If all your videos are this succinct, well done and informative, I'll be glued to your KZread subscription. Too many people like to go into great detail about what is going on in their life, where they bought supplies and go too fast so they make errors. You got right to the point, went slow enough that you chose the actions you needed to do, and spoke clearly. Fantastic.

@luxurycardstore

5 жыл бұрын

Yes this lovely lady is truly a crafting genius. One of the things I love the most about her videos is that she does not ramble and repeat herself over and over like some others. I have watched her over the years and I have almost ALWAYS learned something as quickly and efficiently as possible. This video was no exception.

OMG! Thank you a million times over. There are no words to express the giddiness that I am feeling right now.

You have taught me so much, I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge and your generosity in sharing. God bless you.

THANK YOU!!! I have been trying to figure out how to keep scanned stamp image same size as stamp. This is so clever! And easy to do with my iPhone. Can't wait to try it.

Awesome video! Every time I think I've done everything I can do with my Cricut, I learn something new. Can't wait to try this!

Thank you! I was thinking I would need to buy a scan and cut, now I can use my Cricut, thank you so so much for sharing!!

Thank you so much. I can't believe how easy you made this. You do a wonderful job.

This is absolutely awesome. I am a stamper/card maker and the fussy cutting drives me crazy. Thank you so much!!!

Great demo. Thank you for keeping it simple. Keep up the great work. ☺

OMG!!! This is fabulous! I had on my Christmas list the Brother Scan and Cut but don't need it now! Thank you!!!!!

You are AMAZING!!!! I have looked all over to find quality videos to decided what machine to buy and also to learn. Your site is wonderful, thank you so, so much for all the time that you put into sharing your wealth of information with all of us!

This is brilliant. Easy to do, thank you.

This is pure magic😊Thank you!

Once again, a brilliant technique to know! Thank you! I have subscribed.

You are brilliant!! Thank you!

You are an excellent instructor.

Excellent video!! I have always known I could do this but never took the time to figure it out. Thank you for doing the hard work for us.

Thanks so much for this tutorial!

So clearly explained and a game changer!

Awesome, you just gave me something new to try this weekend. I love your videos, so educational and informative. Thanks for sharing.

Great video! Thank you so much!

Awesome tips. Thank you so much

Brilliant. This method is going to save me heaps of money not having to buy the dies for my stamps! Thank you!

This is genius! Thank you for sharing.

Excellent Explanation! Thanks

You are so smart! Thanks for sharing

Brilliant! I have no idea when I will use these tips, but the more methods I know of to increase accuracy the better.

Great tutorial...thank you so much for sharing this with us..helps alot...

Very helpful..Thanks for sharing!

Super cool... thank you!

So smart and easy to follow!

Great video and very helpful.

Loved this video... thanks... I have done some, but I learned a few things from you.....

Love it. So smart

I have so so much to learn!

Very well explained, thank you ~ Julie

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing :)

Thank you so much Kay. A friend and I were trying this last week with a scanner and got terrible results. Too much junk in the background. We will try these steps. Thanks so much.

SO clear and thorough!!! Thank you a million times! So I guess I can also use your method here to create digital files of my manual/physical dies? I would LOVE to clear out and donate my manual die collection! 😊

A great Tutorial. Have subscribed. Thank you for sharing. X

Once the image is in your design space, use the offset button to add the extra margin around the image instead of cutting out the image and redoing the process. Much easier! :) Thanks so much for this tutorial! I was stuck on the getting the size correct. Now that you've shown me, I'll be able to use my stamps much more!! Thanks!!

@cleversomeday

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, of course! This video was made several years before there was an offset feature in DS. The cutting is also a way around restrictive scanning policies, though, too.

Great idea.

Brilliant!

Thanks Kay...

Awesome!!!!

This was great, thank you! You’re all, “I know, right?!” 🤣

Wow awesome

I did it, I did it! Thank you so much Kay! After watching the video over and over, trying to understand how the system would take as reference the 1" circle to reflect the true size of the stamped image, I decided not to worry anymore and followed your instructions to the letter. Still trying to understand, though, how the contour feature determines the actual size of the stamp in Design Space. Maybe because the system considers the circle and the stamped image as "one" object? Still a mystery to me. Cheers!

Thanks for your excellent instructional video(s). I am still new to cutting, and without a successful project as of yet. I wish we both used the same machine/software since I could really use some step by step help. I have a Silhouette Curio; but am learning from your instructions too. :)

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

I have a Curio, too. Be sure to see my videos on that!

@se5442

6 жыл бұрын

Yay!! great news for me. I will look for them!

this was another great video. You are so good at explaining technical things to non techies? one question: instead of moving the shadow piece around with the mouse to get it centered, could you click on both images and center horizontally and then center vertically?

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

would be smart to start that way, but with the hand cut outlines it might still need some fine tuning from there

Mind blowing, how do you come up with this stuff?

#mindblown

Wow how easy was that! Thank you so much. You can do a die cut the same way?

@cleversomeday

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can use this method for die cuts, engraving blanks, gaskets, anything you need an accurate cut line for.

Wow!!!

You could select your offset image and stamped image or print and cut image and center them with the centering tool. If they are at the right angle they should line up perfectly right?

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

Good question. If you import offsets from Inkscape, etc, that works, but the hand cut offsets don't center very well that way. You bring up a good point though, as it will save to some time to at least start with the centering command.

