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Post by streetscrapper on Jan 24, 2018 0:13:55 GMT
I’m suddenly obsessing over the Brother Scan-n-Cut! Up until a couple of days ago I didn’t have a clue what it does and now I seriously want one. Trouble is that I want the Gemini Jr. too because of how well it cuts intricate dies (which have always been a bit of an issue for me) and because I’ve already got a Cameo, not to mention that space is a huge issue, I’m struggling justifying getting one! I don’t buy the matching dies for most stamps, but I do have a few. I either fussy cut (hate) or if I have to cut the same image a couple of times, I have created a cut file with my Cameo. I recently bought the PixScan mat, but haven’t tried it out. Ideally the next Cameo will do it all... so, if you have both a Cameo (or Cricut) and the Scan-n-Cut, talk me into, or out of, buying one.
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Post by christinebk on Jan 24, 2018 0:30:32 GMT
moraie told/showed me how amazing the Brother Scan n cut is- she can definitely shed light on the Brother Scan n Cut vs the Cameo. 
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Post by grammadee on Jan 24, 2018 1:25:21 GMT
I just saw Alice Boll's (Scrapbook Wonderland) interview with the Brother lady at CHA. It really explained exactly what a SNC2 can do.
I think I will be happy with my Cameo, but I can see the advantage of the SNC2 for cutting paper scraps. I guess you can put in a whole sheet of pp, scan it, and then place your design for cutting on exactly the perfect part of the paper. Or cut it out of a piece that has not yet been cut.
And of course you can wave fussy cutting goodbye: just scan stamped or printed images and turn them into cut files.
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Post by streetscrapper on Jan 24, 2018 2:05:18 GMT
I just saw Alice Boll's (Scrapbook Wonderland) interview with the Brother lady at CHA. It really explained exactly what a SNC2 can do. I think I will be happy with my Cameo, but I can see the advantage of the SNC2 for cutting paper scraps. I guess you can put in a whole sheet of pp, scan it, and then place your design for cutting on exactly the perfect part of the paper. Or cut it out of a piece that has not yet been cut. And of course you can wave fussy cutting goodbye: just scan stamped or printed images and turn them into cut files. I saw that video too! Love the fact that you can cut from scraps as well as cut out specific images on patterned paper. When I did my Christmas cards this year I created a cut file with my Cameo for the stamp I used, but I cut the cardstock first and then used my stamp platform to stamp the image. I didn’t want to colour everything and then get a wonky cut, which has been known to happen with my Cameo. Looks like the SNC2 would be far more efficient both in saving paper and time! |
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Post by moraie on Jan 24, 2018 3:07:35 GMT
Lol christinebk. I do love my Scan n Cut. It's a right tool for the job type of thing. The Cameo can do what the SnC does via the PixScan mat, and the SnC can cut out designs like the Cameo does, but they both do what they do best much better than the other machine. Cameo's client and design/editing features are better and the library is huge. But if you stamp, the Scan n Cut's faster, easier work flow saves you so much time that it's worth the cost and space. I can cut out a sheet of stamped images on the SnC before I can even get them loaded into my Cameo client w/the PixScan mat. The cuts are more accurate than the PixScan mat, it does better on colored images (no black borders), and you can cut out some seriously intricate designs with no border. You do save a lot by not buying dies, and it doesn't take very many sets to offset the cost of the machine. The no-borders cuts are great for making masks. And there's a lot of sets you buy dies for that don't have dies for all the stamps. Die sets rarely cut out phrases or small stamps. Those small stamps make really cool shakers, and you don't have to run a tiny die through your manual machine 25 or 30 times. You stamp it your 25 times and in less than 2 minutes you have shaker fodder. Super cheap, super fast, and cooler than plain sequins. Oh, and the patterned paper thing looks really neat to me, too. I've seen that in a couple videos, and I'm anxious to try it. Anyway, I love mine. Good luck! |
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Post by streetscrapper on Jan 24, 2018 19:12:35 GMT
Lol christinebk . I do love my Scan n Cut. It's a right tool for the job type of thing. The Cameo can do what the SnC does via the PixScan mat, and the SnC can cut out designs like the Cameo does, but they both do what they do best much better than the other machine. Cameo's client and design/editing features are better and the library is huge. But if you stamp, the Scan n Cut's faster, easier work flow saves you so much time that it's worth the cost and space. I can cut out a sheet of stamped images on the SnC before I can even get them loaded into my Cameo client w/the PixScan mat. The cuts are more accurate than the PixScan mat, it does better on colored images (no black borders), and you can cut out some seriously intricate designs with no border. You do save a lot by not buying dies, and it doesn't take very many sets to offset the cost of the machine. The no-borders cuts are great for making masks. And there's a lot of sets you buy dies for that don't have dies for all the stamps. Die sets rarely cut out phrases or small stamps. Those small stamps make really cool shakers, and you don't have to run a tiny die through your manual machine 25 or 30 times. You stamp it your 25 times and in less than 2 minutes you have shaker fodder. Super cheap, super fast, and cooler than plain sequins. Oh, and the patterned paper thing looks really neat to me, too. I've seen that in a couple videos, and I'm anxious to try it. Anyway, I love mine. Good luck! Yeah, after watching a ton of videos on it, I know I want one! |
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Post by streetscrapper on Jan 25, 2018 20:33:30 GMT
I'm about to jump off the fence and commit to buying a scan-n-cut, but before I do I'm wondering what is the best price you've seen for them. I'm in Canada and the best I've seen is $399, but I managed to get a 15% off coupon at Brother so that brings it down to $340 with free shipping. Any better deals?
