Projects and articles relating to the Brother Scan N Cut electronic cutting machines and Brother Scan N Cut Canvas
I have recently been advised that Creative Fabrica have decided to close down the Creative Fabrica Fans page side of their business with effect from 30th April this year so I have been looking for a new home for those that wish to nab my SVG cutting file designs.
After much deliberation I have chosen to go with Patreon. There are a number of reasons for this.
Read on to find out more and how it may affect you.
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If you follow me on social media, you will likely have seen me blabbering on about this in the last day or so but in case you don’t, or haven’t seen the posts yet, I am truly excited to have released a brand new Scan N Cut course in which Cal Summer, mini-book expert, and I will teach you how to design and make a mini book album from scratch using Canvas Workspace and your Brother Scan N Cut!
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Since posting about the Artspira app last week more information has popped up, including a surprise “new” Scan N Cut model to sit alongside last year’s US release.
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Recently Brother announced a new mobile app called Artspira that will allow you to create, edit and transfer designs directly to your Scan N Cut machine.
Now, your ability to access this will depend on a few things so let me drum things down to some well organised Q and A.
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When you think of a font that you use with your computer, you would likely think of those installable collections of characters that you can then select from a drop-down menu in your software and type away with your swishy new text style.
These are known as either .TTF (True Type Font) or .OTF (Open Type Font).
But what are single line fonts, where do we find them and how do we use them?
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Spotted a useful addition for Scan N Cut owners whilst on my break and the creators have been kind enough to send me a few bits and bobs to try out so, let’s dig in and try them out …
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This week I took a look through some of the available options for adding foiled detail with your Brother Scan N Cut. The official kit isn’t the only option so it’s worth a look if you want to explore this feature…
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A chunkier how-to idea for you this week looking at just one way of using Kraftex (vegan leather) to create an adjustable double-layered cuff.
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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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I talk a lot about Canvas Workspace however all models of the Scan N Cut have their own built-in editing tools.
This video will show you just some of the creative power that you have available in SDX models.
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The TemplateMaker website is an awesome resource for Scan N Cut owners however some of the designs export in ways that are not compatible with the editing options available in Canvas Workspace.
This video will show you a way of working around this and getting exactly what you want.
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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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A quick video today sharing some tips to clear the fear for new users.
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A quick video about self intersecting paths. What they are and a couple of ideas for fixing them.
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