Cricut Elegant Edges cartridge

[bskts4bj]

I've wasted a lot of paper trying to get what I want cut and now I'm looking for assistance. I'm trying to cut a shape from a 12x12 piece of paper that has been cut from the center of the paper so that I can use the "negative" as a frame for another page. Nothing that I've tried gives me a "centered" cut even when I tell my machine where the center of the paper is!!

Can someone please guide me . . . .
Brenda

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

This is what I found on the Cricut site:

you need to move the blade manually to the center of the page. So move it until the screen reads that the blade is at 6" by 6". Then pick whatever image you are doing and hit the "Center Cut" button on the main buttons. And then cut! Now the Cricut will cut your image exactly from the center of the 6" by 6" point that you placed, making it cut the center of your page.

I've only used the center cut once so I'm not really well versed on it. I wish I could be more help!

 

[bskts4bj]

Tried that already, it didn't work . . . . maybe there's something wrong w/my machine?

Thanks anyhow,
Brenda

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

there is always a possibility, let me dig out my machine and see if I can get it to work.

I wonder if you have to push center cut, then the design, then center cut again.

Let me see what I can find out.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

OK so I read somewhere else that you push the center cut before selecting the image.

I'm going to go try...........

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

OK, so I tried it both ways and it seems to work better if you select center cut first, then the image, then cut.

Try it on some scraps and let me know if it works.

 

[bskts4bj]

I'll do that when I get home tonight -- thanks!!

 

[LindaBabe]

if you have design studio, you might try laying it out with that. it worked for me.