before being transferred onto a rhinestone project.
- Icon (identifier)
Diamond icon:
- In Design Store (thumbnail example)
- In Silhouette Studio (actual cut lines)
- Project (example: )
3D Models
These are 3D models intended for printing in filament with an Alta 3D Printer.
- Icon (identifier)
No icon, though all 3D Models are displayed on the Alta's build platform for easy identification - In Design Store (thumbnail example)
- In Silhouette 3D (build area preview)
- Project (example: )
SVG files can be opened and used in Silhouette Studio when running the Designer Edition (or higher) upgrade.
SVG Files in Silhouette Design Store
All designs in the Silhouette Design Store are available in Silhouette Studio format (STUDIO). Many designs also provide an SVG file option for an additional upcharge. If the option to add an SVG file is displayed, you can check the box to add the additional SVG file charge to your purchase.
TIP: Adjust your account settings by checking 'Automatically download a copy of my purchases to my hard disk'. This will automatically download a zip file as future purchases are made so you can quickly and easily find your SVG files immediately after purchase.
SVG files obtained from the Silhouette Design Store can be used with other select crafting and/or designing software programs compatible with SVG files.
REQUIREMENT: If you want to open and use SVG files in Silhouette Studio you will need to have the Designer Edition or higher edition software upgrade.
Recovering SVG Files
If you would like to re-download a copy of an SVG file you have already purchased:
- Go to your Silhouette Design Store Order History page
- Log in to your user account, if prompted
- Locate and select the desired order containing the design OR you can search for the design with the Search feature and click on it once found
- Once you have selected the design and are on the design pop-up screen, click on the Download option
Design Bundles include a variety of designs and/or fonts of a similar type or theme offered at a discounted price for a limited time.
NOTE: If you already own part of a bundle, the total price is discounted so you won't be purchasing duplicate designs. Once the bundle expires, it can no longer be purchased.
Free Designs Section
The Silhouette Design Store offers a Free Designs section. Some designs are free to download without any additional action required.
Free Shape of the Week
The Silhouette Design Store provides a 'Free Shape of the Week' that can be downloaded for free without obligation. The design is yours to keep once downloaded.
This design is free during a 7-day period. The 'Free Shape of the Week' is updated each Tuesday. The previous 'Free Shape of the Week' is then converted to a regular paid design that can be purchased. We cannot provide older 'Free Shapes of the Week' for free. They are only free during the initial offering period.
Free With Purchase
Some designs in the Free Designs section are marked as 'Free with purchase':
Click the design to view the purchase requirement (found below the listed price).
NOTE: In this example, you would need to add any one design from the artist Silhouette into your shopping cart to be purchased in the same transaction. The design above would then be free once the requirement has been met.
Some designs, especially 3D craft designs, have instructions on how to assemble the design in order to replicate what is displayed in the thumbnail. Assembly instructions are not created by Silhouette. All instructions are created and provided by the artist directly
Finding Assembly Instructions
To locate assembly instructions:
- Locate the design in the Silhouette Design Store
- Click on the design to open the Details screen
- Look under the 'Description' section
- If available, there will be a button labeled 'Instructions' (see example below)
Designs offered through the Silhouette Design Store are protected by copyright and are owned by Silhouette America or its licensors. All digital designs are available for personal use (see Section 4 of the Terms of Service). Some digital designs are also available for commercial use by purchasing a commercial license for the specific design in question.
What is a Commercial License?
A commercial license provides you with the ability to use the design within a commercialized setting, so long as the terms of use below are observed.
The following actions are permitted when a commercial license is owned:
- Use the design to create physical projects that are in turn sold
Example: A shirt with the design cut out of heat transfer vinyl and applied to the shirt - Incorporate the design into a digitally created image to display the image commercially
Example: The design is part of a larger graphical advertisement - Incorporate font characters to create digital end-products for sale commercially provided all the following are true:
- The end product has been rasterized, flattened, and/or converted to vector shapes;
- The font file itself is not included or embedded in the end product; and
- The characters of the font cannot be easily extracted, separated, traced, or otherwise used to create new text designs.
- Use the design in marketing efforts, either in print or online visual format, so long as such action does not include providing access to the design file, either in whole or in part.
The following actions are restricted, even if a commercial license is owned:
- Redistribute or sell files in a digital format containing the commercial license image in a way that provides access to use the original design file, either in part or in whole
- Adjust files and then claim them as original creations to bypass the original IP
All Commercial License options include a personal use license and can freely be utilized for personal use, as well. If a commercial license is unavailable for a design, that design is strictly limited to personal use only. It is permissible for individuals to reproduce physical goods using personally licensed images for any individual, organization, or event, so long as it is not with the intent of resale purposes.
Commercial License Cost
The royalty-free license fee is a flat, one-time payment for Unlimited commercial use of the specific individual design. Pricing will vary based on the design type and other select factors.
