Hi, you can skip svg simply by importing the png/jpg directly into SCAL3.
I changed the colors to 2 in the auto trace import box and got a nice clean copy.
Selected the image selected Rhinstone. Used these settings: ss3 pp8 spacing at 2.00.
I'm not sure whether the image has a copyright but I'd guess it does so I don't feel comfortable publicly sharing the file here but you could PM me with your email addy and I'll send it to you. But here is a pic of the outcome of my efforts.
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I hope this gets the job done for you.