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Post by midorica on Jan 26, 2018 16:01:08 GMT
I'm about to jump off the fence and commit to buying a scan-n-cut, but before I do I'm wondering what is the best price you've seen for them. I'm in Canada and the best I've seen is $399, but I managed to get a 15% off coupon at Brother so that brings it down to $340 with free shipping. Any better deals? Don’t know where you can find a good deal, but please keep us posted if you find a better price! |
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Post by oaksong on Jan 26, 2018 18:23:39 GMT
After seeing the CHA demos, now I want one too! My Silhouette is the very first original version, probably 10 years old. At some point, I will upgrade, and the Scan-N-Cut looks like it has some great features. Maybe someday...
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Post by marg on Jan 27, 2018 18:46:11 GMT
I'm about to jump off the fence and commit to buying a scan-n-cut, but before I do I'm wondering what is the best price you've seen for them. I'm in Canada and the best I've seen is $399, but I managed to get a 15% off coupon at Brother so that brings it down to $340 with free shipping. Any better deals? Did you end up buying it for $340 from Brother, or did you find an even better deal? I find myself suddenly obsessed with it so I'm doing a bit of research, but I have no idea who sells it in Canada. SaveSave |
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Post by streetscrapper on Jan 27, 2018 21:23:55 GMT
I'm about to jump off the fence and commit to buying a scan-n-cut, but before I do I'm wondering what is the best price you've seen for them. I'm in Canada and the best I've seen is $399, but I managed to get a 15% off coupon at Brother so that brings it down to $340 with free shipping. Any better deals? Did you end up buying it for $340 from Brother, or did you find an even better deal? I find myself suddenly obsessed with it so I'm doing a bit of research, but I have no idea who sells it in Canada. SaveSaveYes I did end up buying it directly from Brother. It was the best deal I could find - 15% off and free shipping. I should have paid the extra $10 for expedited shipping but I was so excited that I was actually ordering it, I wasn't thinking clearly! LOL |
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Post by marg on Jan 27, 2018 23:59:36 GMT
Did you end up buying it for $340 from Brother, or did you find an even better deal? I find myself suddenly obsessed with it so I'm doing a bit of research, but I have no idea who sells it in Canada. SaveSaveYes I did end up buying it directly from Brother. It was the best deal I could find - 15% off and free shipping. I should have paid the extra $10 for expedited shipping but I was so excited that I was actually ordering it, I wasn't thinking clearly! LOL Awesome! I'm really thinking of getting it soon - I just signed up for the 15% off deal at Brother. SaveSave |
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Post by 50offscrapper on Jan 31, 2018 3:37:44 GMT
JoAnn’s had Design and Cut for $179. What are differences between scan and cut vs design and cut?
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Post by Skellinton on Jan 31, 2018 5:56:34 GMT
JoAnn’s had Design and Cut for $179. What are differences between scan and cut vs design and cut? Design and cut doesn’t have a scanner and is more like the Cameo. To get the cuts shown above you have to photograph the mat, like the pix scan. |
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Post by scrapnnana on Jan 31, 2018 17:09:28 GMT
JoAnn’s had Design and Cut for $179. What are differences between scan and cut vs design and cut? Design and cut doesn’t have a scanner and is more like the Cameo. To get the cuts shown above you have to photograph the mat, like the pix scan. Unless you have great lighting in your house, photographing the mat can be a challenge. I have to have bright sunshine blasting through my window on the mat in order to get a decent photo that works well enough to use the PixScan. I bought the Scan N Cut 2 off Amazon and love it! It's so much faster and easier than using the PixScan mat! |
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Post by streetscrapper on Feb 1, 2018 14:53:57 GMT
So my Scan-N-Cut was waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday! Unfortunately I was only able to unpack it and put it on my desk in my craft room. No time to play and experiment. Maybe tonight but likely not until the weekend. And of course I'm going to have to figure out where I'm going to put it... I think this is forcing me to re-do my room...
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Post by anniefb on Feb 1, 2018 18:49:15 GMT
So my Scan-N-Cut was waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday! Unfortunately I was only able to unpack it and put it on my desk in my craft room. No time to play and experiment. Maybe tonight but likely not until the weekend. And of course I'm going to have to figure out where I'm going to put it... I think this is forcing me to re-do my room... Let us know your throughts streetscrapper! |
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 1, 2018 21:38:26 GMT
Let us know how you like it once you get a chance to play with it!
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Post by streetscrapper on Feb 1, 2018 23:18:36 GMT
I will absolutely post some comments after I have the opportunity to use it this weekend. Really excited to try it out!
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Post by freeatlast on Feb 3, 2018 4:05:04 GMT
Anxiously awaiting your review!
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Post by streetscrapper on Feb 3, 2018 14:17:48 GMT
I'm about to jump off the fence and commit to buying a scan-n-cut, but before I do I'm wondering what is the best price you've seen for them. I'm in Canada and the best I've seen is $399, but I managed to get a 15% off coupon at Brother so that brings it down to $340 with free shipping. Any better deals? Don’t know where you can find a good deal, but please keep us posted if you find a better price! So I finally have the opportunity to set up my Scan-N-Cut. I go to the Brother website to register my machine and low and behold it's discounted by $50! $349! WTF?? Plus if you register you get a 15% off coupon! Just my luck! They're closed today but I'm hoping they'll give me the discount. So anyone in Canada on the fence and looking for this machine to go on sale, here it is! |
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Post by midorica on Feb 3, 2018 16:00:28 GMT
Don’t know where you can find a good deal, but please keep us posted if you find a better price! So I finally have the opportunity to set up my Scan-N-Cut. I go to the Brother website to register my machine and low and behold it's discounted by $50! $349! WTF?? Plus if you register you get a 15% off coupon! Just my luck! They're closed today but I'm hoping they'll give me the discount. So anyone in Canada on the fence and looking for this machine to go on sale, here it is! Thank you so much!! Have been obsessing for the last week!! |
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Post by streetscrapper on Feb 3, 2018 16:40:02 GMT
I've been playing with my machine for the past couple of hours and I will admit that there is a bit to learn. All week I've been watching YouTube videos but it takes a bit more that turning it on and scanning your images! My first test was a disaster. I was hoping to be able to scan digital elements and cut those elements for my scrapbook layout. I've been doing this with the print and cut feature of my Cameo but I thought that using the Scan-N-Cut would eliminate a lot of steps. So far I haven't been able to get it to work. The scanner is recognizing the entire image rather than just the outline. So f I gave up and fussy cut the images! Then I decided to try stamping a couple of images to see how that would work. I was having the same problem with a more detailed stamp. The Stamping Bella Santa stamp was wanting to cut portions of the chimney. So back to YouTube I went and discovered that they reason is because the scanner needs to see a solid line. So I drew a solid line at the bottom and got the image to cut. I cut each image separately because there was a mark on the paper that the scanner was recognizing (yeah, I can't see it either but it's there). The Santa Stamp was cut with the smallest border (.4). I thought the setting would stay but apparently it didn't and the other images were cut without a border. Pretty amazing results for such small images. I think that if the images were coloured before I cut them, I may not have had to draw a line but don't quote me on that! I haven't tried it yet! Very impressed with the results from the stamped images. That bow is just over 1/4"! I used the Santa stamp for my Christmas cards this year and rather than fussy cut it 50+ times, I created a cut file with the Silhouette software. But I sometimes have issues with print-and-cut so I cut the image first and then used by TH Stamp Platform to stamp them. This machine would have saved a LOT of time!   I'm going to try the digital images again but this time I'll draw a line around the edge and see if that works any better. At the end of the day, my Cameo may be the better machine for cutting out digital images, but the Scan-N-Cut is definitely a great investment if you want to stop buying matching dies for most of your stamps! I do wish that there was somewhere within the machine to hold the touch pen and the spatula tool. I think an older model had a spot under the touch screen but mine doesn't. I "misplace" stuff in my craft room all the time. I can see that touch pen disappearing in the future! |
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Post by bluecrafterperson on Feb 3, 2018 22:33:51 GMT
Streetscrapper, the image that the ScanNCut is wanting to cut it apart in the wrong places, try scanning the image again by itself.
I've had this happen twice on a stamped image, where the ScanNCut is wanting to cut too much, and by rescanning the image by itself it worked correctly.
On the ScanNCut screen where you select the border width you want, there is a magnifying glass with a big plus sign in it. This will enlarge the scan so you can see where the machine is going to cut.
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Post by streetscrapper on Feb 4, 2018 12:43:27 GMT
Streetscrapper, the image that the ScanNCut is wanting to cut it apart in the wrong places, try scanning the image again by itself. I've had this happen twice on a stamped image, where the ScanNCut is wanting to cut too much, and by rescanning the image by itself it worked correctly. On the ScanNCut screen where you select the border width you want, there is a magnifying glass with a big plus sign in it. This will enlarge the scan so you can see where the machine is going to cut. I get the same result when I scan only one image. I used a Copic marker to quickly add colour to the bricks at the bottom and this seemed to work. The scanner recognized the colouring as a straight line and it traced it properly. But what if you want to stamp and cut a bunch of images before cutting? I suppose you have to do what I did the first time and draw a line attaching any part of the image that doesn't meet. |
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Post by bluecrafterperson on Feb 4, 2018 21:29:32 GMT
Streetscrapper, somewhere on Youtube there was a video of a lady that had stamped a bear. She was showing closing some of the outside gaps of the bear with a pencil. After you cut the image out, then the pencil is erased. I just looked and can't find a YouTube video where anyone is showing this. This is what you stated in the last line of your post--draw a temporary line and then cut it out.
Thankfully, I rescanned mine and they worked (without drawing any lines).
If you stumble across how to cut out an inside piece of a stamped image, please post.
Here is a YouTube video of it being done using the Scan N Cut Canvas. She cut out the small inside space between the bird's feet. My Scan N Cut is not hooked up to the computer and I don't plan to hook it to a computer. I haven't had time, but I'm guessing there is a way to do this without a computer.
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Post by marg on Feb 4, 2018 21:45:08 GMT
Don’t know where you can find a good deal, but please keep us posted if you find a better price! So I finally have the opportunity to set up my Scan-N-Cut. I go to the Brother website to register my machine and low and behold it's discounted by $50! $349! WTF?? Plus if you register you get a 15% off coupon! Just my luck! They're closed today but I'm hoping they'll give me the discount. So anyone in Canada on the fence and looking for this machine to go on sale, here it is! Thank you for letting us know about the sale! I just bought one, for $297 plus tax. SaveSave |
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Post by Skellinton on Feb 4, 2018 22:43:25 GMT
So I finally have the opportunity to set up my Scan-N-Cut. I go to the Brother website to register my machine and low and behold it's discounted by $50! $349! WTF?? Plus if you register you get a 15% off coupon! Just my luck! They're closed today but I'm hoping they'll give me the discount. So anyone in Canada on the fence and looking for this machine to go on sale, here it is! Thank you for letting us know about the sale! I just bought one, for $297 plus tax. SaveSaveHow do you get it for that price? When I go to the brother site it just want me to go to outside sites to buy it. Ok, I found the site to buy it from, but how does everyone get the 15% off? I have signed up twice using different emails and neither have gotten the coupon. I have some birthday money burning a hole in my pocket! |
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Post by streetscrapper on Feb 4, 2018 23:36:02 GMT
Thank you for letting us know about the sale! I just bought one, for $297 plus tax. SaveSaveHow do you get it for that price? When I go to the brother site it just want me to go to outside sites to buy it. Ok, I found the site to buy it from, but how does everyone get the 15% off? I have signed up twice using different emails and neither have gotten the coupon. I have some birthday money burning a hole in my pocket! It took longer than I expected to get the coupon-as long as a day I think. I’m not sure why it’s taking you to a different site... it didn’t do that for me... I can’t remember if I created an account first or if I did it as I was checking out. |
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Post by streetscrapper on Feb 5, 2018 1:55:12 GMT
Streetscrapper, somewhere on Youtube there was a video of a lady that had stamped a bear. She was showing closing some of the outside gaps of the bear with a pencil. After you cut the image out, then the pencil is erased. I just looked and can't find a YouTube video where anyone is showing this. This is what you stated in the last line of your post--draw a temporary line and then cut it out.
Thankfully, I rescanned mine and they worked (without drawing any lines).
If you stumble across how to cut out an inside piece of a stamped image, please post.
Here is a YouTube video of it being done using the Scan N Cut Canvas. She cut out the small inside space between the bird's feet. My Scan N Cut is not hooked up to the computer and I don't plan to hook it to a computer. I haven't had time, but I'm guessing there is a way to do this without a computer.
GREAT idea about drawing the line with a pencil! Never thought of that. But if you colour the image first, it works perfectly. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen something on how to cut out the inside of an image but I’ve watched so many videos over the past week, I can’t recall how to do it. When I find it again I’ll post a link. Saw the video today you’re referring to about using the Canvas software but I have a cameo so I’m not sure how interested I am in trying to manipulate an image with this software. I am really comfortable using the silhouette software and the Canvass software looks complicated, not to mention that the enhanced features aren’t free!! WTF!! And I also have no intention of paying for a wireless connection! |
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