Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Converting dingbats to cut files


I spent an hour this afternoon experimenting with my Silhouette Cameo.  I follow Jin Yong and my card was inspired by the tutorial she posted on her blog  (Under A Cherry Tree) today.  It's a wonderful tutorial that shows you step by step how to convert a dingbat to a cut file.  I followed all the steps to create the cut file, then I made another offset, mirrored left, overlapped, aligned and cut out my black card base.  I also cut a extra black piece to put on the card base so the part where the shapes overlapped on the left wouldn't look cut off.  I will be sending this to the Cards for Hospitalized Kids charity.  I hope it will make the little kids smile.

Challenges
Creative Card Crew - Use black cardstock
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Use punches or die cuts
Glitter N Sparkle Challenge - Use something with a b - black cardstock and a bow

9 comments:

Bunny said...

What a cute card for a child. I love the gingham ribbon. Thank you for joining us at Come And Get It challenge. Bunny DT

Unknown said...

How CUTE!!! Love this! That is a great little pumpkin! Great tutorial! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenges!!! Good Luck! I hope we see you again!!

- Susan, Co-Owner @ Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenges
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Barb said...

A charming pumpkin, what a fun idea. Thank you for sharing with us at the Come And Get It challenge. Barb.

chrissy xx said...

Cute! It brought a smile to my face Dee.
Going to pop over and take a peek at the Tutorial.
Chrissyxx

everything with stickles.blogspot.com said...

cute, very simple but lovely made me smile, Thanks for sharing with us at Glitter n Sparkle Good luck Chris DT x

N-Eva said...

It's really sweet card. Thanks for joining us at Come And Get It challenge.Neva

Collette said...

Simple and sweet - it's lovely! Thank you for sharing with us at Bearly Mine Designs' October Halloween challenge ... now if I could only figure out how to turn MY 'dingbat' into a cut file ... (speaking of my dingbat hubs, lol)

Wildfire said...

I love this pumpkin. Thanks for joining us at Open-Minded Crafting Fun! :)

Petya DT

Andreja said...

This is a beautiful creation. It is perfect for our ‘Halloween’ challenge. Thanks for sharing your talent with us at Bearly Mine Challenge.
Hugs, Andreja