http://www.pazzles.net/wordpress A comfortable place to be inspired. Come learn, create, and explore with us! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:04:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.pazzles.net/wordpress/videos/advanced-techniques/comment-page-1#comment-2737 Pazzles Craft Room » Blog Archive » August Challenge-Word Book or Word Card Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:17:25 +0000 http://www.pazzles.net/wordpress/?page_id=406#comment-2737 [...] 2011, there is also a class on June 30, 2010. In addition to the class, Christine has a wonderful video (it is towards the bottom of the page) to show you how she does it (hers is the same as the style [...] [...] 2011, there is also a class on June 30, 2010. In addition to the class, Christine has a wonderful video (it is towards the bottom of the page) to show you how she does it (hers is the same as the style [...]

]]> http://www.pazzles.net/wordpress/videos/advanced-techniques/comment-page-1#comment-458 Pazzles Craft Room » Blog Archive » Print and Cut the Pazzles Way! Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:04:08 +0000 http://www.pazzles.net/wordpress/?page_id=406#comment-458 [...] I am often asked why we don’t have some fancy doo-dad or gadget for cutting around printed clipart. At times I have felt like it was the quest for the Holy Grail! The fact of the matter is that the only way to obtain a super accurate print and cut is to have a machine that does both. Those machines do exist but they are very expensive and the technology is protected. I think it will be a while until that process is available to the masses. That doesn’t mean that you are out of luck, though. The Inspiration will do an incredibly accurate cut around a printed design and it does it without any bells or whistles. No special lights, tools or markers are required to do the job. The process is simple and surprisingly fast once you understand how it is done. Some of you may wonder why anyone would want to cut around clipart. We do have, after all, the best cutting machine around and we can cut anything out of paper. I am a lover of paper piecing and would rather use layered paper designs than clip art and stickers for most of my projects. But, I will admit there are times when clipart is the better alternative. If I have to make 50 valentines in a hurry, I do not want to use paper pieced designs. Either I will resort to something simple or I will use clipart. If I had to cut the clipart out by hand I would probably end up in Walmart to buy inexpensive cookie cutter valentines. Instead, I can find a cute clipart, print it out in multiples and let my cutter do the cutting for me. Add some cut out hearts, words and flowers; glue them down with pop dots and voila! handmade valentines!! Perhaps I want to make birth announcements with the baby’s picture. But I want to have the baby’s picture cut in a circle. I could get out the old circle cutter or I could print out the photo in multiples on photo paper. Then use the print and cut method to cut circles accurately around the photos. I am sure that you can think of many other ways that print and cut would be useful. The process is so simple and takes only a few steps. First, import the clipart into the Inspiration software. Next, trace around it using the hand vectorization method (or use Edition vectorization). Print the clipart and cut a template for positioning it. Put the clipart on the template and cut! While the process is not hard, it is more easily learned if you see it done. I have created a video tutorial that shows how to do Print and Cut. It will also teach you how to use the Edition vectorization function. It is a little known method for tracing around the outside of clipart. (I am also including the Fairy Clipart I used in the tutorial.) Once you have tried Print and Cut, I would love to hear how you are using it. You can watch the video below or you can find the Print and Cut tutorial in the Video Library under Advanced Techniques. [...] [...] I am often asked why we don’t have some fancy doo-dad or gadget for cutting around printed clipart. At times I have felt like it was the quest for the Holy Grail! The fact of the matter is that the only way to obtain a super accurate print and cut is to have a machine that does both. Those machines do exist but they are very expensive and the technology is protected. I think it will be a while until that process is available to the masses. That doesn’t mean that you are out of luck, though. The Inspiration will do an incredibly accurate cut around a printed design and it does it without any bells or whistles. No special lights, tools or markers are required to do the job. The process is simple and surprisingly fast once you understand how it is done. Some of you may wonder why anyone would want to cut around clipart. We do have, after all, the best cutting machine around and we can cut anything out of paper. I am a lover of paper piecing and would rather use layered paper designs than clip art and stickers for most of my projects. But, I will admit there are times when clipart is the better alternative. If I have to make 50 valentines in a hurry, I do not want to use paper pieced designs. Either I will resort to something simple or I will use clipart. If I had to cut the clipart out by hand I would probably end up in Walmart to buy inexpensive cookie cutter valentines. Instead, I can find a cute clipart, print it out in multiples and let my cutter do the cutting for me. Add some cut out hearts, words and flowers; glue them down with pop dots and voila! handmade valentines!! Perhaps I want to make birth announcements with the baby’s picture. But I want to have the baby’s picture cut in a circle. I could get out the old circle cutter or I could print out the photo in multiples on photo paper. Then use the print and cut method to cut circles accurately around the photos. I am sure that you can think of many other ways that print and cut would be useful. The process is so simple and takes only a few steps. First, import the clipart into the Inspiration software. Next, trace around it using the hand vectorization method (or use Edition vectorization). Print the clipart and cut a template for positioning it. Put the clipart on the template and cut! While the process is not hard, it is more easily learned if you see it done. I have created a video tutorial that shows how to do Print and Cut. It will also teach you how to use the Edition vectorization function. It is a little known method for tracing around the outside of clipart. (I am also including the Fairy Clipart I used in the tutorial.) Once you have tried Print and Cut, I would love to hear how you are using it. You can watch the video below or you can find the Print and Cut tutorial in the Video Library under Advanced Techniques. [...]

]]> http://www.pazzles.net/wordpress/videos/advanced-techniques/comment-page-1#comment-224 Pazzles Craft Room » Blog Archive » Color My World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:38:10 +0000 http://www.pazzles.net/wordpress/?page_id=406#comment-224 [...] Take me to Color Palette ABC’s part 2 in Advanced Techniques. « Cards [...] [...] Take me to Color Palette ABC’s part 2 in Advanced Techniques. « Cards [...]

]]> http://www.pazzles.net/wordpress/videos/advanced-techniques/comment-page-1#comment-41 Pazzles Craft Room » Blog Archive » Overlays Made Easy! Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:44:42 +0000 http://www.pazzles.net/wordpress/?page_id=406#comment-41 [...] can view Overlays parts 1 & 2 any time in Building on the Basics and Advanced section in our video library. Is there something you would like to learn? Please let us know! Happy [...] [...] can view Overlays parts 1 & 2 any time in Building on the Basics and Advanced section in our video library. Is there something you would like to learn? Please let us know! Happy [...]

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