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GENTLEMAN CRAFTER

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Scan N Cut Saturday – Print to Cut Alternative for CM and SDX Owners

May 14, 2022April 19, 2022 John - Gentleman Crafter6 Comments

This week I have put together a video showing how to create a printable sheet with alignment guides in Microsoft Word that can then be used to generate cutting lines in Canvas Workspace and then aligned in your Scan N Cut machine – whether it is a CM or SDX model.

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Scan N Cut Saturday – Best Way To Extract A Shape From Another Design

April 23, 2022April 14, 2022 John - Gentleman Crafter6 Comments

Sometimes we look at designs and pass them by because we don’t like a part of the design however with the editing tools available in Canvas Workspace you can extract parts of a design easily – this video will show you how.

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Scan N Cut Saturday – Quick Tips for Creative Text in Canvas Workspace

October 23, 2021October 19, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter3 Comments

I’ve seen a fair few questions across Facebook groups about working with text recently and so decided to do a quick video to show a few of the creative ways you can work with text in Canvas Workspace.

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Canvas Workspace August 2021 Update

Scan N Cut Saturday – Canvas Workspace for PC/MAC Update

August 14, 2021August 6, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter7 Comments

An updated version of Canvas Workspace for PC/MAC got released recently. Just the one new feature which I will share with you here.

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Scan N Cut Saturday – A Little Bit of Elbow Grease

July 24, 2021July 14, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter22 Comments

No tutorial this week, just an honest and open review. Read on and hopefully you will be impressed.

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Scan N Cut Saturday Creative Hack – Welding Text Inside Frames and Apertures

July 17, 2021July 8, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter6 Comments

When working without a colour fill on your objects it can be mystifying when you try and weld text inside a frame or aperture and it simply disappears. Here is why and how to correctly weld a word or phrase inside another shape.

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Scan N Cut Saturday Creative Hack – Using Fit To Path to Make Text Flow Along A Shape

July 10, 2021July 4, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter4 Comments

Ever wondered if you can make text flow along a shape, rather than sit on it’s edge? Well, with this creative hack, the answer is yes!

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Scan N Cut Saturday – Where To Download Five Full FREE Official Brother Scan N Cut Projects and Ideas Books

June 26, 2021June 26, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter18 Comments

Watcha, no tutorial in this one however I am going to save you money AND provide you with inspiration – well, truthfully Brother are however I am still going to tell you where to find it all.

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Scan N Cut Saturday Video Tutorial – Create Unique Draw/Fill Patterns Using Basic Shapes in Canvas Workspace.

June 26, 2021June 22, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter9 Comments

Well, it has been a while since I have created any Scan N Cut content for YouTube but with the first of a series of new videos being released this week, I thought I’d best let you all know about it.

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Scan N Cut Saturday Video Tutorial – Making A Spiral Betty Design

March 27, 2021March 24, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter14 Comments

Popular with Cricut users this trend has been all over social media so I thought that I’d be a sheep and follow the herd but give it a go with me Scan N Cut.

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SVG File Viewer Breakthrough!

February 6, 2021February 6, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter54 Comments

Tired of not being able to see all of your SVG files in your Windows 10 file browser? Bored of having to open every single one individually in order to find the one you want? Then read this!

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Design And Make Fabric Earrings Using The Brother Scan N Cut

Design And Make Fabric Earrings With The Brother Scan N Cut

January 16, 2021January 14, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter3 Comments

The first of a series of projects for the Scan N Cut users out there today. This one shows how I went about creating a set of fabric earrings using some faux leather.

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Designing Stitchable Card Fronts In Canvas Workspace GC

Scan N Cut Saturday Video Tutorial – Creating Stitchable Card Fronts

May 23, 2020August 29, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter3 Comments

Creating Stitchable Card Fronts in Canvas Workspace

In this tutorial I will share with you how I created stitchable card fronts using Canvas Workspace and the piercing kit, available for DX models of the Scan N Cut.

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Scan N Cut Saturday Video Tutorial – Creating and Drawing Hand Embroidery Designs

May 9, 2020August 28, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter4 Comments

A Little Idea – Creating and Drawing Hand Embroidery Designs with Canvas Workspace

Hallo you. Hope all is well.

I’ve been having a little play with the Scan N Cut as a result of a few questions that have popped up recently about using fabric pens.

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Scan N Cut Saturday – Spread The Word, Make Some Money

May 9, 2020August 28, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter2 Comments

Spread The Word and Make Some Money – Easy!

This week I have put in place a way to send a little thank you for spreading the word about my Scan N Cut course on Udemy. A simple way for you to make some pocket money for sending folk on over.

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