I made this card from a mannequin I got from the internet and then drew the clothes. It is a great exercise in working with the Inkscape tools and moving and shaping with the nodes tool.
HOW I DID IT
I searched google for mannequins as I wanted to start with a bare body. So many poses and really easy to convert in Inkscape.
Using the bezier tool I drew around the mannequin to create the clothes. Pushing, pulling and playing with the various ways you can change the shape of nodes was a great exercise and I learned a lot about manipulating the nodes to get the shape just right, or almost so.
The font for this card is Renaissance, it is free from a couple of places like dafont.com.
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Thank you again for visiting and I hope you have learned how to fish a little for being here.
12 comments:
OMG Sue this is amazing, this is exactly what you and I spoke about on the forum! Thank you so much!!!!
Debra, thanks for the comment. You inspired me with your request and I just couldn't stop. If you need help creating your own just ask.
Sue
Thank you so much for this post. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in Creative Busy Hands Cricut Freebies Search List, under the Elements post on Jan. 01, 2011. Thanks again.
Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave in the Cutting category today [02 Jan 01:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria
Sue, this is wonderful! Thank you for sharing the svg!! I just got some cling vinyl last week, and now I know what I'm going to do with it!
Trisha, I would love to see what you do with it, really!
Thanks
Thank you so much, I love how you explain things, thank you so much for taking the time to share much love
The little girl in me thanks you, I'm off to play with my new "cutout Barbie"! Zara.
TFS! I love barbie!
Hi! my name is Jenna, and I am new to the wonderful world of cricut! I have been trying to figure out whether to invest in SCAL, the benefits, etc., but there is not much info out there. With the SCAL software, will I be able to cut ANY image, do i need inkscape as well, how do those work together?, etc. thanks for you help!
Jenna,
I suggest that you visit the SCAL forum. The wonderful members ask questions, give advice, and share files they have made.
You do not have to have Inkscape.
http://forums.surecutsalot.com/search.php?search_id=active_topics
AND if you do decide to try it out I'd appreciate it if you ordered it through this blog as I get credit from them for sending people.
You can even try it out for FREE!
Hope to see you there.
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