Thank You, great Video! I did the tropical fish flat emboss 1st to see how it worked. I then took a bunch of notes as I watched this video. I have Adobe Illustrator CS6 and was able to Google any challenges since this is also new to me. The whole process worked beautifully on my own image (4 seashells) however, my starfish ended up being just a cutout star. My own fail. I have only had a Cricut air 2 since Feb. 2019 and I was amazed to be able to create embossed, notepaper, note cards, etc. by the beginning of July for my card making sister. I really appreciate this follow up video. You are very easy to follow and not to wordy. Just the facts maam.

I came here from your other tut. This one is a little over my head but hoping after I actually do the first tut and watch this a second time, I'll understand it more. It is a great new addition to things we can do with Cricut. Thanks for sharing!

Woow!! Love this!! You have a lot of patience while explaining us!! Thank you so much!

This was fantastic.... most of it was over my head but I loved your results and if I watch this a lot more times I will remember a lot more of what you did. thanks for an interesting and stimulating video...........pat

This was amazing and so ingenious! You explained everything very well and I am eager to try it. Nicely done and thank you!

Fantastic video! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us, so helpful!!! Happy Holidays to you and your family!

Thanks so much! This is incredible. Thank you for figuring it out and making a video!

Thank you so much! I really want to try this! I love the end product...

Great videos. Thank you so much for sharing. As I'm trying to avoid giving up both money and space for a Cuttlebug or similar machine I loved seeing how effective this method is but then when I saw how much the SCL4 is I changed my mind about trying it! I'd be prepared to do all this just for one project but not happy with paying out so much for the software. I may try it with Inkscape at some point perhaps.

you are a genius, thank u so much, greetings from Mexico :)

thank you so much :)

Could you show how you did the lettering? I loved your video!!

Hello Kate! thank you sooo much for your videos! I'm trying to apply your method to embossing some wedding invitations. I've been following your video step by step but I get stuck right when you change the red layer to the printer icon. My Cricut design space looks a bit different and right where I change the linetype it doesn't offer the print option. Do have any idea how to help me out? Thank you!

@cleversomeday

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. To set to Print now you choose Cut from the Linetype and Print from the Fill (right next to Linetype).

Very Awesome!!! I understand all the steps! But so are you just adding two blue fish on top of each other for a better score? Where the machine will go over it two times to score?

@cleversomeday

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, because multicut settings don't apply to scoring, you have to create it yourself.

Hi! Is there any advise you would give on doing this with writing, cursive type writing? Or perhaps a video? Thank you!

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

The only challenge would be finding a cursive stencil font you like, or creating stencil breaks on an existing design. Fortunately, SureCutsALot4 has a tool to help with that. Otherwise the process is exactly the same.

I wonder if you could place a thin Silhouette Curio embossing mat on your cutting mat and place your vellum or cardstock over it (so it sticks to the mat of course) and simply put the stylus tool in the holder. The machine doesn't know what is in the holder, and even if it is a write or cut file, it should emboss.

@cleversomeday

4 жыл бұрын

Yes of course. This is a common practice that you will find other videos on, but that will yield a line emboss, not a flat emboss like this technique.

Hello, I see that there is SCAL4 and also SCAL5. Which should I get? Also, it says free download for the SCAL5, but when I open it, there is a fee. There is SCLA4Pro also. Which one do you recommend, and hopefully they are safe to download. Thank you!

@cleversomeday

5 жыл бұрын

Marcelle Daigle I recommend SCAL5 for those purchasing for the first time now

I'm late to the party, but this is a great video. I tried the technique on my Explore 3 and cannot seem to get a good embossed image. It's like my scoring tool isn't going deep enough and the raised side of the image is not clear. Does the type and weight of the cardstock make a huge difference?

@cleversomeday

2 жыл бұрын

The most common problem with this technique on newer machines is that the A side and B side do not line up perfectly (you may also notice this when drawing or scoring cards). In that case you will have better luck using the Foil Transfer Tool, since it goes in the B side and will always line up perfectly with the blade and also allows more pressure. Be sure you see the more recent embossing video for the latest info.

@cherylfrerichs8434

2 жыл бұрын

@@cleversomeday That makes total sense! I''ll try the foil transfer tool. Thank you!

This tutorial is great! Do you have any suggestions for free vector design programs that would work for this project?

@cleversomeday

5 жыл бұрын

Inkscape will work, but its a little more complicated

@jessicagelman3790

5 жыл бұрын

@@cleversomeday Thanks for the advice! I now have Inkscape and can get to the point where I have a duplicated blue image over the original red image but I cannot seem to figure out how to do the Inset/offset function...would you happen to know how to overcome this?

@cleversomeday

5 жыл бұрын

@@jessicagelman3790 use Path>Outset and the margin should be close enough. Otherwise Google how to specify an offset distance in Inkscape.

