Creating A Cut File From Your Dies Using Brother Scan and Cut

[@wendywilson1736]

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm also planning on altering the sizes of my dies cuts, using my machine. That is my pet peeve about dies! Only one size! As for your pet peeve about SnC not cutting thinner paper well, I haven't really had any trouble. But, you could use double stick paper (Stick It), or wide score tape, to adhere your thin paper to cardstock before cutting, raising your blade depth a tad.

[@craftylady3129]

I was looking for how to take dies and make more than one and found you. Thank you. Will you be doing one from scan and cut to do a jpeg and then be able to use the maker? I have scan and cut but is a love hate relationship. I love my maker

[@Dgrvs7]

What did you use to cut your dies in the beginning?

[@carolinabnitt726]

how did you cut the dies when you had them on top of small pieces of paper?

[@scrapinmaniac]

When you have the brother scan and cut, you can scan the paper and move the cut image on that scan image so it cuts it well.

[@carolinabnitt8517]

@@scrapinmaniac so, did you trace the actual die, then scan that tracing? I do have the scan n cut. Or did you scan the pictures of the dies??

[@scrapinmaniac]

Carol Inabnitt I used the die to die cut each piece then scanned it with the scan and cut to create the file to actual size. You need to own the die so you can use the die cuts to create the files. I only do this if I want to create a lot of cuts instead of running the dies with my manual machine.

[@carolinabnitt8517]

@@scrapinmaniac, ok, gotcha now. I thought you were doing it somehow without a die cutting machine. Someone told me the dies could be used in conjunction with the scan n cut. I googled it and your video came up. I don't have a die cutting machine so was intrigued to know how to use the dies without a cutter. Thanks for explaining. Do you, by chance, know if the picture of the dies that comes with then are actual size? I was thinking I could scan that.