A place to BE HAPPY!...: An extra 12 inches...

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

An extra 12 inches...

Guess what Baby Bug owners, you can double the size of your mat to 6 x 24. Here's how. Thanks to KutnPrint from the MB for inspiration here.

I took 2 old 6x12 mats. Cut the leader green inch off one side of each mat and then tape them together with clear packing tape. Make sure the mats do not overlap, they should just snugly but up against each other.

Oh yeah, this only works in SCAL - change your mat size to 12 x 24 in SCAL, but you only use the top 6x24 inches on the screen when you design. Then just cut as normal.

Here are pictures of my altered mat and the vinyl I cut on it!

9 comments:

911barb said...: wow that is nice to know. Thanks.; September 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM
SusanBluerobot said...: Oh MY GOSH thank you thank you that is a fantastic tip wow thanks
Can you tell that excited me ?; September 3, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Angie - Big Bears Wife said...: THANK YOU SO MUCH for this tip!! i would have never thought of that; September 5, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Gwen said...: Thanks for the tip! I was going to buy a 12x24 and cut it toa 6x24. Now I want have to buy another mat!; September 5, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Designs By Jo-Anne Moreau Bougie said...: This is so funny because I had already done this.. I said to myself well the big mats are 12 x24 so why couldn't I just take 2 of them and join them.. Too funny... I own the Cricut Expression...; September 6, 2009 at 8:55 AM
PapaSue said...: Too clever. This will make all the difference for BUG owners!

Thanks; September 6, 2009 at 10:35 AM
JustYolie said...: OH MY! What a wonderful idea, I love SCAL!! Thank you so much for sharing. :) :)

Yolanda B.
Moreno Valley, CA; September 17, 2009 at 1:15 AM
Tam on the Rocks said...: This is super fantastic, I never would have thought to do this. Thank you!!! :); October 10, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Anonymous said...: You are a genius. I am sooooo glad I have discovered your blog. Thanks for so much inspiration.
Donna; October 15, 2009 at 2:06 PM

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Have SCAL2? Trace any image with these easy steps...really it's easy!

Images with little detail work the best - images in silhouette form, just black on white.

1. download a picture on your computer - usually if you see an image you can right click right on top of the image with your mouse, and then choose "save" or "save as" rename it if necessary - you can find images on blogs (my blog here too), websites, all over. Put it in a folder on your computer where you can remember. The image should be in the form of a .jpg or .bmp. I have a separate folder for scal files (and then I categorize my images by category)...

2. open scal 2 (this only works in scal2, don't have scal2? click on the link below to get it...)

3. click on the tree symbol (looks like an apple tree) a the top of the screen

4. it will bring up a search box, now find the file you saved, by clicking BROWSE.

5. once you click it and click OK , it will appear right on the scal screen, you can size and change it as needed.

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