WHOoves and my adventure week 17 with the ZING

Week 17 of my Zing adventure

This week was a mixed bunch of things due 

to making lots of things  for a 21st birthday 

present.

( I learned lots about  ponies this week)

This pony was one that i learned lots about 

He is Dr WHOoves 

Found a clip art on the net and used inkscape to 

turn into a cut file and mtc and Zing to cut 

using my FAVORITE font at the moment 

called YIKES

Knowing that part of her present I wanted to 

give her 21 coins (5 cent coins ) I made 

a little 3D box with a triangle holder 

for the coins . The dr whooves in on both sides

of the box 

While watching one of the Make the Cut 

webinars I seen that someone had made a 

box using a mickey mouse head and 

turned it into a shaped box. So i thought I 

would give it a try  using the Dr Whooves 

UGG i should not have tried it as it was not 

easy to do BUT was soo happy with how it 

turned out 

Surfing the net to see who this pony was 

I came across this pattern for a 3D pony that you print 

and cut and put together HERE  But i wanted 

it to be all cut out in coloured card stock so I tweaked 

it in inkscape making it into a cut file  and then took

to make the cut and cut out

(oh and it fit in the box that i made too )

To keep the theme going I brought a Tshirt and 

used heat transfer vinyl and made a tshirt for her

Then I used the glass etching cream and did a 

glass for her. This is not perfect as it was only 

my 2nd ever attempt at playing with it 

But soo happy with the result

Thinking that was going to be it I then was playing in 

inkscape and thought oh a hoody jacket would look 

great so i designed it and seen how it would look

 Below is a picture from inkscape

Sadly i could not buy a hoody in a suitable colour and

size but I did manage to get a windcheater  the colour 

and size. so i inkscaped and redesigned the idea

picture below from inkscape .

Then i took the parts from inkscape and cut in 

make the cut and the Zing.

AND here is the result

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY Rachel 

Here she is less than a few minutes after 

opening her presents from me 

She loved them all so much 

It was a big week for Zing I sure did make 

it work hard.  Need lots more practise with 

the vinyl and etching cream.

But soo happy how everything turned out 

and Rachel sure was happy too 

(she is both the ponies and Dr who fan)

The ZING is here to stay!!

I am off to COUGH 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

 would love to hear what you think

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Time lords /sons of anarchy

My son asked me to make his best friend a 21st

Birthday card  and sent me this design  to use on it.

I sat for a while looking at it wondering how I would 

make it then i free hand traced it in inkscape and 

then thinking how I would so all the black work 

on it. What I did was I cut in white getting the pen 

on the zing to do that part then before i took of the mat I 

used a black inkpad  and a black pen really lightly .

He was happy how it turned out 

 Designed in inkscape and cut on the zing

I am off to COUGH 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

Postage Stamp Lesson in make the cut

I am here today with a quick lesson 

on making a quick and easy Postage Stamp 

using make the cut 

LETs BEGIN

(Click on each picture to see the bigger image)

Would love to hear what you think

A weeks adventure with the Zing (week 16)

Sitting down to write week 16's adventure story. I sit here wondering what i have been  up too. (besides all the pop lock robots i made  (shown during the week)). (and still not being  well with Whooping cough)

Well I spent a lot of the time watching videos  of how too's about the make the cut software. having working with inkscape for over 7 years  I never really  thought about learning mtc I thought I could do it all in inkscape and save as svg's .

But after watching I have learnt that they both work really well together and it was a good thing

that I am learning mtc now. I found that I had lots to watch and each one I have  watched has giving me a little more insight to it. One other thing I did do after last weeks  catchup is I relized that I had a book with  cd of patterns that the same person who made the  robot paterns i have been playing with over the past  few weeks. So i got it out and tweaked one of the patterns to be a cut file as well. Below is the result. I used the pen adapter and embossing adapter (to score) and then cut. Adding a bit of colour here and there  to give a special look.

Now even though it was not as easy as getting the pattern putting in MTC  and cutting on the Zing.  I did have to take it into  inkscape and tweak it to work with MTC .

BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT

Here is my take on Josh's robot

HERE

 

The time spent setting it all up in inkscape was 

well worth the effort  coming up with three files

a draw file, score file and then cut file made 

my life soo much easier when it came to putting 

the model together .

TIP

Don't be scared to patterns to cut on your Zing as it is well worth 

the time spent tweaking it will open up a whole new

world for your Zinging

The ZING is here to stay!!

I am off to COUGH 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

Poplocks (part 5 of my take on them)

The past 4 days I have been showing the 

Poplocks and my take on them  

Part 1 , Part 2

,Part 3 and part 4

If you have not guessed I did have some 

fun with these and they are soo much fun 

here i am again today to  show another.

I used not only the 

Zing and the embossing tool and I 

also used the pen holder tool . 

then afterwards I added the colour with 

my copic markers by hand

these great 

robot things from PaperPoseables 

Josh released these Poplocks Super Combiners

That you can interchange and make great things.

With the poplocks that are used to connect 

them together there is no need to glue 

easy put together and easy pulled apart.

Poseable too.

Tweeked in inkscape and cut on the Zing

 (Although it does not come cutter ready

they are soo much fun it is worth tweaking)

I am off to Cough 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

Poplocks (part 4 of my take on them)

.

The past 3 days I have been showing the 

Poplocks and my take on them  

Part 1 , Part 2

  and Part 3

So here i am gain today showing another.

I used not only the 

Zing and the embossing tool and I 

also used the pen holder tool . 

then afterwards I added the colour with 

my copic markers by hand

these great 

robot things from PaperPoseables 

Josh released these Poplocks Super Combiners

That you can interchange and make great things.

With the poplocks that are used to connect 

them together there is no need to glue 

easy put together and easy pulled apart.

Poseable too.

Tweeked in inkscape and cut on the Zing

 (Although it does not come cutter ready

they are soo much fun it is worth tweaking)

I am off 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

Poplocks (part 3 of my take on them)

The past 2 days I have been showing the 

Poplocks and my take on them  

Part 1 and Part 2

So here i am gain today showing another.

I used not only the 

Zing and the embossing tool and I 

also used the pen holder tool . 

then afterwards I added the colour with 

my copic markers by hand

these great 

robot things from PaperPoseables 

Josh released these Poplocks Super Combiners

That you can interchange and make great things.

With the poplocks that are used to connect 

them together there is no need to glue 

easy put together and easy pulled apart.

Poseable too.

Tweeked in inkscape and cut on the Zing

 (Although it does not come cutter ready

they are soo much fun it is worth tweaking)

I am off 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

Poplocks (Part 2 of my take on them)

Yesterday I posted the poplocks part 1

and I am back today to show the same 

poplock but this time I used not only the 

Zing and the embossing tool BUT I 

also used the pen holder tool . 

then afterwards I added the colour with 

my copic markers by hand

these great 

robot things from PaperPoseables 

Josh released these Poplocks Super Combiners

That you can interchange and make great things.

With the poplocks that are used to connect 

them together there is no need to glue 

easy put together and easy pulled apart.

Poseable too.

Tweeked in inkscape and cut on the Zing

I am off 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