scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Apr 12, 2024 17:26:26 GMT
I know there aren’t that many Heartfelt Creations fans here, and most who loved their designs may be older and prefer stamps & dies, but Heartfelt Creations has started offering digital designs that can be used by both digi scrappers, as well as traditional scrappers who like print & cut files.
They have started with 3 fully colored collections: Garden Lily, Ornate Peacock, and Feathery Florals. They include the fully colored papers and elements. I did not have any of the stamps, dies, or papers from these three collections, so I’m happy that I now have the digital versions.
For those who prefer to color their own, they are offering some digital stamps that are black & white for some of their other past collections. Again, these can be cut out with the electronic cutters, then colored the way you want with markers, colored pencils, whatever.
I have been playing around with printing and cutting a variety of the digital items. I use a Silhouette Cameo 3, along with my regular printer, but Emma Lou, who does a lot of their video tutorials, uses a Cricut Maker and a wide printer. I haven’t tried using my Scan-N-Cut yet, since I can do the cutting with my Silhouette. The cut lines are included already. They don’t show when printing, but they do show up and cut in the Silhouette software. They also don’t show in Photoshop, so they can be used by digital scrapbookers.
I have a lot of their papers, stamps, and dies, but I love having digital options, too. They are far less expensive than the traditional stamps, dies, and papers were, and I’ll never run out of the “papers,” since I can print more, and they don’t take up any physical space.
I may eventually get a large format printer, to print 12x12 papers, but I’ll need to save up first. I love the idea of being able to print 12x12 papers.
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Apr 25, 2024 14:14:15 GMT
Update: I am loving the digital options. They can be used by both digital scrapbookers/card makers, AND those who want to use actual paper products. Those who want to print 12x12 papers need a wide format printer, but you can change the sizes. They offer digital stamps and die cuts, too, if you prefer to color them yourself. They have some ornate dies available as digital die cuts. They are offering past designs, not new ones, since their designer (who started the company) has been struggling with major health issues. It’s a family owned business, and is one reason they were just going to close.
They are up to 7 paper/design collections as of this morning, two of which are Christmas themed, the others are florals. On Facebook, crafters are making requests about what past collections they’d love to have in digital format.
I have a dear friend who had to move into a care facility, so she just has a closet for her paper craft supplies and tools. She even had to give up her Cricut due to lack of space. I told her about the digital options, and she is really excited about them, too, since it opens new possibilities for her. She’ll just have to cut out the tags and flowers by hand since she no longer has her Cricut. They also work with Silhouette, which is what I use.
I have enjoyed playing around with the collections. Most of them have been collections that I had never bought. So far, I’ve bought all the digital papers and ephemera that they offer, along with some of the digital stamps and dies. I thought I’d bought nearly every collection they had, but apparently not, and I really like having the digital versions, even of the collections that I already have, especially since using them is quicker and easier than stamps and dies. I have printed and cut a lot of card parts, and have made a few cards so far. On my blog (link in my signature below), I have posted 3 cards that I made. They are fairly simple, and using the digital cuts made them fast and easy to do.
If you like beautiful print & cut designs, I hope you will check them out. I have no affiliation with them. I just love their designs. They have a Facebook page with videos showing how to use the digital designs for paper crafting. I assume digital scrappers can use the files, too, but they definitely have the cut lines for printing and cutting, so the cutting lines would need to be removed for digital scrapping.
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hockeyspaz62
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Post by hockeyspaz62 on Jun 13, 2024 15:44:12 GMT
Can these digital cut files be used on the Cricut Joy?
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