Hello. New to you via this video and I have a question. Can you use the Cricut to cut out a stamped image with no border? On many stamped and die cut images, I find the white border left by a traditional metal die to be distracting and am in search of a way to solve that problem. I am wanting no more than a 1/32", or 1/16" at most, around my stamped image, can this machine and the Design Space do that? I have an older Cricut Expression 2 machine and 120+ cartridges and do not want to change to another machine entirely to solve this problem. If I can upgrade my Cricut to a newer model, use my cartridges and solve my aforementioned problem, all will be right with the world. Thanks for any info you can share and for this very helpful tutorial.

Just watched this again. Does it still work? I lost this video and so glad it popped up again. This time I saved it. Thx

@cleversomeday

3 жыл бұрын

yes, still works.

Seriously. (I left that word on my grandson's IG picture the other day and he asked what I meant. I said "Seriously. Wow."). Wow.

Wow, thank you! I opened my new Cricut Maker last night. I’m tech savvy and still a lot confused, but I did manage to stamp and upload the image to cut out some die cuts. Pure luck. I have a few questions on what you’re showing us here. First, the Print then Cut option does not print the image with Cricut, or it does? I understand you upload an image to Design Center, but how does it align to cut out the image you put on a mat if it isn’t printing? What is printing and what is being cut out? Just a blank die cut? Second, I’m assuming you’re using a computer for Design Center and not an iPad, which is what I was using, which I see gives you many more options for customization. I didn’t know there was a difference, so thank you. I’ll get it eventually. I just need practice!

@cleversomeday

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Amanda. This is a pretty advanced technique so no wonder it is confusing to someone who just started! Print then Cut is where you print your image from Design Space with a sensor mark so that the Cricut can read the sensor mark and know where to cut. So if you use the print then cut option shown in the video you are not cutting an original stamped image, but a printed copy of it. I suggest you visit learn.cricut.com and watch an introductory video on print then cut so that this will make more sense. I did use a computer for the video, but the features are very similar to iPad, so while things may be in a different place, they are still available.

This is great and for sure will try to do it but I didn’t understand why do we need the circle?

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

the circle is needed to ensure exact size. if you are just using the image for print then cut you don't need the circle, as I noted.

I had been looking for a way to "fussy cut" my stamped AND drawn images! Thank you for this tutorial. (Most video tutorials don't understand that we wanted to fussy cut, not just print & cut!)

Fabulous video as always. Thank you for that. Question -- I'm reasonably new to card making and don't know why people want offsets. When you purchase stamps with matching dies you always get an offset which is why I prefer using Design Space. Please enlighten me I'm sure I'm missing something.

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

That's a great question. 2 reasons I can think of. One is a stylistic choice to have the "sticker" look which is a current trend that may or may not last. The other is a practical consideration that, like the bleed zone, makes slight mismatches less noticeable.

@reneetorres8549

6 жыл бұрын

I don't purchase the actual dies for offsetting stamps, this allows me to have the same effect, rather than always "fussy cutting" my stamps.

This video is so helpful and easy to understand. Today, I'm not seeing the contour button available when I upload my image and circle into DS. Is it just me or is there a work-around? Thanks!

@cleversomeday

2 жыл бұрын

If you aren't seeing the contour button, be sure you have cleaned up and saved your image as a cut file and that you have the layer selected.

So just changing the circle back to 1" automatically change the mermaid back to the original size?

@cleversomeday

2 жыл бұрын

yes. still works as shown in the video as of v 7.12

Will this also work for an ipad?

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

Good question! I needed to use a second vinyl basket to balance my iPad, but other than that it works fine with an iPad.

Does anyone know if you can do this with a silhouette Cameo?

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

yes. much easier on a Cameo because of Pixscan. I have several related videos including these but also check general Pixscan videos kzread.info/dash/bejne/a4Cm1sODedLMfso.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6NnmqqxZ6XQkag.html

Can u pls explain again why you need the black circle next to the image you are photographing ?

@cleversomeday

4 жыл бұрын

to serve as a size reference.

well, I'm confused..all new to me. but don't understand the use of the circle. how does it work for sizing??

@cleversomeday

5 жыл бұрын

because you know it is one inch, you can adjust it to one inch once inside Design Space to get the whole design including the stamp to its original correct size.

This cool but still have to fussy cut or am i wrong

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

you do not have to fussy cut. this process is used in conjunction with the hinge method, snap mat or print then cut.

I thought I was only one who did this lmao. I did a small Mason jar clear stamp on center of printer paper then scanned it in computer

😭 I'm new to the Cricut world and this was a bit confusing-- not sure what the black circle was for-- if mermaid needed 2 b a certain size couldn't u just type in her size???

@missychan63

6 жыл бұрын

Mary hotmail Simkins It can be difficult to size your image to the exact stamp size. Sizing the circle enables you to be sure your image matches your stamp perfectly.

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the Cricut world! Good question ... If you are doing print then cut you can type in any size, as I mentioned. However if you are cutting an actual stamped image, the size has to match exactly. Using a reference shape is a quicker, more accurate method than measuring an irregularly shaped stamp with a ruler, ensuring the proper rotation and converting to decimal, etc. Its one of those things that sounds easy, until you try it.

fantastic video! i have one (probably silly) question as I think I've only got intermediate skills/knowledge with design space. would you be able to "close the eye" to hide everything but the circle (keeping it still grouped together), instead of doing the hide contour (to resize the circle - which is brilliant BTW)? I'm sure there's a reason you use this function - I've just never seen it used before. Thanks for the awesome idea though and so happy to have learned something new to do with my explore!

@cleversomeday

6 жыл бұрын

That's a good question. We use hide contour here because the circle is on the same layer as the rest, so ungroup is not available. If you have a grouped image with a reference shape, then you would use ungroup instead. Either way works to hold the size, so you can choose based on how the image is constructed.

How to complicate a simple process.