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The Brother ScanNCut is finally available for sale!  To get you excited, I'm sharing a quick and easy project that uses leftover scraps from another project.  (I love using every little bit, don't you?)

We’re going to use the leftover bits from having
cut a stencil design (I'll be sharing a video all about that process very soon!).  One of the great
things about the Brother ScanNCut is that you always get two perfect pieces –
a positive and a negative – whenever you cut something out. 

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Color the leaf shapes with markers that will
write on a slick surface since we're using stencil film. 
I used four different colors in a haphazard manner.

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Use silver metallic ink and a rolling stamp to
stamp a dot pattern onto the leaves.  

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Be sure to let the ink dry before going on to the next step.  I didn't and you'll notice my dots got a little smeary.

Punch a hole in each of the leaves.  Use the smallest hole punch you have.

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Insert an earring hook through each of the
holes. 

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That’s it!  You have a fabulous new pair of earrings!

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I made a video for you too:

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Based outside of Boston, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is a painter, printmaker, and collage artist who constructs vibrant compositions. Her artwork investigates the interplay of identity and perception, inviting viewers to take a longer look. Julie works in layers, both physically and metaphorically, exploring what is visible and what is concealed. Passionate about connecting with and inspiring other artists, she shares her expertise through in-person workshops and her online classroom at MyArtPractice.com. Julie's achievements include high-profile clients, multiple publications - including her book, “Carve Stamp Play” - and exhibits in New York City and throughout Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Brown University.

105 thoughts on “Brother ScanNCut: Earrings

  • Great-looking earrings, fun designs! TF the video. 🙂

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  • Great-looking earrings, fun designs! TF the video. 🙂

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  • Great-looking earrings, fun designs! TF the video. 🙂

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  • Great-looking earrings, fun designs! TF the video. 🙂

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  • Great-looking earrings, fun designs! TF the video. 🙂

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  • Aren’t you ingenious?! How cool! I’m hoping I can afford the new Scan & Cut when it comes out because I’m loving all of your projects!

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  • Aren’t you ingenious?! How cool! I’m hoping I can afford the new Scan & Cut when it comes out because I’m loving all of your projects!

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  • Aren’t you ingenious?! How cool! I’m hoping I can afford the new Scan & Cut when it comes out because I’m loving all of your projects!

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  • Aren’t you ingenious?! How cool! I’m hoping I can afford the new Scan & Cut when it comes out because I’m loving all of your projects!

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  • Aren’t you ingenious?! How cool! I’m hoping I can afford the new Scan & Cut when it comes out because I’m loving all of your projects!

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  • P.S. You are looking SO great these days! You’re just cute as a button (as my Mom would say). I’m so proud of you, Julie:) You’re an inspiration to us all.

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  • P.S. You are looking SO great these days! You’re just cute as a button (as my Mom would say). I’m so proud of you, Julie:) You’re an inspiration to us all.

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  • P.S. You are looking SO great these days! You’re just cute as a button (as my Mom would say). I’m so proud of you, Julie:) You’re an inspiration to us all.

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  • P.S. You are looking SO great these days! You’re just cute as a button (as my Mom would say). I’m so proud of you, Julie:) You’re an inspiration to us all.

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  • P.S. You are looking SO great these days! You’re just cute as a button (as my Mom would say). I’m so proud of you, Julie:) You’re an inspiration to us all.

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  • Too cool!! Really loving your look lately. Happy and healthy glow looks good on you!

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  • Too cool!! Really loving your look lately. Happy and healthy glow looks good on you!

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  • Too cool!! Really loving your look lately. Happy and healthy glow looks good on you!

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  • Too cool!! Really loving your look lately. Happy and healthy glow looks good on you!

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  • Too cool!! Really loving your look lately. Happy and healthy glow looks good on you!

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  • These are great

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  • These are great

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  • These are great

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  • These are great

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  • These are great

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  • What a great idea–now can you use those amazing feather stencils to make earrings too?

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  • What a great idea–now can you use those amazing feather stencils to make earrings too?

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  • What a great idea–now can you use those amazing feather stencils to make earrings too?

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  • What a great idea–now can you use those amazing feather stencils to make earrings too?

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  • What a great idea–now can you use those amazing feather stencils to make earrings too?

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  • love this idea!

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  • love this idea!

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  • love this idea!

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  • love this idea!

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  • love this idea!

