Spring ~ Flower ~ Vinyl ~ Brother Scan N Cut

Hello bloggers, welcome to a new month with a pinch and a punch.  I hope you had a good start to the weekend yesterday.  Today I have a card made using of just vinyl and the card stock for the card blank.

This card began as an A4 sheet of white card stock that I scored to make an A5 card blank.  Next using a pre-loaded design from the Brother Scan N Cut, I cut out of yellow and turquoise vinyl a flower.  The yellow flower was adhered to the card blank and then I layered the turquoise one on top at a different angle so you can see all the petals.  Next I cut a 1" circle from green vinyl and a stem with leaves.  Once cut I added the circle to the centre of the flower and added the leaves to the flower.  Next using a pre-loaded sentiment on the Brother Scan N cut I cut the word 'spring' out of purple vinyl.  Finally the 'spring' word was added to the bottom of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Thanks A Bunch ~ Marie Curie Daffodil

Hello bloggers, today I have a lovely spring card with some Marie Curie Daffodils.

This card began as a 12x12 sheet of blue card stock that I cut and scored to make 5.25 x 8.5 card blank.  Next I adhered some blue butterfly patterned paper to the front of the card.  Using some yellow satin ribbon across the centre of the card and added a hand tied bow which I adhered with a glue dot.  The topper was stamped onto white card stock using mustard seed distress ink and Marie Curie Ltd Edition 'daffodil' stamp.  Once stamped I used a water brush and some mustard seed distress ink to colour the flowers.  The stems were coloured with a green ProMarker.  The topper was then die cut with Spellbinders 'labels E' die set.  I then cut a mat for the topper using the larger sized die and yellow glitter card.  The topper and mat were adhered together and added to the top of the card.  

The sentiment was created using the text feature of the Brother Scan N Cut.  It was then cut out of yellow vinyl.  Finally the text was added to the card below the ribbon. 

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Happy Birthday Fairies and Flowers ~ Decoupage ~ Brother Scan N Cut

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and had a good day yesterday.  Today I have a card for a little girl to share with fairies and flowers.

This card began as a white 6x6 card blank. I added to the card blank a Papermania purple floral paper.  Next using a decoupage sheet from my stash I popped out all the elements and filed off the pips.  I then used a dark grey Promarker and went around the edges of each piece.  The decoupage pieces were layered up and then added to the bottom of the card.  The sentiment was cut out of purple vinyl using a text from the Brother Scan N Cut.  Once cut out I added it to the top of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Sorry Flowers & Girl ~ Shaped Scallop Circle Card

Hello bloggers I hope the week began well for you.  Today I have a sorry card to share with you.

This card began as a 12x12 grey card stock that I folded and then die cut using Spellbinders 'grand scallop circles' die set to make my card blank.  Next I used the same die and die cut a mat for the topper from some pale green card stock.  The mat was adhered to the card blank but off set from the card blank scallop edge.  Next I printed out my digistamp which is from Chameleon Color Tones.  I then coloured it using water colour pencils.  Once coloured I die cut it using the same die set as above but a smaller die. The topper was then adhered to the card blank again off setting the scallop pattern.  The sentiment was created using the Brother Scan N Cut text feature.  Once created I cut it out of purple vinyl and then added it to the topper to complete the card.

Happy Crafting  xx Hazel

Love Is ~ Engagement ~Hearts, Flowers, Butterflies

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and all prepared for the big day.  Today I have an engagement card to share.

This card began as an A4 sheet of red card stock that I cut and scored to make a 5x5.5 card blank.  Next I cut a piece of red vellum to the size of the card blank and adhered it into place.  Using a butterfly patterned paper from my stash I cut this to slightly smaller than the card blank to show off some of the red vellum.  Next I stamped the heart image onto the butterfly paper using barn door distress ink and IndigoBlu 'love is' stamp set.  The topper was then adhered to the card blank. The sentiment was  made using some sticky back vinyl from my stash and a pre-installed sentiment from the Brother Scan N Cut which I made to the size I wanted and then cut it out.  Finally the sentiment was adhered to the bottom of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Brother Scan N Cut Review ~ Gingerbread Man & Christmas Tree Nail Art

Hello bloggers today I thought I would review the Brother Scan N Cut that I purchased a few months ago and also share a couple of things I have been doing.

 Gingerbread Nail Art

Christmas Tree Nail Art

The Brother Scan N Cut is an electronic cutting machine that does not need a computer attached to it to use it.   In fact you can not physically attach one to it you have to use a USB stick to transfer any data including machine updates.  It is a fabulous machine even though it is a little on the expensive side I do feel that once you get used to it and have had time to play and experiment that you will find it is well worth its weight in gold and you will soon get your money back.  The few teething problems I have been having is cancelling everything with my left hand as I lean to the machine to use the stylus as I am left handed a right handed person would not have this problem I suspect.  It is important to make sure you remember to keep on changing your settings when cutting different materials.  Something I keep forgetting to do.  Also bear in mind that different brands of a similar product will perform differently.  Yesterday I was cutting mirror board and then changed to a different colour and on the same settings it cut through my mat slightly where as the previous cut was fine.

I do find it a bit noisy when cutting very intricate things like 8mm snowflakes.  The cut is great and the style of the machine is lovely and modern.  It is far easier to use than other electronic machines I have had in the past.  It is really straight forward with 600 pre-installed images including fonts to cut out in sizes from 1mm to 12inch and every size in between depending on the intricacy of the image.

You can also use a computer to access Brother Scan N cut Canvas which allows you to down load svg cutting files and convert them to fcm which is the files that the machine uses.  You can create in canvas and then everything is transported to the machine by a USB stick.  There is a list of compatible ones that Brother have checked that comes in the box.

The pictures above are what I have been using vinyl to cut out nail art and it has gone down really well and has been very popular.  There are lots of support groups on the internet to support anyone with problems as well as You Tube videos on how to use different aspects of the machine and canvas.  There are lots of people who supply free svg cutting files for you to use on your machine.  Others are available at very reasonable prices too.

Overall I love love love this machine best craft purchase I have ever made.  I can't wait to have more time to really get into it and develop my skills and maybe start designing my own images.

Happy Crafting xx hazel