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Category: Scan N Cut Saturday

Projects and articles relating to the Brother Scan N Cut electronic cutting machines and Brother Scan N Cut Canvas

Scan N Cut Text Tool

New Scan N Cut Type Converter

December 1, 2016December 4, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter27 Comments

Hallo All. I have just seen that Brother have released a new tool for creating cutting files with words from any True Type font on your computer.

It works slightly differently to the rest of the software that is out there so I thought that I would give you an overview of what it is and what you can do with it.

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Mandala Cutting Files

Ten New Mandala Cutting Files Out Now – Includes DXF, FCM and SVG File Formats

November 27, 2016February 21, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter2 Comments

Been designing a lot over the last few days so you have TEN new cutting files to choose from and also a saver deal to give you the best value for money!

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Didi Doiley Cutting File Bundle From Digital Craft Emporium

New Didi Doily Designs Cutting File Collection Out Now

October 21, 2016February 21, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter2 Comments

Hello all. Managed to get some designing done late into the night this week so I am therefore pleased to be able to share them with you today.

After releasing the popular Doily Design cutting files recently I was asked to see if I could come up with some for smaller designs for the card makers out there.

Your wish is my command …

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New 5in1 Circular Cutting Files Now Available

September 6, 2016February 21, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter1 Comment

Hallo my lovlies. I emailed out last night about these however I wasn’t sure if you all will have received that so I thought that I would let you know that I have uploaded some new cutting file designs to my online shop – and there is an extra special offer on …

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Brother Scan N Cut Canvas Homepage

Brother Scan N Cut Updates

August 25, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter20 Comments

August is an exciting month for Scan N Cut users as there have been software updates in Canvas and also software updates for all of the machines.

Read on for the lowdown on what’s been upgraded and how to get hold of them.

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Keyboard Shortcuts For Scan N Cut Canvas

March 5, 2016March 4, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter32 Comments

Continuing the series of mini tutorials for Scan N Cut canvas I thought that I would share a little known series of keyboard shortcuts that may speed up your designing sessions.

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Scan N Cut and Scan N Cut Canvas Updates (Feb 2016)

February 14, 2016February 14, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter18 Comments

Hello all. Just letting the Scan N Cut owners out there know that there have been a few updates over the last few days to software and to Canvas.

Here is a quick overview with a few handy links.

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Designing Welded Word Frames In Scan N Cut Canvas

January 23, 2016January 5, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter14 Comments

Following on from my previous Scan N Cut Canvas tutorials I thought that I would show you a quick and simple way of creating welded word frames.
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Making Silhouette Aperture Cards In Scan N Cut Canvas

Making Silhouette Aperture Cards In Scan N Cut Canvas

January 9, 2016January 3, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter13 Comments

Another quick video tutorial for you Brother Scan N Cut owners in this post.

This time around I will show you how to create silhouette aperture cards in under ten minutes!

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Designing A Chain Link Frame In Scan N Cut Canvas

January 2, 2016January 2, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter15 Comments

Been having a lot of good feedback regarding the mini tutorial videos that I have been making for Scan N Cut Canvas so thought I’d make another little quickie for you.

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Designing A Shaped Word Card In Brother Scan N Cut Canvas

December 21, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter14 Comments

Managed to squeeze in another in Scan N Cut tutorial series today. This time around I show you how to create a shaped word card from scratch using the tools and fonts found in Scan N Cut Canvas.

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Creating Half Cut Cards In Scan N Cut Canvas

December 12, 2015December 11, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter7 Comments

Some time ago (over a year ago in fact) I created a blog post about how to create half cut cards in Scan N Cut Canvas. As part of my little series of Scan N Cut tutorials I though that it would be great if I could make a little video to accompany that.

So here it is!

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Scan N Cut Canvas – Removing Cut Lines To Create Flaps

November 9, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter7 Comments

Hello all :) Wel,, I’ve had a couple of questions about removing cut lines in the Scan N Cut Canvas design suite recently so I thought that it might be easier to show this one, rather than to type it out – so here is a lovely little quick tip video for you.

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Brother Scan N Cut Canvas Update (Version 2.0.0) – Video Overview

September 7, 2015June 17, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter35 Comments

Hello All! Well, lot’s has been happening with the Scan N Cut Canvas cloud based design suite over the last couple of month’s so I thought that I would take a few minutes to record a quick overview video on what’s new and updated.

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Brother Scan N Cut Canvas Overview

A Quick Video Overview Of Brother Scan N Cut Canvas

January 10, 2015January 9, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter51 Comments

Here is a quick video overview of the Brother Scan N Cut Canvas that I put together recently.

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