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  • those are beautiful! nice job Julie!

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  • those are beautiful! nice job Julie!

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  • those are beautiful! nice job Julie!

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  • those are beautiful! nice job Julie!

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  • those are beautiful! nice job Julie!

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  • Your earrings are so cute. You are looking more beautiful, too! You have a happy glow about you. Have a lovely day 🙂

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  • Your earrings are so cute. You are looking more beautiful, too! You have a happy glow about you. Have a lovely day 🙂

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  • Your earrings are so cute. You are looking more beautiful, too! You have a happy glow about you. Have a lovely day 🙂

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  • Your earrings are so cute. You are looking more beautiful, too! You have a happy glow about you. Have a lovely day 🙂

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  • Your earrings are so cute. You are looking more beautiful, too! You have a happy glow about you. Have a lovely day 🙂

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  • Hi Julie,
    I love you, your ideas and products.
    Lately the teasers for the scan n cut have been a bit much. I will agree that it is a great tool, but the going on about it is tiresome….and we do not even know how much it is. I do not know whether to get into it or just avert my eyes because the price might be so much that I will not be able to get it.
    Promoting new and fun techniques is your biggest gift to us and I know that selling your videos and products are a big source of income for you and must be mentioned. You have always taken a more supple approach to this which is greatly appreciated. Being chosen to be a spokesperson for an incredible product is also an honor and helps both parties involved.
    I just have not been so excited to open your emails as in the past because of this…and yours was always the first to get opened no matter what else was waiting for me.
    Thanks

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  • Hi Julie,
    I love you, your ideas and products.
    Lately the teasers for the scan n cut have been a bit much. I will agree that it is a great tool, but the going on about it is tiresome….and we do not even know how much it is. I do not know whether to get into it or just avert my eyes because the price might be so much that I will not be able to get it.
    Promoting new and fun techniques is your biggest gift to us and I know that selling your videos and products are a big source of income for you and must be mentioned. You have always taken a more supple approach to this which is greatly appreciated. Being chosen to be a spokesperson for an incredible product is also an honor and helps both parties involved.
    I just have not been so excited to open your emails as in the past because of this…and yours was always the first to get opened no matter what else was waiting for me.
    Thanks

    Reply
  • Hi Julie,
    I love you, your ideas and products.
    Lately the teasers for the scan n cut have been a bit much. I will agree that it is a great tool, but the going on about it is tiresome….and we do not even know how much it is. I do not know whether to get into it or just avert my eyes because the price might be so much that I will not be able to get it.
    Promoting new and fun techniques is your biggest gift to us and I know that selling your videos and products are a big source of income for you and must be mentioned. You have always taken a more supple approach to this which is greatly appreciated. Being chosen to be a spokesperson for an incredible product is also an honor and helps both parties involved.
    I just have not been so excited to open your emails as in the past because of this…and yours was always the first to get opened no matter what else was waiting for me.
    Thanks

    Reply
  • Hi Julie,
    I love you, your ideas and products.
    Lately the teasers for the scan n cut have been a bit much. I will agree that it is a great tool, but the going on about it is tiresome….and we do not even know how much it is. I do not know whether to get into it or just avert my eyes because the price might be so much that I will not be able to get it.
    Promoting new and fun techniques is your biggest gift to us and I know that selling your videos and products are a big source of income for you and must be mentioned. You have always taken a more supple approach to this which is greatly appreciated. Being chosen to be a spokesperson for an incredible product is also an honor and helps both parties involved.
    I just have not been so excited to open your emails as in the past because of this…and yours was always the first to get opened no matter what else was waiting for me.
    Thanks

    Reply
  • Hi Julie,
    I love you, your ideas and products.
    Lately the teasers for the scan n cut have been a bit much. I will agree that it is a great tool, but the going on about it is tiresome….and we do not even know how much it is. I do not know whether to get into it or just avert my eyes because the price might be so much that I will not be able to get it.
    Promoting new and fun techniques is your biggest gift to us and I know that selling your videos and products are a big source of income for you and must be mentioned. You have always taken a more supple approach to this which is greatly appreciated. Being chosen to be a spokesperson for an incredible product is also an honor and helps both parties involved.
    I just have not been so excited to open your emails as in the past because of this…and yours was always the first to get opened no matter what else was waiting for me.
    Thanks

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  • They are so cool, and even cooler on you!

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  • They are so cool, and even cooler on you!

