Tim Holtz has a line of stamps called Stamper's Anonymous. I have several sets of them. Today I wanted to use the silhouette of the man holding the umbrella. I wanted a cut out rather than using my stamp since the stamp isn't completely solid. He makes a die that will cut the image, which I do not own so I experimented to see if I could cut it out using my Cameo.
By doing a pixel trace of the stamped image and importing it into MTC software, I was able to cut it the size I wanted for an A2 Card-- but I had to cut it twice.
Cricut blades will work in a Cameo, if you have a modified Cricut blade holder. While there were still blades available for Cricut rewards points, I stocked up in anticipation of buying a Cameo. I've learned that you have to use the multi-cut feature in order to get a clean cut whenever you use a Cricut blade. So, either the blades aren't nearly as sharp as the Cameo blades or the angle on the blade is slightly different. I had cut an entire page of the silhouette and had to toss them out because I forgot to change the settings to multi-cut in the software and they didn't cut cleanly.
The typewriter is a clip art image. I imported it into Hallmark Card software and added the text to the sheet of paper. Then I cut it out by hand and pop dotted it onto the background.
The little flowers are a Stampin' Up punch.
This card was inspired by one done by Vicki Bridges, she teaches classes at And Bear Makes 3 in Moore.
By doing a pixel trace of the stamped image and importing it into MTC software, I was able to cut it the size I wanted for an A2 Card-- but I had to cut it twice.
Cricut blades will work in a Cameo, if you have a modified Cricut blade holder. While there were still blades available for Cricut rewards points, I stocked up in anticipation of buying a Cameo. I've learned that you have to use the multi-cut feature in order to get a clean cut whenever you use a Cricut blade. So, either the blades aren't nearly as sharp as the Cameo blades or the angle on the blade is slightly different. I had cut an entire page of the silhouette and had to toss them out because I forgot to change the settings to multi-cut in the software and they didn't cut cleanly.
The little flowers are a Stampin' Up punch.
This card was inspired by one done by Vicki Bridges, she teaches classes at And Bear Makes 3 in Moore.
Have you tried your print and cut yet?
ReplyDeleteYes and it's pretty temperamental. I had to play around with it to get things cut but then it worked just fine.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what you meant when you said you could use cricut blades in the cameo with a modified holder. I have both the cameo and cricut.
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