Scan N Cut Images

Last week a friend of mine had a couple of questions about the Brother Scan N Cut.  I purchased one when this particular machine first came out over three years ago.  After using the Cricut for many years, I liked the idea of being able to scan in images/stamped images and having a machine cut them out versus using cartridges for images.  Well, the SNC was very frustrating as some of the stamped images easily scanned and then were die cut.  At the same time, many of the stamped images did not show up on the mat or get cut out.  I put the machine away as there were just too many things that needed to be worked out and went back to my Cricut.

After questions from my friend last week, I took out my Scan N Cut and started playing.  I had to update the machine and played with it for quite a few hours since then.  Yesterday, I stamped the little dog three times.  The image on the left was cut out using a MFT coordinating die. The image on the right was scanned and cut on the Scan N Cut.  The flowers and the oranges were cut out of 12 x 12 pieces of DSP paper.  After scanning the DSP piece, I then zoomed in on a portion of the paper I wanted cut.  Sure enough, the SNC did a pretty darn good job.

I have been having fun using the SNC again, but it still has some of the same issues that caused me to put the machine away.  Now that I am getting reacquainted with the SNC, it might be on my counter for a while!  Have a great day!

Carnations

My very favorite flower is the carnation.  I love their scent and they look so pretty.  A few weeks ago, Altenew released a new stamp set and coordinating dies, Build A Flower:  Carnation.  Today's card was created using that set.  The carnation is a four-step flower and it does take a little thought as to which colors you are going to use.  When I was making these carnations, I should have written down the inks I used~~but I didn't!  I do know that for one I used Flirty Flamingo and stamped off a couple of times for the different layers.  And then I used Melon Mambo and stamped off a couple of times for the other.  After stamping off, I am not sure which inks I used.  Next time I write down the ink steps!  The sentiment is included in the set.  Have a great day and find yourself a little stampin' time!

With Love

I used the Penny Black stamp set, Loads of Love, for today's card. This set has many cute images.  As a matter of fact, I used this stamp set last year and still have a couple of images I have not used.  I saw the layout for today's card on Pinterest and thought this image would look cute in a circle layered on a scalloped circle.  The image was colored with alcohol markers.  The sentiment is from an old Amuse stamp set that I use often.  Back in the day, Amuse had some wonderful stamps.  But they long ago closed shop.  The heart paper is one that I found at Hobby Lobby and contrasts nicely with the black and Crumb Cake cardstock. Have a great day!

Simple Thinking of You

Today's card is clean and simple.  It was created using images and a sentiment from Stampin' Up's Friendship's Sweetest Thoughts stamp set in the Occasions mini.  I simply stamped the images and sentiment using Chocolate Chip ink and colored the little images using alcohol markers.  Using dimensionals, I adhered that layer on top of the white layer that was embossed using the Layered Leaves embossing folder.  The card base was created using a long-ago retired color, Pixie Pink.  Have a great day and a great weekend!