What's New at Cre8ive Cutz — Tutorials

I'm so excited to welcome you all to Day Five of the month long Make the Cut blog hop!  If you missed the first four days, you can get caught up here.If you're new to Make the Cut!, I have some information on this page that talks about what the software can do and what cutters it can work with.  Andy, the creator of Make the Cut!, is constantly working on updates to the software as well as plug-ins for more cutters.  As of Tuesday, the full list of cutters that Make the Cut is compatible with is: Black Cat...

Here it is, Part 2 of my Basic Cardmaking tutorial. In this video I show you how to use the supplies from Part 1 to create a simple greeting card that can be used for all kinds of occasions.Here's the card:And here's the video. Enjoy![youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kSUsXVLOAM&w=425&h=349]

I'm a huge cardmaking addict, so alot of the projects you see on my blog are cards, and I occasionally get emails from people asking how I did a particular technique. So I decided to do a few video tutorials concentrating on cardmaking, starting with the basics.If you are interested in getting into cardmaking and are wondering what you'll need to get started, this video will provide some answers. Part 1 shows you some basic supplies you'll need. Part 2 which will be posted very soon, will walk you through creating a simple greeting card.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A44q0gFy9DE&w=425&h=349]

Wow, it's been a while since I did a video, time for another one!  :-)  This tutorial shows you step by step how to use the new feature in MTC that wraps either text or shapes to a shape. By changing the shapes and text you use, as well as the way you weld or join shapes, you can create a lot of really fun effects! Enjoy![youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu5xBw0j2io&w=480&h=390]

In my last post, I promised pics of the card I designed with Make the Cut! as well as how I made it, so here goes. :-)First the pictures: And a close-up of the detail: And the instructions: To create the cutting file of the vine and bird, I imported a photo of the Cuttlebug Birds & Swirls embossing folder into Inkscape, then used the Inkscape tools to trace the pattern and create the shapes. The ribbon shape was created using Inkscape shapes and adjusting the nodes to create the point. In Make the Cut!, I added a 5 1/2"...