Hello, Friends! Marilyn here with a technique that may be new to some of you. Those who use it call it the knock-out technique. Here is an example of what the knock-out technique looks like: Silhouette Knock-Out Design Technique To create my example, I first typed out the "Happy New Year" in black using a thick font (I used Impact). The line spacing will need to be adjusted to make the lines closer to each other. Then I typed 2015 in blue using the font Arial. The colorful confetti was purchased and downloaded from the Silhouette store. Design #17667 from Silhouette Store I color filled the confetti and placed around the 2015 text. Step 1 - design Next place the 2015-confetti design on top of the Happy New Year text and duplicate - you'll need two copies of your design for this effect. Step 2 - place 2015-confetti design on top of Happy New Year and create an extra copy. Highlight the top design and choose "crop". You'...