Balzer Designs

A Birthday Card with a Pocket

This year for my Mom's birthday, Steve managed to get tickets to see Hamilton: The Musical.  He asked me to make a card that he could slip the tickets into.  And so, I did.  (In the photos I used photo booth strips instead of the tickets.) 

I love how it turned out!  I think how you give the gift can matter as much as the gift itself.

I designed the card in Adobe Illustrator and then I used my ScanNCut to cut it out.  But, you certainly could cut it by hand.  Or alternately, you don't need the lacy bits. You could use a pretty piece of patterned paper and create a very similar card!  Here is a link to a very simple tutorial for making a card with a pocket.

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The ScanNCut Foil Transfer Starter Kit

You've been asking for it and now it's finally here! The ScanNCut Foil Transfer Starter Kit!  Yay!

The kit comes with everything you need to get started foiling with your ScanNCut.  It works with all models of the ScanNCut and the DesignNCut. 

Here are some of the designs that come with the kit (use the activation card to access them):

But don't forget, you can foil almost any design you'd like to.  In the video, I use a built-in design from the ScanNCut DX, but you could also use a scanned image! Watch the video for the how to:

Here is the flower I foiled in the video:

And here is a project I made for Make It Artsy. It's a fake wedding invitation, but the foiling is real!

I hope you'll give the foiling kit a try!

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P.S. I am a paid spokesperson for the Brother ScanNCut.  It is a machine that I love and use.  All projects and opinions are my own.

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Two ScanNCut Bags

The new ScanNCut DX is slightly larger than the older ScanNCut 1 & 2 models.  Therefore, it doesn't really fit into the original ScanNCut rolling tote.  The great news is that the good folks at Brother have redesigned the rolling tote to accommodate the bigger machine...

...AND they've added a shoulder tote!

I'm super excited.  Watch the video to see all the details about the bags:

You can fit any model of ScanNCut in either of the bags.  And they will both accommodate a small sewing machine instead of a ScanNCut!  Personally, I have found the bags useful both for traveling with my ScanNCut but also for storing the machine and all its accessories in my studio!

Let me know if you have any questions!  Thanks for stopping by!

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P.S. I am a paid spokesperson for the Brother ScanNCut.  It is a machine that I love and use.  All projects and opinions are my own.

Product Registration: https://www.brother-usa.com/registermybrother/
Brother Customer Support: https://www.brother-usa.com/support/

Best of 2018: ScanNCut and Stamping

Here are some more favorites from 2018:

Projects that involved the use of my ScanNCut:

Pysanky Inspired Easter Egg Place Cards

Mother's Day Card

Felt Cat Mask

Embossed Metal Christmas Ornaments

Stamping:

Hand Carved Botanical Stamp

Masked Thank You Cards

Carve December 2018 faves:

Printinktober 2018 faves:



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The ScanNCut DX Roll Feeder

The ScanNCut DX Roll Feeder is pretty darn cool.  Here's an 11 second stop motion video of the process of attaching the roll feeder.

And now here are the step-by-step instructions for that process -- including loading a roll feeder design through CanvasWorkspace for PC.  Please note: You MUST use Canvas Workspace for PC to load a roll feeder design.  (I believe a solution for Mac users is on the horizon.)

Thanks for stopping by!  Let me know if you have ScanNCut DX questions!

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P.S. I am a paid spokesperson for the Brother ScanNCut.  It is a machine that I love and use.  All projects and opinions are my own.

Product Registration: https://www.brother-usa.com/registermybrother/
Brother Customer Support: https://www.brother-usa.com/support/