Basic designing and cutting Vinyl

Hello everyone

Well it’s been a long time since I posted but as they say “better late than never”!

I actually did these videos at the beginning of the lock-down/confinement however I had problems getting the 2nd part of the video off my phone and have only just been able to resolve this problem.

This is a ‘back to basics’ video so if you are confident in your knowledge of your machine then it might not be for you

In the first part I show how to import, manipulate, replicate and group items in readiness for cutting either on a 12 x 12 mat which can be done on either the CM machines or the SDX machines or on the roll feed option which is only for the SDX machines.

Here is the link to the video – part 1

In the second part I am concentrating on cutting on the machine, weeding and adhering to a shiny surface such as a mug .  I now only have an SDX machine however, the CM machine using the 12 x 12 mat is very much the same procedure.  It is not possible to use the roll feed on the CM machines.

I do have to apologise about this video however.  I made the video not thinking about the fact that part of me would be visible in it.  Had I realised I would have worn something other than my ‘onesie’.  It was a Sunday and because of lock-down I was confident that no one would call unexpectedly so decided to have a ‘dress-down day’ – opps 🙂  It could have been worse, that’s all I’m saying!

Here is the link to the video – part 2

Hope this is helpful

Anne x

Champagne Bottle Card

Hi everyone

I made this recently on my CM900 and very happy with how it turned out so files for cutting below.  Drew it Illustrator, saved as an .svg file then opened in Canvas to send to machine.

For some unknown reason Canvas always imports it at a much smaller size so you will need to enlarge it to suit your needs (and/or envelopes!)  I used artistic licence and made the length of the bottle suitable for an A4 picece of cardstock but knocked off the keep proportions size to get the width I wanted or it would have been completely wrong for my use.

Drew the wording in on the labels before cutting them to avoid them moving.  Obviously haven’t included the text as that is a personal choice.  Even cut the little bubbles out on my machine.

I need to make another similar card so will cut this out on my new machine so that I have a direct comparison of their cutting capabilities – will be an interesting exercise!

Here is the link to the file  https://www.dropbox.com/s/xxnssg0z7v1p8cx/Champagne%20Bottle.JPG.cwprj?dl=0

it is a .cwprj file (Canvas desktop file as opposed to online file) so you can’t view it from dropbox but you can import it and open in Canvas as normal.

Any problems give me a shout and I will always be happy to help out

Anne x

New House Card

Having not posted anything for a long time I can now make up for that by posting the cutting files for two cards I made recently.

The first is this “New Home” card which was very simple – I cut it out of white card stock and just put a cream backing behind (on account that was the colour of their new home), I then added a couple of small rolled flowers.  Greeting was drawn on using the sNc prior to cutting out the house shape to ensure it was all in the correct place. 

To access the cutting file click here :  https://www.dropbox.com/s/zncxr5bu6b8vqqv/New%20Home.cwprj?dl=0