Digital Die Cutting with Sandy McCauley
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Controlling Cut Order
This post is thanks to Jenny who was trying to cut a series of adjacent rectangles and they were not cutting in order from left to right. Because she's cutting rather large rectangles from 15" wide vinyl, this was bothering her. I know that I also never like it when...
From .GRA to .KNK with Cute Writer
This post is mostly directed to users of Design Master, however Cute PDF Writer may be of interest to anyone who doesn't already have a .pdf-creating program. In this video, I show where to download the free Cute PDF Writer application and how to use it in Design...
2008 Olympics: Let’s Make a Flag!
Sorry I've been out of touch for so long! It's been a busy few weeks. Note that my videos are now being hosted at Scrapbook Die Cutter, which, as most of your know, is the creator of the Klic-N-Kut. I will also be selling KNK Studio GE through them, beginning probably...
Quilting with a KNK
Ronnie Lewison is using her Klic-N-Kut Element to cut fabric for quilting. She found that using Heat and Bond extra hold fusible webbing, an extra-sticky mat and going over the fabric with a brayer to tack it down really well produced good results. She cut the fabric...
Entering Default Settings in the Tracing Window
If you have accidentally deleted one of your trace settings or if you would like to create a new default, then today's video will quickly show you how to do that. Here's the link: Setting Accuscan DefaultsIf you need the settings on any of the listed defaults, here's...
Understanding the Blades and Accessories
Here's a list of the various cap colors and which blade holders they apply to on a Klic-N-Kut: The silver blade holder AND the Maxx blade holder uses these blades: red capped 45 degree: vinyl, paper, cardstock blue capped 60 degree OR blue capped Sliver 2 (replacement...
OOPS!!! What Did I Do?
Today's topic covers the little things you can inadvertently click in KNK Studio or Design Master that will cause something "bad" to happen. Now by "bad", I don't mean anything catastrophic! lol I'm referring to those moments when something just doesn't look right and...
Decorative Edged Card
Today's post is for Lynn G who requested a method for making a deckle edge. Even though Lynn posted some samples, I'm not sure I created exactly what she wanted. At first I was trying a random, sort of torn edge look to a card. But after cutting it, I decided that...
Alternative to Clipping for DM/WB/CR/SILH Users
On June 25, I posted about a feature in KNK Studio which allows you to fill letters with a pattern for a print and cut. Thanks to some posters at the UK Scrappers board, I determined that you can use Microsoft Word to also fill letters with a fill/texture and then...
A 12" Overlay Cut On an 8" (or 9") Cutter
Thanks to Sharon M for allowing me to post her layout below. She has an 8" Graphtec cutter but was able to create this overlay by using the Ginsu Knife tool in Klic-N-Kut Studio to cut the overlay vertically in half, and then cut the two pieces separately. She then...