Ive been going through some old Craft Robo cutting files today and found some of these letters in boxes that I have not made for ages, so I thought I would make a quick “Noel” in Inkscape, Ive converted the file into a ScanNCut cut file and you can find the link to it
Here is a screen shot of what it looks like.
Today Brother have introduced new features into their cloud based software Canvas, these features include being able to size a design by specific dimensions and rotate precisely. They have also included an import DXF feature which will be great for converting design made in other software, so anyone who has used Funtime or Pazzles Inspiration software in the past should be able to export those designs as DXF and import that into Canvas and be able to convert the cut file into a ScanNCut file.
They have also introduced a dashed line facility, which personally I have not been keen on for cards in the past, but its nice to have for making boxes.
I had designed this Halloween card as a free give away and was going to post it today, so I have added a dashed/fold line this morning using the new Canvas feature and you can see what you think for yourselves.
Halloween Free Cutting File
The cutting file is available here. But please refer your friends to it directly, do not post the link or share my file yourselves.
Ok I had to take it a step further, I chose a basic shape from canvas and made it a cut line, added an inset line of 0.16 made this a draw line and chose a dashed line option from the new drop down menu, saved the file and put it in the SNC and got it to draw my dashed line and cut the outside cut line.
Just look at those perfectly uniform dashed drawn lines, brilliant.
Well I don’t really know what to say other than wow again, Ive now got over 1000 subscribers from over 50 countries to my Youtube channel and Ive only been posting videos since March this year so just 4 months.
I think this is testament to the popularity of the Brother ScanNCut. I know from messages I receive here on my blog and comments we get on our Facebook group (Scan N Cut N Inspire) that the ScanNCut is used in many different ways and for my different types of projects.
I am not an expert, just someone who has had an electronic cutter of one kind or another for over 10yrs and just someone with a curious mind where vector software is concerned. I like to see what I can do if I take shapes and weld and manipulate them with features in the software.
The Brother online cloud based software (Canvas) has the ability to import SVG files which are scalable vector graphics this type of file can be made using a free software programme off the net called Inkscape (link in sidebar for both Mac and Windows), thats why I use Inkscape a lot in my videos it has more features than Canvas, although where possible I will try and post an equivalent video for Canvas too when I have time.
I have lots of ideas for more videos and some to look out for over the coming weeks, Not necessarily in this order are-
adding outlines to images using Silhouette Studio (also free link in sidebar) how to make word frames using Canvas scollop shapes using Canvas borders to circles using Canvas using guide lines and align in Inkscape
Anyway all I can say is thank you and I am glad the videos help.
I am giving away two cutting files Ive designed in Canvas and there will also be a video tutorial in a few weeks showing how I made them.
If you want to share the cutting files please direct your friends to the link her on my blog, do not distribute it directly yourself or pass on or sell as your own work.
You have a top decorative layer and a matting layer to cut in different coloured card if you wish.
Here is the link to the FCM cutting file.