Purchasing a Commercial License
To purchase a design for commercial use:
- Go to the Silhouette Design Store
- Search for the design in question
- Clicking on the design to view the details pop-up window
- Check the 'Commercial Use' box, if available
NOTE: If the 'Commercial Use' box is greyed out, then a commercial license option is not available for this design - Add the design to your cart
- Proceed to check out
Commercial License Records
Click here to view commercial licenses that you own on your Silhouette account and have commercial use rights for. They are located at the bottom of your orders page.
Older Commercial Licenses
For limited-use commercial licenses purchased before January 2018, the following terms apply:
Commercial License options may be available for 1) producing up to 100 units, 2) producing up to 1,000 units, and c) an unlimited option, which allows you to produce an unlimited number of units for commercial purposes.
For instance, if you plan to produce 50 scrapbook page kits using a design from the Silhouette Design Store, you would need to purchase the commercial license allowing "Up to 100" units. If you plan to produce 150 units, you would need to purchase the license type allowing "Up to 1,000".
You can upgrade older commercial licenses to the current default unlimited-use option by following the steps above.
The Wish List feature on the Silhouette Design Store provides a convenient way to hold designs you like but may not be ready to purchase, so you can easily come back to purchase them later.
Adding to the Wish List
To add items to your Wish List, click on the heart icon on any image thumbnail
You can alternately click on this same heart icon on the Details page.
Viewing and Managing Your Wish List
To view your Wish List, click on the heart icon in the upper-right corner of the Silhouette Design Store. The number listed in this icon is the number of items on your Wish List.
NOTE: You must be signed into your account in order to see your Wish List
You can remove items from your Wish List by clicking on the trash icon under the thumbnail. You can also click on the 'Clear Wish List' option at the top of the page to remove all items from your Wish List.
NOTE: This action is not reversible.
Once you're ready to purchase an item from your Wish List, you can add it to your cart using the cart icon under the design.
If you prefer to move all Wish List items to your cart to purchase everything, you can click on the button labeled 'Add Wish List Contents to Cart'.
When adding an item to your cart from your Wish List, the item is removed from your Wish List.
Moving Cart Items to Your Wish List
If you decide not to purchase an item in your cart, you can always move it to your Wish List to save it for later. To do so, click on the heart icon under the Action column in the shopping cart. This action will move items back to your Wish List.
Not finding what you're looking for in the Silhouette Design Store?
Click here to suggest a design for our Design Store artists.
NOTE: Making a suggestion does not guarantee your idea will be created.
The Silhouette Design Store provides a 'Last Chance Designs' section, which is a collection of older designs that you can get at up to 75% off the original price before they're discontinued.
NOTE: If you have a Premium or higher-level Subscription, all 'Last Chance' designs are free!
New designs are typically added each week as older ones are rotated out, so be sure to check back frequently and grab them before they're gone forever.
There are two different kinds of monograms found at the Silhouette Design Store:
These are two distinctly different types of files.
NOTE: While thumbnail previews between these offering types may look similar, they are different. A Monogram Font will have an “Aa” icon in the bottom left corner of the preview, whereas
Monogram Cut Files
Cut files are downloaded to the 'Recent Downloads' folder of your library as a STUDIO file type.
These files are a static design. This file type cannot be modified by typing with your keyboard. If the design comes with multiple letters, you can Ungroup the pieces and move the letters to customize the monogram.
Monogram Fonts
Fonts are downloaded to the 'Fonts' folder of your library as a TTF or OTF file.
Font files include access to multiple letters and/or other characters. These characters can be manipulated by typing on your keyboard using the 'Text' tool (on the left-hand toolbar).
NOTE: The following article may get a little sketchy in places. Sorry/Not-sorry.
Sketching Fonts with Pens
Silhouette cutting machines can use pens with the use of a Pen Holder to draw designs, as opposed to cutting with a blade.
The action of sketching is the same as the action of cutting, so whatever you see on your screen is how the Silhouette machine will draw your design. This leaves you with three options for how to handle font designs in Silhouette Studio when you want to use a pen to draw letters:
- Sketch the font as-is. This just means you're drawing the 'hollow' letters.
- Apply Sketch Effects to your font.
- Use a special Sketch Font (exclusively from the Silhouette Design Store).
NOTE: Special Sketch Fonts, exclusively intended for use with Silhouette Studio, are designed to look more like sketch lines, giving it a 'drawn' or 'handwritten' feel. Regular fonts cannot be automatically converted to this style. These fonts are not true single lines. The letters are still drawing a letter outline; the font is just designed to be very very thin.
ABOVE: 800% zoomed-in view of dot from "i" in a Sketch Font
If you have found a design flaw with a design offered at the Silhouette Design Store, please contact support@silhouetteamerica.com with the design ID number.
You can find the Design ID number by clicking on the design. Once the design information pop-up is displayed, you'll find the ID number in the location highlighted below:
