As promised, I am featuring a project today made using the Fairy Cut software to drive my Cricut.
Today, I made a layout (pictured here) for my granddaughter Charlotte's first year scrapbook. The beautiful heart frame is one of the standard Fairy Cut images to click/drop from the toolbar under "Frames". I enlarged it to almost 12" square by simply dragging the corner across the on-screen mat.
When you do this, you immediately see what will cut and where. This is called WYSIWYG (pronounced Wizzy-wig), or What You See Is What You Get.
Now, to cut the adorable Miss Charlotte and turn her into Cupid, I used Fairy Cut's impressive
"Print and Cut" feature. I had a .jpg image of Charlotte wearing nothing but her diaper and tutu. Following the tutorials offered by Fairy Cut, I taught myself how to print the picture using my computer's inkjet printer, then mat it up for cutting.
"Print and Cut" feature. I had a .jpg image of Charlotte wearing nothing but her diaper and tutu. Following the tutorials offered by Fairy Cut, I taught myself how to print the picture using my computer's inkjet printer, then mat it up for cutting.
Once done, I used my Cricut "Love Struck" cartridge to cut a set of wings for my little Cupid, as well as a bow and arrow, and the "Sweetie" sentiment. I wanted the drawcord of the arrow to go behind Charlotte's head, so I cut a piece of twine for front and back and replaced the paper piece for the twine. I glammed-up the wings and bow and arrow using Stickles, and tied a love-bow around Cupid's waist. Cute, huh?
Now don't forget to leave a comment! At the end of the month, every CardMonkey FOLLOWER* who comments on a "Fairy Cut Friday" post here on CardMonkey will be eligible to win a FREE Fairy Cut Software license (a $99 value) as special blog candy from the manufacturer! So with 4 Fridays in February, if you comment each week, you'll have FOUR CHANCES to win this great blog candy. And let me tell you, if you go to http://www.fairycut.com/ and check out their blog and forum, you'll see all the really neat things this program can do to enhance your Cricut experience!
TUNE IN TOMORROW, when I'm a Blog Stop on the "Feel The Love" Blog Hop hosted by Jaime at Glitter Stamps & Paper Oh My. Here's a hint: You'll see no CARDS from CardMonkey tomorrow, but a real TREAT!
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