Holiday gift toppers with the ScanNCut

It has been a wonderful year creating projects of all kinds – and once again my ScanNCut has been a vital tool to allowing me to do more with my crafty time! the usual disclaimer – I am a paid consultant for Brother, but all ideas & opinions are always my own!

One of my latest passions? Using cut designs from the ScanNCut to whip up gift toppers! From packaged gifts to bags, topping a bottle of wine to dressing up a gift card – it’s quick, easy, and a lot of fun!

Step 1: Cut out full papers full of shapes. Circles, doilies, stars, hearts, flowers, words – no rules! Just make sure you’ve got a wide variety of sizes. I usually range from 1/2″ up to about 5″.

Then it’s layer time! I often use hot glue since these need to be sturdy but temporary and that’s the quickest.

As a general rule, I try to mix up sizes, layer 3-6 items, and make sure there’s a variety of patterns, colors, and textures.

During the holiday season I make sure to cut extra basic shapes like these so I can play and add handmade touches to every gift I give. From boxes of candy for teachers to topping a special gift for my husband – I love combining the hustle and gifting of the season with my crafting.

I hope that your December has been Merry & Bright! I have a few more posts and ideas to share with you over the next week… stay tuned!

Iron-on to customize your gifts with the ScanNCut

When it comes to customizing things – the ScanNCut is my best friend!

disclaimer- I am a paid consultant for Brother, but all ideas and opinions shared by me are always my own.

Around this time of year I really love to add details to my projects and one of my favorite things to do any day of the year is adding Brother’s glitter iron-on material to things!

The process is always simple:

  • pick your design(s), turn any text backwards, and cut using ScanNCut
  • either weed out or simply remove the material from carrier sheet (depending on intricacy of design)
  • heat fabric with iron, place design(s), place fabric over, then iron until set

Seriously easy – and fun on everything from towels like this to tote bags to Tshirts! I made a quick YouTube video to show the process as well.

While my towel is going to be more as a hand towel – not for heavy duty scrubbing – you can find a lot of uses for glitter-ified stuff!

I am going to be gifting this to a friend along with some other dog themed goodies – what fun stuff have you been making to gift this year? I’d love to hear about your projects!

Merry Christmas Banner Project

As you may know I work with Brother specifically as a Brand Ambassador for the ScanNCut. I share my own ideas & opinions and one opinion I have right now is that they go way above and beyond with the free cut files on Canvas. This platform for editing & doing some functions for ScanNCut is FREE – and while there are some “extra cost” things such as premium files (Disney, rhinestone function, etc) there is a lot free stuff as well!

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Aloha marbled journal cover with ScanNCut

As the days shorten and get colder I can’t help but think of tropical fun! Today I’ve got a super bright and cheery tutorial – this project is easy! You can apply this idea to many project types as well. I have really fallen in love with using my ScanNCut to make my own custom stencils! It is super easy (just cut stencil material vs paper!) and lets me add my own twist to any project.

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