Design Help Needed

[kcjb]

Hi there! I am looking for some design help. I have had SCAL for a couple of years now and haven't even scratched the surface when it comes to playing around. I basically import and trace shapes and hope that I don't have to do much more simply because I don't have the knowledge to manipulate the images let alone do something like drawing! However, I am attempting to make a fairly sizable quantity of baby announcements for a friend (and fairly quickly) and found a jpeg that is absolutely perfect----except for the fact that it needs a bit of design work so that it can be cut. I removed a lot of the extra layers to get to the point you see attached. I have Inkscape but don't know how to use it! Terrible, I know! Basically, I am hoping someone will be able to connect the lines on the balloon image and the banner so they can be cut separately and remove the junk....and I am hoping it is easy???? (The original image had another balloon in front of it which is why it has the extra junk on the right side.) Anyone's assistance is appreciated!

[papasue]

What version of scal are you using?

[kcjb]

I have SCAL 4.044.

[kcjb]

Hi Susan,
I was able to remove more of the lines in SCAL but I am still trying to figure out how to erase some and connect others. Do you have any advice on where I can find a good tutorial?
Thank YOU!

[papasue]

This might help....under the path menu is split path, close path etc.

This video from scappy dew shows how to use some of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U40wuSMWNQ

Let us know if this works for U

[papasue]

Have you seen these tuts from craftedge?

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=41705