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  • They are so cool, and even cooler on you!

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  • They are so cool, and even cooler on you!

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  • They are so cool, and even cooler on you!

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  • Me again……I do want to comment on the above dissatisfaction of your promotion. I take an opposite view. Actually, all the prominent bloggers are promoting something – their affiliation with some papercrafting company, inks, etc. If I had not followed you, I wouldn’t have found out about stencils for ages! I’m always interested in hearing about new products and often I reject them but isn’t that just typical of shopping? We don’t buy everything, after all. Thanks for posting the price of Scan’N Cut – unfortunately I can’t afford it but I will hang on to the hope that I will find one someday that is being offered at a huge discount! I really love what it can do and all the possiblilities, oh my! I’m hoping to be in one of the 20 cities so I see the ads and see what it can do.
    I’m sure you’ve thought it out but what will this do to your sales of stencils? Thanks, Julie, for your contribution to the art industry.

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  • Me again……I do want to comment on the above dissatisfaction of your promotion. I take an opposite view. Actually, all the prominent bloggers are promoting something – their affiliation with some papercrafting company, inks, etc. If I had not followed you, I wouldn’t have found out about stencils for ages! I’m always interested in hearing about new products and often I reject them but isn’t that just typical of shopping? We don’t buy everything, after all. Thanks for posting the price of Scan’N Cut – unfortunately I can’t afford it but I will hang on to the hope that I will find one someday that is being offered at a huge discount! I really love what it can do and all the possiblilities, oh my! I’m hoping to be in one of the 20 cities so I see the ads and see what it can do.
    I’m sure you’ve thought it out but what will this do to your sales of stencils? Thanks, Julie, for your contribution to the art industry.

    Reply
  • Me again……I do want to comment on the above dissatisfaction of your promotion. I take an opposite view. Actually, all the prominent bloggers are promoting something – their affiliation with some papercrafting company, inks, etc. If I had not followed you, I wouldn’t have found out about stencils for ages! I’m always interested in hearing about new products and often I reject them but isn’t that just typical of shopping? We don’t buy everything, after all. Thanks for posting the price of Scan’N Cut – unfortunately I can’t afford it but I will hang on to the hope that I will find one someday that is being offered at a huge discount! I really love what it can do and all the possiblilities, oh my! I’m hoping to be in one of the 20 cities so I see the ads and see what it can do.
    I’m sure you’ve thought it out but what will this do to your sales of stencils? Thanks, Julie, for your contribution to the art industry.

    Reply
  • Me again……I do want to comment on the above dissatisfaction of your promotion. I take an opposite view. Actually, all the prominent bloggers are promoting something – their affiliation with some papercrafting company, inks, etc. If I had not followed you, I wouldn’t have found out about stencils for ages! I’m always interested in hearing about new products and often I reject them but isn’t that just typical of shopping? We don’t buy everything, after all. Thanks for posting the price of Scan’N Cut – unfortunately I can’t afford it but I will hang on to the hope that I will find one someday that is being offered at a huge discount! I really love what it can do and all the possiblilities, oh my! I’m hoping to be in one of the 20 cities so I see the ads and see what it can do.
    I’m sure you’ve thought it out but what will this do to your sales of stencils? Thanks, Julie, for your contribution to the art industry.

    Reply
  • Me again……I do want to comment on the above dissatisfaction of your promotion. I take an opposite view. Actually, all the prominent bloggers are promoting something – their affiliation with some papercrafting company, inks, etc. If I had not followed you, I wouldn’t have found out about stencils for ages! I’m always interested in hearing about new products and often I reject them but isn’t that just typical of shopping? We don’t buy everything, after all. Thanks for posting the price of Scan’N Cut – unfortunately I can’t afford it but I will hang on to the hope that I will find one someday that is being offered at a huge discount! I really love what it can do and all the possiblilities, oh my! I’m hoping to be in one of the 20 cities so I see the ads and see what it can do.
    I’m sure you’ve thought it out but what will this do to your sales of stencils? Thanks, Julie, for your contribution to the art industry.

    Reply
  • I really liked your cool idea of the earrings! Looks great on you!

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  • I really liked your cool idea of the earrings! Looks great on you!

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  • I really liked your cool idea of the earrings! Looks great on you!

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  • I really liked your cool idea of the earrings! Looks great on you!

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  • I really liked your cool idea of the earrings! Looks great on you!

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