mminia
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Post by mminia on Aug 10, 2020 13:08:53 GMT
If you have a Scan 'n Cut, you can easily make a shadow for your word dies. Just trace the word die on a piece of paper, scan it on the Scan 'n Cut, and save it. Then when the machine cuts it out, it is a shadow. I have a Happy Birthday die that often gets lost on a busy background but I made the shadow to put behind it and it doubles how useful it is.
I put a note in the sleeve where I keep the die of the number it is saved under on the Scan 'n Cut. This way when I get the die out to use, I know exactly where to find the shadow.
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 10, 2020 14:09:16 GMT
For those with a less steady hand, instead of tracing it onto paper, you could also just cut it from a dark color of card stock, and use that to create your shadow cut file.
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lindas
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Post by lindas on Aug 10, 2020 14:22:45 GMT
Such a simple why to get that shadow yet I never gave it a thought. Thanks for the tip.
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Post by kkrenn on Aug 10, 2020 19:34:20 GMT
I really like that idea! I have a scan and cut and I swear I only know how to use 5% of it!
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azcrafty
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Post by azcrafty on Aug 10, 2020 20:37:06 GMT
Cool idea. TFS
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Post by gmcwife1 on Aug 11, 2020 4:24:36 GMT
I really like that idea! I have a scan and cut and I swear I only know how to use 5% of it! Same!! Thank you OP and scrapnnana for the tips! |
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Post by joblackford on Aug 15, 2020 17:48:26 GMT
I definitely need to do this with my die cut words! Thank you. I tried it out one time using a black cut out word, but I should've either saved it or mass produced a bunch to use on cards.
And I should play around with using it to cut around big bold stamped sentiments to create my own sentiment die cuts. I guess I could save those too.
Honestly, I have been really lazy with this kind of thing. I think about getting alpha dies and then think, no, just use the SNC, but then I never do either! lol. So lazy...
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