Hello everyone, I saw this video on using Inkscape (great free & open source program that does vector graphics) to turn a picture you have into a vinyl iron-on for your Cricut.
I actually did watch. Inkscape is great. I’m not sure, though, why she let the gray/yellow stay under the whole design rather than only having the letters traced in gray and laying that on top of (or inset into, if you’re feeling froggy) the blue/red star. It would save on material and the yellow didn’t seem to appear on the outside in the finished design, so you just have double thick vinyl over the whole design.
Another trick (though trickier with iron on material) is to add registration shapes to help with layer placement. If you were going to place gray letters on a blue background going with her example, you could put some little gray boxes that would line up with the edge of the star. Then tape your transfer sheet in place, lift it up and remove the boxes before ironing it on.
@atannir Awesome! This would probably be even easier for silhouette users with a pixscan mat if the existing gasket is intact enough to get a picture of it.
@atannir for years I have watched dad cut cork gaskets for clarinets and saxophones for the band. This nifty trick would have saved him a ton of time and band-aids!
I used my Silhouette Cameo to make decals for the car. I started with a disney coloring page I found online. Cutting it out wasn’t the hard part. The hard part was it had seven different colors and some of the pieces were pretty tiny (eyes, lips) and getting them perfectly lined up on the transfer paper took some time to figure out.
What helped was this tracing light I got here a while back.
Making decals is nothing anymore. I’ve been making shirts for years.
Saints fan here, can’t watch.
Also, that windows color scheme, though.
I actually did watch. Inkscape is great. I’m not sure, though, why she let the gray/yellow stay under the whole design rather than only having the letters traced in gray and laying that on top of (or inset into, if you’re feeling froggy) the blue/red star. It would save on material and the yellow didn’t seem to appear on the outside in the finished design, so you just have double thick vinyl over the whole design.
Another trick (though trickier with iron on material) is to add registration shapes to help with layer placement. If you were going to place gray letters on a blue background going with her example, you could put some little gray boxes that would line up with the edge of the star. Then tape your transfer sheet in place, lift it up and remove the boxes before ironing it on.
@djslack When I did my tink decal (see below), I had no luck with registration marks. I could never get them to line up properly.
Not quite the same but I just found this a few days ago. Need a replacement gasket?
@atannir Awesome! This would probably be even easier for silhouette users with a pixscan mat if the existing gasket is intact enough to get a picture of it.
@atannir for years I have watched dad cut cork gaskets for clarinets and saxophones for the band. This nifty trick would have saved him a ton of time and band-aids!
I used my Silhouette Cameo to make decals for the car. I started with a disney coloring page I found online. Cutting it out wasn’t the hard part. The hard part was it had seven different colors and some of the pieces were pretty tiny (eyes, lips) and getting them perfectly lined up on the transfer paper took some time to figure out.
What helped was this tracing light I got here a while back.
Making decals is nothing anymore. I’ve been making shirts for years.