Spring Buggy Birthday!

Hello & Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I hope your week is going well so far! 😊

Today, I've got a super SWEET card I created

by using the image I saw on some Adorable

Doodlebug Designs Paper! The 6x6 pad of paper 

I'm using is the newest "Spring Things" Collection - 

Now just so you know... I can be a lazy crafter

sometimes - and I did NOT want to cut this design

out by hand (Jar with bugs) - Now... it could have easily been the

fastest way to do it - but again... I can be lazy... or

I could say that I can't cut stuff out really well

 and didn't want my image to look wonky, 

since I wanted to give the card away - 😁

So.. as simple & cute as the card is - There was

some work involved in me getting it cut out! LOL

So I thought I would share HOW I did it....

Just in case someone else, likes a CUTE image

on a piece of designer paper & has the Scan N Cut

Machine & a Silhouette or Cricut for that matter - 😊

-- This is the paper Image --

I pulled out my Scan N Cut Machine First to Scan the image

then to cut it out for me - Well... as much as I LOOOVE

My Scan N Cut Machine, it does have problems "reading"

or "seeing" light colored objects - Of Course I knew this going

in... But as I've said before I'm STUBBORN... so I thought this

would be my first route! Well... it DID read the image... BUT...

It was wonky, just like me cutting it by hand.... 

so that wasn't going to work - 😏

What I ended up doing is Scanning the 6x6 paper in my regular

scanner - Then I saved my file, Then I opened up my Silhouette 

Program - That's Right!! My Silhouette to the rescue! hahaha

I tried to use the trace feature in my Silhouette, but it too

would not trace correctly - Sooo after some looking around

at my files - I happen to have a Doodlebug Jar file

from the Flea Market collection - And guess what??

After some sizing... it actually worked!!! I matched up

the outline with my jar then I used

the "Offset" Feature to make a .25" border - because

I didn't want it to be on the Jar line --

Sooo then I Changed the "red cut" color to the color black

because I was going to print out the outline

not cut it -- Then I took a piece of Vellum Paper & Printed 

out my shape in the Black ink - The Scan N Cut reads Black lines PERFECTLY!!! So, I laid the vellum sheet over my paper

that was already on my Scan N Cut Mat - Held it down

with some washi tape and then - Let the Machine READ

the Black Shape Outline --

 printed out the shape on Vellum paper

I trimmed mine down to the 6 x 6 size around the jar

This is AFTER I cut it - But the idea was

lay paper on mat, then add the vellum over paper

so machine can read the lines

This is after it was all cut out - So I can still

use the word "Hello" from the sheet or the

surrounding paper for a card --

AND BINGO!!! It read it - So I saved my image on the 

Scan N Cut Machine first - then I took my Vellum

outline off my mat - then and only then

was I able to put my mat back in and pull

up the file I just saved and Cut out my Jar shape! LOL

YES!! LOTS & LOTS of steps... But Was worth it to me because

I have a nice cut out with a perfect border - Which I would

NEVER have been able to do myself - 😳

I added some Clear wink of Stella on ALL the bugs & the Lid

Added Dimensionals to POP up my jar - The Paper Studio

Twine was wrapped around the jar and Attached my simple sentiment

Of course I thought I needed a little more sparkle, so I added

some Bitty Clear Gems from CTMH - Apparently...

I'm ADDICTED to these!! Love adding them to EVERYTHING!

If you made it this far.. then YOU are AWESOME! 😀

I hope I explained the steps clear enough - If not let me know

-- Other Supplies Used on my card --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Georgia Pacific

Stitched Card Mat Die - My Creative Time

Sentiment Stamp - Simon Says Stamp (It's no Secret)

The Design is a Sketch from Mojo Monday #420

Mini Tag Die - My Craft Spot (no longer available)

Big Shot, Misti, Scan N Cut, Silhouette Program, Memento Espresso Truffle Ink

Thanks so much for stopping by today -

I hope I helped someone out who may want

to try out what I did -

Have a FANTASTIC DAY!!!

Theresa