Craft Edge

Sorry I've not been around for a while - had a minor op back in May and things went a bit pear shaped so am only now getting back seriously to the wonderful world of cutting and crafting. If anyone has problems with my tuts don't hesitate to contact me - I suspect that a few things will need updatin...

Make 2 circles one inside the other. In Inkscape: Open your page Draw a circle the size you need (drawing a thick circle will not give you a double cut as Inkscape will read it as a single line) Select your circle then Ctrl D at this point you won't see any difference as the cloned image is put over...

I have found that the .scut retains its svg image if you open it from within SCAL using File>Open project. Double clicking on the file just opens an empty box. Also before I save as .svg in Inkscape I do a last select all Path>Object to path.
Susibi

slowly does it - you have to learn a little about the different file formats if you want to use your pc to the max with programs like SCAL and Inkscape. The most commonly used file formats are .jpeg, png, pdf etc and those of us who have electronic cutters are familiar with gsd and dxf file formats ...

Have you tried Googling for Dingbat silhouette band/musician fonts?
Susibi

Click on the outline to bring up the nodes and your cursor will turn to a very pointy tool, click on the first node you want break then go to the top tool bar and you'll see 4 different functions for your nodes - choose the one on the right which will break apart the image at the selected node ( if ...

GSD is a CAD type file format may only be opened by Graphtec software ie in our case ROBOmaster, Wishblade, Silhouette software. If you have a jpeg of the file then you can try opening it in your graphics program and filling it with solid colour then tracing in Inkscape or making a pdf file of it th...

The lattice fonts look interesting - thank you for sharing so generously.
Susibi

Well - howdy doody Linda - great to see you over here- as usual I'm into the Inkscapey things!
You'll love this little program -let's you design and cut with your Cricut exactly as we can with ROBO and Co.
Susibi

Nice one!
I like to think of myself as an investor in a developing market!! ( ie the supermarket I could open with the stash I've accumulated!)
My excuse is it's for the business and I have to keep up with the latest technology!
Susibi