It's here! It has arrived! (And the angels sang... "ahhhhhhhh") Oh yes, the glorious Silhouette Cameo is here. And I lost no time in getting it out of the box and setting it up. It's beautiful. Like a new car! It's all nice and shiney and everything is new and all the pieces are there. Love it.
Monday and Tuesday I spent reading the entire manual. I don't think I've ever read a manual cover to cover before. Fifty two pages, and I thought the manual was "light" on instruction. We need a "Silhouette for Dummies" book. I'm thinking I'll be getting my education off of U-tube.
Last night I cut for the very first time. Yes - a virgin cut! I cut a reindeer, a snowflake and a happy birthday title - all on the same page using different papers for each cut. Yeah - my first cut was "fancy". And I went for the "real thing" to use. To hell with "research and development", just jump right in with the real thing - it will work. (OK. I would have made a really bad scientist.)
It worked like a charm. This machine lines up the image on the computer screen exactly as it will on the cutting mat. (The old one didn't do that.) This one has a 12x12 cutting mat, the old one was 81/2 x 11 - you had to trim your paper every time and you kind of had to guess where the cut would start. This machine is a lot quieter, although the grindy cutting noise is always a little disturbing. But that is what it does.
I also practiced grouping and ungrouping images last night. Seeing how they move on the page and how you control the images.
Tonight, I'll make a turkey. NO - not the in the oven kind, the paper kind. That and apple pie.. that's all I need for Thanksgiving.
I'm already thinking about the ways that I can use this. Cards are a given. But I can cut snowflakes and decorate the house. (Tony's idea.) I can download my digitial images (like Heidi Swapp Soiree line) and set them up as a print and cut feature. (Which I have to-sort learn to use, but will.) Instant die cuts forever. Sort my images by categories for easy access. And on "Black Friday" I'll be shopping for images in the on-line shop. I have finally found a use for all of the paper I have collected over the last 12 years of scrapbooking. I can't wait to see what I can make.
I can't wait to learn more about what this can do. (I should call in sick. Day before the holiday. They know I have a new toy. Probably not a good idea.)
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