(now your image should look how you want it to in the box “guide” in the top right of your screen.ġ8.* Click the GREEN “ Next” button in the top right corner of your screen when your satisfied with how your image looks (IF YOU ALREADY CLEARED THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN SKIP THE NEXT TWO STEPS)ġ6.* Click on the first option “ Remove” from the icons across the bottom of your screen.ġ7.* Select ONE blank/white space on the photo to make it remove the background. Close up spiral betty’s website & open up Design Space.ġ3.* From the options on the bottom, click “ Upload”ġ5.* Scroll on the “Downloads” screen to find your image (scroll down to the S’s & they are named spiral betty with some numbers) & click your spiral betty image. It should now say “Do you want to download “spiralbetty_#.png”? (thats the name of your picture) Click the right option “ Download”.ġ1. *** It makes this image easier to use with your Cricut machine if you put a check mark in the “ CLEAR BACKGROUND” box so you don’t manually have to do that when you upload the image in Design Space)***ġ0. (TIP: you can click the trash can on the top to start over with a new image) Next to your spiral betty, click the 3rd circle down the list on the right side (the symbol is a box with an arrow) Click the second option from the images pictured at the bottom of your screen. (you can use the horizontal scroll bar on the screen to zoom in and out on your picture)ħ. Move your image around until you get it how you want it WITHIN the purple circle & when your satisfied click the CHECK MARK. Click “ Choose” in the bottom right corner.Ħ. Click “ Photo Library” to go to your phones camera roll.ĥ. Click the circle that says “ + UPLOAD IMAGE”ģ*. Keep in mind, we used an IPHONE so some of the steps may be slightly different if your using Android or a desktop (If the step number is has a * next to it, that step may be different for android or desktop users!)Ģ. They also have other design options available besides the spiral design, like lines & dots! Step-By-Step Directions: Oh, and whilst I am shamelessly plugging things, did you know that I have literally THOUSANDS of SVG cutting files available? Some are free too! If you are interested in checking them out, please visit the SVG Cuttin g File Shop Archive.This is a fun concept where you convert an image into a single spiral line, similar to the grooves in a vinyl record. It’s crammed with over 14 hours of on-demand video right from setting your Scan N Cut up, all the way through the three key functions of cutting, drawing and scanning on both the CM and DX models and also covers using both versions of Canvas Workspace software too! Just before I share the vid, if you are not confident with the basic operational aspects of your Scan N Cut machine, please do check out my full “ Brother Scan N Cut – Cut, Draw and Scan with Confidence” course on Udemy. Obvs if you have any questions, bung them below and I’ll do my best to sound intelligent. I have not covered actually cutting this out, as that is pretty standard across the board and nor have I shown the application as this will vary depending on the material used and the project it is being applied to but there are plenty of tuts out there no matter what you want to do. Now, there are a few steps to get from creating the design, through creating the cutting file and on to setting up the machine for cutting vinyl – blade settings and depth etc – so I thought that I would throw together a video to cover those points. With this file we can then either draw it and frame it or we can cut it from a thin material like vinyl or HTV and use it to adorn stuff. Here’s an example of a very fine spiral with my mush…Īnyhoo, how does this relate to the Scan N Cut? Well, because this is one continuous shape, we can create a cutting file from it by tracing it in Canvas Workspace. Sometimes to get the effect you have to stand back or squint your eyes. It works by varying the line width as the spiral grows and this creates an optical illusion to the viewer. So, what is a “Spiral Betty”? Well, it’s a spiral design, that’s for sure however it appears to have been inspired by a French painter and engraver, Claude Mellan, that used to do engravings with a single line in a spiral pattern so, not really a ‘Betty’. Popular with Cricut users this trend has been all over social media so I thought that I’d be a sheep and follow the herd but give it a go with me Scan N Cut.
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