New Tutorial

Hi everyone,
at the class on Sunday night, we were talking about using fonts without having to install them. Well, I was talking to Chris at Pazzles and she was actually in the process of putting one together and she just added it today to the Pazzles Craft Room. It is a FREE video and very well done. Because it is so well done, I won't be doing one on my blog, but will send you there.
It is under the Ka-Ching heading for todays blog update...or you can just go to Videos and The Fundamentals and it is there... it is at Pazzles Craft Room

How to Transfer Vinyl AND Layer Vinyl at the Same Time Tutorial

Vertical Title Tutorial

Here is a quick tutorial to show you how to create a vertical word and weld it. (I know, I'm supposed to be packing, but I needed a break...*grin)

Creating a Teardrop Tutorial

Connie asked me how I did created a teardrop. This is the quickest and easiest way I know.

Dingbat Fonts and How to Use them Tutorial

I'm sorry for the width of the video. I am trying some new things and this is the way it came out, sorry.

Connecting the Inside Piece

This is a very quick tutorial, but I hope you will find it very helpful.

Changing to an existing Color Tutorial

Sometimes when selecting colors, you may want to use a color already on the page and cannot figure out what it is...here is an easy way to do that.

Outlining the Entire Title Tutorial

Ted and Barb had a question on why they weren't able to get their title to outline the inside pieces. Here is a very quick tutorial to show you how to make sure you can do that.

Fixing Stray Lines in the Engraving Fill Tutorial

First off, can I just say, I'm so happy to be making tutorials again (I know it is probably hard to tell...LOL) Anyway, this was a question on the forums a few weeks ago and I didn't have time to answer it the way I wanted, so here is the answer. I hope it helps.

For Mattie Tutorial

Mattie here ...try this.

Learning to Multiply Tutorial

This is NOT a MATH tutorial....LOL.

Customizing your Color Palette Tutorial

If you like to use the fill on your color palette and are tired of the same 13 colors and would like to add more colors, this is a quick tutorial to show you how to do this. I like to have many colors when I'm creating a paper piecing....see if you want to have more colors.

Pazzles Inspiration Firmware Update/Repair

Right after the release of the Pazzles Inspiration, they had a bug appear. Pazzles IMMEDIATELY got a fix out for it. Because it is an update on the machine, there have been questions on how to do this, so here is a tutorial to help you with it.

Loading thicker Materials for Cutting Tutorial

This is a quick tutorial to show you how to load a thicker material for cutting, so that you can do a duplicate cut without the worry of 'shifting'

Add an Image to the Image Gallery aka Blue Book Tutorial

I'm someone that does alot of designing away from my cutter. I was thrilled to find an easy way for me to be able to save files to my Image Gallery (thanks Melinda) along with organizing them there. This took the stress off of me needing to go hook up to my cutter every 5 saves (although, I love having those saves too, without having to worry about losing a dongle security key)

Anyway, this is a very basic tutorial on adding your designs to your image gallery/blue book. Remember though, if you want to share your file with a friend, you will need to save it in the wpc format in another file area.

Live Class Announcement

I'm going to be doing another live class via Live Video on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 8pm CST (central standard time), you are welcome to join us.

I am going to be demoing how to create and cut your own rubber stamps, plus there will be question and answer time as well, so we can hopefully learn a lot of great stuff all together.

If you want to join us, you will need to do the following well BEFORE the class.

1. Go to www.livevideo.com (don't be alarmed at some of the pictures)
2. Search for scrappingklo Channel
3. Click on Live Show

If you have not signed up already, you will need to sign up, then go click on my name and request me for a friend. I will check for 'new friends' until about 10 minutes before I start, anything after that and you will miss out. I'm looking forward to seeing you all.

Out of the Box Tutorial

This should probably have been my very first tutorial. I discuss how to change your blade, how to prepare your mat for it's first use, load and unload the mat and the basics of using the actual Inspiration machine. I hope this will help some of you that haven't actually started using your machine yet....get it out and start cutting, you have an amazing machine and you can do amazing things with it.

Creating a Vertical Title

Here is a quick tutorial to show you how to create a vertical title.

Using a Pen that doesn't fit in the Pen tool

I have made a discovery today. I have wanted to use some of my 'fatter' barreled pens with my Inspiration, but the pen tool doesn't hold all of the pens. I love the pen tool for my gel writers, slick writer, galaxy markers, etc...because it is so easy....but in a pinch and for my bigger markers, I'm pretty excited about the possibilities. If you have trouble viewing it here, or would prefer to download it to your computer, please click HERE

Changing it up, in the Image Gallery

The other night in the live video class I did, I showed how to do this. A number of people wanted a tutorial, so here it is....enjoy