One

Kay and Angie came to my house a few weeks ago for a weekend of cropping. Virginia joined us on Saturday for a while too. It was rather a crazy weekend as I was hostess for our CTMH group and we ended up having it at my house instead of the school where we usually meet. And then I had to leave for a little while for a hair appointment I couldn't change because it was the last day my hairdresser was working before his 3 week vacation. See, I told you June was busy.

Anyway, Kay was working on the portraits from Aidan's first birthday. Can't believe he'll be 2 this week. I told Kay that I thought she needed a One mesh. She loves the mesh pages, and that's the main reason she wanted an Expression. However, she hasn't played with Design Studio enough to want to tackle making one, so guess who got volunteered.

I grabbed my Gypsy on the way out the door for my hair appointment in case I had a few minutes to wait. I started a page with a bunch of 1's, but then I stumbled across the design on Graphically Speaking where they have already made a mesh of 1's and one's. By taking 4 of these and doing some welding, stretching and scrunching, I made a great full page mesh. Sure made it much easier.


I didn't get pictures of her layout, but she used one of these on the left page and just one strip of it on her right page. Too cute!


Wish I had time to learn the cartridges. A couple of years ago I could pretty much tell you what was on what cartridge. I don't even know what all is available these days. Thank goodness for Linda's cheat sheets and our keyword search ability on DS and Gypsy.

One Mesh

If you use this, I highly recommend cutting it twice in order to get a cleaner cut with all of the corners and stuff.

Jill

Thanks, Capadia!

Diane has come to our rescue once again. She found a work around for the Hide Contour problem that I have been having. See her post here for explanation.

She was kind enough to fix the Class of 2009 Mesh, and I was able to fix the Baby Bottle Gift Card files. I have replaced all of the file links with the new ones here and in the previous posts.

Class of 2009 Mesh
Baby Bottle Gift Card
Baby Bottle Gift Card w/ George
Baby Bottle Gift Card w/ Plantin

Thanks, Diane!

Jill

Class of 2009

Grrrr! I really wish I knew why my hidden contours sometimes save and sometimes don't. Anyone else having that problem or know the answer?

I'm so excited over this mesh. And I'm sure you'll note that my example is Class of 2002; but I promise that the cut file is 2009. My son graduated in 2002 and I thought maybe it was time to start on his graduation photos. (hiding face in shame-where are those smiley faces when I need them?)


Cut-Shadow is the base page. I cut mine in black.

Cut-Vines. After cutting mine, I revised and welded the touching vines together. I've also moved them as close together as I felt was safe. Be careful removing the cuts from the paper as these are delicate. I would also advise against using white cored paper.

Cut-Caps, Tassels, Words. If your caps and tassels are the same color, place your caps color on the top of your mat, words color on the bottom and cut. If your caps and tassels are different colors, I would delete the tassels from this page before cutting and use the next page to cut them.

Cut if Tassel different-hide button/tassel. Here's where my issue comes. If your tassel is a different color from your cap, there's no reason to cut all of that twice. That's why I set up this page. However, I've tried everything I know to get the file to save with the Hide Selected Contour items hidden, and it's just not happening. So you'll have to work a little and hide them once again yourself. At the top of the page, the buttons need to be hidden; at the bottom, it's the tassels that need to be hidden. If you need help with this feature, please visit Narelle's blog.

I made a few cuts on the end of the tassels with my scissors and bent them slightly for a little dimension. It may not make a difference by the time it's in a page protector, but I tried.

With all of these thin pieces, I mainly used my Sakura Pinpoint roller Quickie Glue to adhere.

My son's school colors were maroon and gold. I look forward to seeing what you do in other colors.

(Note 2/15/09--Hide Contour problem has been resolved and file should be problem free. See next post.)


Class of 2009 Mesh


Jill

Poinsettia Mesh

We had a mesh swap several months ago and I opted to work on Christmas. Since December has arrived (can you believe it's already here?), I thought it a good time to add it to my blog. If you followed the thread at the time of the swap, you may already have it.

The first 3 pages of the file are strictly for viewing the design. I would not cut those pages. Leave the mat alone after cutting the mesh and hit load paper. This will take the mat back to where you originally started. Then go to the border page and cut it. This will clean up the edges of the pieces that are in the non-cutting areas. You'll have to work with the leaves (cut green) and blooms (cut red or pink) to get them in the right places after cutting as some of them are trimmed off to fit the pieces trimmed off on the mesh.

I love the design and was very pleased with my trial cut. When I cut one to use, I think I will cut it either with the mesh in gold and the blooms red or the mesh in silver and the blooms in either pink or blue. And, of course, I'll have to add stickles.

Here's the cut file. Enjoy!

Jill