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Can someone help me with this sign for my bathroom

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:55 pm
by angel
I want to make this sign for my bathroom out of vinyl on a picture frame glass, but Im having a hard time coming up with an idea for the cards, I dont think the way I have it is going to cut well. I was going to cut the shadow layer for the cards in a white vinyl, and then red for the face of the cards.

Any help is appreciated. thanks!

Re: Can someone help me with this sign for my bathroom

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 3:13 pm
by Louise-Paisley
why do you think it will not cut well?

It seems perfectly OK to me

Re: Can someone help me with this sign for my bathroom

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 3:33 pm
by gj1
I tried to fatten things up a tiny bit...view actual size and see what you think. It is coming back as a scut2.

This idea is tooooo cute! Sandy should use it in the room her husband built with the light...lol.

Re: Can someone help me with this sign for my bathroom

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:07 pm
by angel
strange...scut2, i dont understand that, very weird. yeah sandy should use that!!

I seen a sign hanging in a bar once that said:

The only Royal flush your going to get around here is in the bathroom! ha I think I will make that for my husbands bar come to think of it. hahaha

thanks gj1, I will download the file now.

I just didnt know if that would look good with that shadow layer, and then the little cuts in the cards.

Re: Can someone help me with this sign for my bathroom

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:11 pm
by gj1
You use scal 3, so your files are saved as scut3. I use scal2 and so they get saved as scut2 files. You can open either, but you should resave the one I made fatter, if you like it...so it will be a scut3 for you. I can not open scut3 files without changing the 3 to a 2. It is just that we use different versions, that's all.

Re: Can someone help me with this sign for my bathroom

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:22 pm
by angel
Ok thanks Gj1, thanks for cleaning that up for me, I OWE YOU!!! Looks great!!!

Re: Can someone help me with this sign for my bathroom

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:31 pm
by gj1
Picture of the finish, please...can't wait to see it!!!

Re: Can someone help me with this sign for my bathroom

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:42 pm
by Louise-Paisley
angel wrote:strange...scut2, i dont understand that, very weird. yeah sandy should use that!!

I just didnt know if that would look good with that shadow layer, and then the little cuts in the cards.
Vinyl cuts extremely well and you can get lots of detail in a vinyl cut.

You might like to add registration marks (not print & cut ones, just little diamonds) so the marks are cut from the white and the red vinyl, you can use those to then align the two colours perfectly when layering the vinyl.

This is a one of the vinyl cuts I have done, it was cut at 200mm (8 inches) high to give you an idea of the level of detail you can get in vinyl..
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Re: Can someone help me with this sign for my bathroom

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:55 pm
by gj1
That is sooooo pretty! Thanks for the tips. Love this picture!!!

Re: Can someone help me with this sign for my bathroom

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:41 pm
by angel
Thanks Louise for the very helpfuld information, I never would have thought of the diamonds for aligning, how terrific, thanks again!!!

I will post a pic next week, unfortunately I have no red vinyl, lol but thats me, always thinkin of things and dont even have the stuff to make it!