Digital Die Cutting with Sandy McCauley
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This web site provides support, comparisons, videos, drivers, test settings, and other information related to the StarCraft SOLO, Skycut and Klic-N-Kut digital die cutters, as well as various cutter software programs.If you are just now learning about cutters, check out the Skycut demo videos. These are amazing cutters!
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Handy Circle Tip
Before I get into today's tip, I wanted to let you all know that I will be gone to Texas to teach cutting classes for the rest of the week, so I may not get a chance to post! Hopefully, I will find a few minutes to post something new, but if not, then know that new...
How to Create a Bumble Bee Path
Today's tutorial is a design question that's never come up before. Karen wants to create a swirling path of small rectangles resembling the path a bumblebee might take. 🙂 I had to think about this one for a while and finally came up with ONE method. I'm not sure...
Original Review of 13″ Yellow Klic-N-Kut
To create a complete site, I'm going to post the original reviews I wrote when the KNK was first released, as well as, the review of KNK Studio software. Again, the goal of this blog is to have as much information in one place, as possible. 🙂 Here is the initial...
Original Review of KNK Studio
This review was posting in December 2006, long before I discovered the many hidden treasures within KNK Studio! At the time of this writing, I was so very impressed with what this program had to offer paper crafters wanting to design their own files. If I were to...
Original Review of the KNK Element
The following review was written on March 30, 2007, a few months before the Elements was actually released. The review was written based on knowing the capabilities of the 13" KNK and the changes that were being made to the Element. I've added some updated comments in...
Differences between KNK Studio GE and Regular KNK Studio
KNK Studio GE was created for the owners of 8" Graphtec cutters, specifically: Craft Robo's, Wishblades, and Silhouettes. The difference between the GE version of the software and the regular version is minimal... but still it's worthy noting: (1) GE utilizes the...
Grouping vs Making Path Part 2: The Analogy
As promised, I pondered about real life examples that might help users better understand Grouping versus Making Path. My first thought was Fruit Salad versus a Smoothie... but then I realized that with a Smoothie, you cannot go backwards and extract the individual...
Grouping versus Making Path
Thanks to Kathy TwoBears for today's subject. Great suggestion, Kathy!In Klic-N-Kut Studio, the difference between Grouping and Making Path can be very fuzzy for most new owners. I even had to get Chad Youngblut at Accugraphic to explain it to me, in detail, early on...
My Favorite Icons
Customizing your toolbar is a way to make your KNK Studio experience even better. I have several functions that I like having readily available, but be sure to think about what YOU might find handy, rather than just copying my list. Further, my list are all functions...
Cutting a 12" Border
While digital die cutters can do some very intricate cutting, it can be difficult to cut a precise 12" border from a 12" long sheet of cardstock. However, here's a method that insures you get a complete border cut from your cardstock every time.Before I get started on...