Scalloped Circles Using Tiled Clones with Rotate.

I have uploaded a few new videos to You Tube featuring tiled clones with rotate. This particular video and pictorial show how to create scalloped circles for your projects. I like this method as the circles do not get distorted.
The following steps are a guideline and may be easier to follow if you watch the video first.

The same two circles can be used to create many different scalloped circles just by changing the location of the smaller circle and the number of columns used. Example shown below.

Remember, if you do change the location of the small circles to relocate the rotational centre. To have the small circles follow the perimeter of the larger circle the centres must be in the same location.

Nested Shapes Using Tiled Clones.

Two videos showing how you can use tiled clones in Inkscape to create your own nested shapes. Tiled clones are great for nested shapes as the new shapes are not distorted.

The first video is great if you like to design using stroke. If you prefer your nested shapes in full colour you may find the second video is more suitable.

Fill Setting in Inkscape

Do you ever draw a series of shapes or write text only to get spaces where they overlap when you apply path>combine? You may find this happens when using path effects such as interpolate sub-paths and pattern along path. It is easy to change in the Fill and Stroke settings.

Open Fill and Stroke
Select the Fill tab
At the top right corner there are two options.
- The image with an open section will result in gaps where objects overlap.
- The shape that is solid will give a solid looking result when you apply path>combine.

A few examples.

 A few more examples. All of them are fixed by changing the same setting.

Rhinestone Butterfly - Free file

Free butterfly rhinestone design.
NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Here is a picture of a card I created using the butterfly design. It is based on the same butterfly I used for a few of my past free files. This card was very difficult to photograph due to the sparkle in the glitter.

At the time of cutting this stencil I did not have any rhinestones but I was impatient to see how it looked, so I used glitter. I placed the mylar stencil on a pre-cut piece of double sided sticker paper and sprinkled magenta glitter over the stencil. I then removed the stencil and sprinkled white glitter over the the rest of the sticker paper.

Cut out projects can be sold.
The digital file cannot be sold or shared on other websites. 
Please do not share the direct download link or repost on any websites or forums.

Square Designs - Free Files

A few free files to download, shown below. All the files are in one zipped folder.
Each square is about 5 inches square. Resize to suit your project.
NO LONGER AVAILABLE

- Cut out projects can be sold.

- The digital file cannot be sold. 

- Please do not repost the digital file on any other website or forum and refer people to this post to download the file.

Tiled Clones with Rotate.

I use tiled clones with rotate when creating circular designs. I have made a video to show the basic steps. There are way too many options to show on one video, so go ahead and experiment and find out how easy it is to use when creating files for your cutter.

 

Draw your shape

Move the centre of the shape, so it rotates from the new centre.

Open tiled clones Edit>Clone>Create Tiled Clones

Change settings as shown below, then click on Create.

Unlink the clones and apply Path>Union.

Save file.

 

I would then use the design as a stencil as shown in the example below.

A few more ideas for using tiled clones with rotate.

Draw a few shapes and apply Path>Union (Path>Combine also works the same).

The two examples below use the same group of stars. In the second example I flipped the group of stars vertical and then created the tiled clones with rotate.

Another example that would be great for creating rhinestone designs. Draw circles in different sizes, align and apply Path>Union. Move the centrepoint and clone tiles with rotate as described above.

I have only shown a few examples and there are so many other possibilities. I would love to see any projects you create using tiled clones with rotate.

Please feel free to share this information to help others learn Inkscape. If you post this information on another blog, please reference this post. If you let me know I will add a link to your post on the subject so people have a wider base to learn from.

Path Effect Editor - Knot Feature

A video showing how the Knot feature in the Inkscape path effect editor can be used to create files for your cutter. Very intricate celtic knot designs can be created by using the simple steps as listed.

Here are a few files I have created using the Knot feature. I will be sharing some of these files after test cutting, so check back later if you are interested in any of them.

Please feel free to share this information to help others learn Inkscape. If you post this information on another blog, please reference this site. If you let me know I will add a link to your post on the subject so people have a wider base to learn from.

Scroll Butterfly - Free Files

Set of two scroll butterflies. Set includes a 3 inch scroll butterfly and a card topper designed from the negative.  The card topper includes a separate body for the butterfly.
The card in the photo is white cardstock for the topper, silver embossing powder on the body and a black card base. I added a clear rhinestones to the antennae. I have not finished the card yet and will stamp the sentiment at a later date.

Screenshot of the 3 inch scroll butterfly.



















No longer available as someone was selling the digital file on Etsy

- Cut out projects can be sold.

- The digital file cannot be sold. 

- Please do not repost the digital file on any other website or forum and refer people to this post to download the file.

More Mats and Borders

The set includes borders and mats in various sizes.
If you would like to design your own borders and mats the instructions are here.
I would love to see photo's if you use any of these designs in a project.

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- Cut out projects can be sold.

- The digital file cannot be sold. 

- Please do not repost the digital design on any other website or forum and refer people to this post to download the file.

Online Box Template Maker

I stumbled across this site while searching for some box templates. Super Deluxe Tuckbox Template Maker. Designed for making templates for packs of cards.

It is as easy as entering your dimensions and selecting your paper size. It will give you a vector pdf file to download. Open Inkscape, ungroup, remove the writing and cut it out. No tracing required as it is vector ready.

Scalloped Trellis Border Strips

A few border designs suitable for card fronts. Each border design is 148mm wide.
All of the designs are contained in the zipped folders.
NO LONGER AVAILABLE

 

Another option if you want to add this type of design to be part of the card is shown below. It is as easy as drawing a rectangle to the same width as the border, aligning both sections and then apply Path>Union. Click on the image for a larger view.

- Cut out projects can be sold.

- The digital file cannot be sold. 

- Please do not repost the digital file on any other website or forum and refer people to this post to download the file.