Thursday
Jul022009
July 2, 2009 at 10:50 AM EPIC EXCITEMENT THIS MORNING...
because the Scrapy Land blog is back to normal.
Oh I played, and tweaked, and moved and rearranged...trying to make things new and cute. But evidently Blogger and Internet Explorer (for Vista) don't really get along.
So, too much changing of layouts and colors and gadgets - and IE just up and quits. It just throws in the towel and blocks you.
{And nothing could be worse than having some of my favorite blog readers (who use IE for Vista) be blocked from the blog.}
So I put everything back. And I currently posses more HTML knowledge than I ever thought I'd need. So if you need to adjust columns, customize background colors, or rearrange elements - just give me a call.
{NO...DON'T! I much more enjoy scrapbooking than coding.}
I told you all during Tuesday's LIVE! show that I've been playing with my NEW Silhouette SD. Got it hooked up to my Mac {thanks to my husband who ran out to get the additional software necessary to run on a Mac...best $69 I've spent all month!} and it's been chugging along next to me ever since.
I LOVE the new software features that come with this machine. Auto-welding and auto-matting/offsetting being my two favorites right now.
The other thing I am loving this week is the QuicKutz on-line gallery of downloads. They have seriously ramped up what's available, since I last browsed the selections. OH MOMMA are there some great designs. In fact, new ones just became available today - and if you have a boy in your house you are going to LOVE them!
I'd call a bunch of them grungy, urban, sporty and edgy. Great stuff - that I can't wait to try!
The first QK download that I cut on Monday afternoon - was the image called "phrase-family". I used my QK Robo Master software to sketch out my 12"x 12" page and added the photo size I planned to use. Then I placed my "phrase-family" image and sized it accordingly. This is how I cheat, to get a perfectly sized image!
I loaded up my QK Vinyl - and selected the matching media type. The cut was amazing, on my first try. {And I admit - I guessed on which speed and pressure to use!}
My resulting page looks like this...
There is no way I could have placed this image without the QK Transfer Paper. I chose to cut this image from the QK Black Vinyl, because I wanted the look of sticker letters. This made the Transfer Paper the perfect tool of choice!Right now - the QK Vinyl AND the Transfer Paper is all on sale - so grab some quick. Some of the demos I will be doing in the next couple of weeks will use the QK vinyl and the transfer paper is a must-have!
Also, Dani has added a BUNCH of dies to the QuicKutz Super Sale for the 4th of July Weekend. Crazy prices on a crazy amounts of dies. The ones that are in my basket right now:
And you know some of my favorites, that I always recommend:
If you have any questions about the Silhouette SD, the QK Vinyl or the QK Transfer paper, shoot me an email or leave a comment here so everyone can benefit from the info exchange!
If you think you know why the rest of my day is going to be Epic - go ahead and wager a guess!
Also leave a comment if you're making something YUMMY this weekend. If it's chilled or frozen, count on being asked for the recipe...by ME!! LOL!
I'm here for your habit...
tagged Epic, QuicKutz, Silhouette, vinyl
Epic, QuicKutz, Silhouette, vinyl
Reader Comments (10)
What exactly is transfer paper? I have the SD, but haven't had much time to play - so any tips and hints would be great! Thanks!
Enjoy playing with the Epic this weekend!
:)
Stephanie - transfer paper is the paper that allows you to "grab the good stuff" from your sheet of cut vinyl, and then transfer it onto your finished project.
If you notice in my page above - not all of these words and letters are joined. Lots of them are just individual letters. Can you imagine the headache that'd have been, peeling up each letter and placing it back down on my cardstock. I'd have pulled my hair out.
But with the transfer paper...you place a hunk of the tacky sheet OVER the entire piece of vinyl...and it grabs hold of all the cut pieces...then you transfer all of that to your cardstock/wall/project and simply rub it in place.
It's a DREAM come true! If you have any plans of putting vinyl words or images on your walls/doors/mirros...get some! It'll make your task much MUCH easier!!!
:D
Thank you Susan for explaining what transfer paper is used for. I never understood what you needed it for.
I wondered how you got the words all lined up since they weren't welded together. Very cool. Does it work for paper too, or just vinyl? Thanks for explaining! :)
Can you reuse the transfer paper like you can the Scotch tape? And how does the transfer paper know what image you want to pick up? I think I need a video on this... hint, hint :)
The SD and the Epic...I am soooo jealous! I hate being broke!! I keep hinting to hubby that a Silhouette would be the perfect birthday/Christmas gift...we'll see how well he listens :)
Love the page--I've always loved the look of lots of words. Now I really need a Sil.
Oh I forgot to ask--- Why is the rest of your day EPIC??? Playing with new dies or something like that??? Don't keep us in suspense! :)
Silhouette and Mac?? What is the software you are using to make those two work together? I've been holding out until I hear of some success with this combination! Will you share your "secret", please?
hey Janet - my husband bought me "Parallels" which emulates the PC/Windows environment on your Macintosh. It's kindof freaky the first time you launch it - but you literally are running a "virtual PC".
As long as you have a Mac that has an Intel Processor - you can run the Parallels software.
Parallels is about $69 and a copy of Windows XP I found for $65...my Silhouette is running like a charm!!
Hey Susan,
Would love to see a tutorial on vinyl and transfer paper. Thanks so much.