Hi, how can I make two simple rectangles (outside lines only e.g. a border), each at 3.75" wide x 5" height so that I can adjust the thickness of the lines?

@cleversomeday

4 жыл бұрын

I believe I answered you on the blog. If that did not answer your question, please use the contract form there to give me more details about what you are trying to do.

This was great. Can this preparation be done in a silhouette studio? I have a business edition?

@cleversomeday

2 жыл бұрын

yes, and it can also be done in Design Space now. All that is needed is an internal offset of .02"

@sandradesigns

2 жыл бұрын

@@cleversomeday Thank you.

I really appreciate the detailed information, however I am using a cricut maker and I'm not able to follow the steps as I follow your video. Also using windows pc and not able to make it work. Is there another video out there that walks through the steps using cricut maker and windows? I really would like to master this as I think it would be great on cards. Thanks so much!

@cleversomeday

4 жыл бұрын

The steps are the same Mac vs Windows and Maker vs Explore, except that on Explore you have to click the "edit tools" button to be able to select scoring stylus instead of scoring wheel.

@lindagresh7918

4 жыл бұрын

@@cleversomeday Thank you for your quick response. So I am trying to go through the steps using a rose stencil design I purchased with svg from the silhouette store. I managed to bring up the design on SCA and tried to follow the steps to a "T", but when I transferred it to design space it came up as individual pieces of the rose for each step instead of three intact pictures. Not that computer survey so would appreciate any help you could give. Thanks again.

@cleversomeday

4 жыл бұрын

@@lindagresh7918 if it looks right in Design Space and scatters when you go to Make It, then select the pieces of each layer and Attach them first. If its doing something else, please reach out to me at cleversomeday.com/contact so I can help you better.

Dear mentor, May I ask you for a small favour. Since I don't have SCL4, would you kindly let me know what is the 0.02 inch in pixels for you. In Inkscape it is set to 0.0222 by default which equals to 2 px. I changed it to 0.0200 which equals to 1.8 px . So I would like to know what is the exact size of 0.02 inches in px so I can follow your instructions precisely to get the result you insisted on, as it could make a difference when scoring. Thank you very much in advance. :)

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

Hello HT. I think you answered your own question. .020 inches is equal to 1.8 px. My guess is that the Inkscape default of 2 px will probably work fine, too, as long as you make sure the file size stays the same when it makes the Inkscape to DS transition.

@deepdiver849

6 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate your response! :) I will do my homework soon and share what I learnt from you :)

Hi. I read u couldn't use surecutsalot with the newer crickets anymore. So you are able to still use it?

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

yes, just as I show in the video you can prepare svgs optimized for import into DS with scal. What you read refers to the fact that SCAL can not cut directly to a Cricut any more (old news from 2009).

@cutflower36

6 жыл бұрын

thanks

Hi, now that offset is available in design space how can I do that instead ?

@cleversomeday

8 ай бұрын

Please see the newer video here kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKKAqNCbdqjNnto.html

I'm using Inkscape and when I press outset nothing happens, I don't know what I'm doing wrong and I don't know how to fix it. Can you please help me? I have looked up where you change it to be 0.02 inches but still nothing happens.

@cleversomeday

4 жыл бұрын

Inkscape outset is temperamental for me, which is why I recommend SCAL5 instead. You can check the Inkscape Forum or one of the Inkscape Facebook groups to see if they can help you resolve this.

I made this work with no problem. I gave this a try on my own image. Problem, I could not get the score to line up with my cutout. Tried copy, duplicate and check the size and position. It just would not line up.

@cleversomeday

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, I am assuming you mean you couldn't get the physical score line to line up with your stencil? Did you do an inner offset on the score line? Does your machine have good a to b side agreement? Please use the contact form on my cleversomeday blog so I can help you further.

@tomfaragalli3747

5 жыл бұрын

Yes your right. I didn't know to inner offset. My Maker is 2 months old so should be a to b accurate.

Can I do this with my own projects, my own downloads?

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

Yes that is the part that this video explains.

@marcelledaigle8766

6 жыл бұрын

CleverSomeday I will watch again and listen very very carefully. So happy for this, and thank you so so much!

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

There is also a cheat sheet on my blog. Link is in the video description. Good luck with your project!

Can this be done using Adobe Photoshop?

@cleversomeday

5 жыл бұрын

Hmmm. I'm sure it can, but not sure of the steps. Maybe try stroke or contract.

@seanc2893

5 жыл бұрын

If i just wanted to emboss the outline, i'd just cut the image first and then tape the project to the template correct?

@cleversomeday

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean. The process moves along the outline to create a flat emboss inside it.

My image doesnt appear, it shows DEMO instead

@cleversomeday

4 жыл бұрын

are you using the demo version of SCAL?

@seanoconnor1227

4 жыл бұрын

@@cleversomeday YES!! OMG so dumb, Im sorry

@seanoconnor1227

4 жыл бұрын

@@cleversomeday Cant find the offset on Photoshop