PRINT AND CUT ( I never gave up (but neally !)) glad I didn't

This week (week 9) on the Zing adventure  

I was determined that i was going to get the print and cut working 

how I want it too (having tried back the first week i had the 

zing but was not 100% sure of it )

So revisiting this week I can not say went perfect first off .I knew I had 

done something really simple wrong and i was not getting a good result.

Skat kat told me to make sure I have done the  Resolution Calibration

page 31 of manual. I had not done this, so I went and did this 

and IT WORKED it made calibrating the print and cut work.

As you can see I ended up with 4 times more tryout arrows 

than I should have.

SO BEST TIP do 2.12 Resolution Calibration FIRST

Lots of arrows  but did not want to waste them so i glued them together 

to use in a later project

Once I was near to perfect (I did say near). I then started cutting out 

printed images  

got it down to  perfect  (key is DON'T GIVE UP it is worth it 

in the end) and i used all the other robots and glued them together 

to make them look like a chipboard robot putting the perfect one on

top

Then I was able to build my own coloured images in make the cut 

and print and cut   YEAH

But I did not want to stop there i wanted to be able to print 

and cut anything. I happened upon a pdf with all the instructions

that could help me do this 

HERE if you have not been go there.

YEAH YEAH  this is what I wanted to do.

So I went into the Kaleidoscope Kreator 3 program I have 

(have you heard of it is a wonderful addition for any papercrafter HERE)

So what i did is made up a tile first one i used the feathers tile to make it 

and then i took that tile to inkscape and made a shadow for it before 

putting into make the cut for first printing and then cutting 

(I had some errors which i will show what i had to do at the end)

making the till 4" , 3.5", 3" and 2.5" and layed with foam tape

 then i tried a flower kaleidoscope and made another 

this time i took to inkscape and made the shadow for it there 

Now with my love of stamping weather is be with rubber and inkpad

or digital and being able to add the colour with my copic markers 

I thought next I would try my frog i drew that i used on my tshirt last week

(learnt the same lesson when cutting after printing if i want the white shaddown all 

around Read on will show that tip i learnt)

One of the things i love is teabag stamps  and with having 

to cut 8 images to make a medalion that was the next thing I 

wanted to try so i used that same frog and made it into a teabag image

(put the big frog on a action wobble)

TIPS /Lessons

Then I learnt that you had to do the same when you were 
a shadow around it 
Below is the marks with just the print 
(flush up against the frog outline)

But after printing and turning the print off and the cut on

you will find that the marks move out flush up against the 

shadow.

SO what you do is have a layer with the basic shape on it 

out from each side  and have it turned on for both

HOPE this helps and that you don't have all the trial and 

errors I had while making these for the first time

BIG TIP   
DON'T GIVE UP ON CALIBRATING print and cut 
it is WELL WORTH Playing with

I am of to explore some more.

 If you live in Australia and New Zealand 

and wondering where you can get a KNK Zing 

SKAT KAT  is the place to find them