Carry my cake PLEASE

Today I am here to show you a cake box I made

this one was the same as the pop corn boxes i made

only cut the sides down 

Perfect for this wonderful stamp

Box designed in inkscape and cut using 

the zing

More popcorn Anyone?

I added Alota rubber stamps on each side. 

Designed in inkscape and cut on the ZING

The adventure continues

WEEK 12.

I was only ever planing on doing this weekly adventure 

with blog entries for 12 weeks but there is still 

heaps of things I have not tried or want to retry.

So hope this makes you happy that I will bee continuing.

This weeks adventure.

Having explored the pens on the ZING HERE.

But with using the pens that way  there was no way I could 

draw and cut as the center point was in all different places .

So this I thought i would get the yellow ZING pen holder.

(but instead of using the screw that it has, I used scrap of 

vinyl and taped around the pen so it fit snug in the holder. 

This way i was sure that the center point of the pen would 

be so close to the center (if not in the center) and would 

work for penwork and cut) 

After getting it all set up I was having trouble getting it 

to draw right it would leave little tails on each of the 

drawn things. Trying everything I could think of to 

stop this from happening. (with no luck)

I asked Fred from SkatKat if he knew why.

And he did!!  He told me to turn of the off sett 

and it WORKED perfectly

TIP 

(thanks to skatkat)

When using pens turn the offset to "0"

Now after many try outs I was ready to start to make 

something so I opened inkscape and started to make 

something after many attempts with out luck I finally 

realised how to get it to draw and cut what I wanted.

OH and i set up the embossing lines so I could use

the blue embossing tool to do that too  

 Only thing I was not happy with is i was having trouble 

being able to make the stitches wider.

So first of i thought I would try a dot dash  and made 

another box. Which trying this box and making it 

bigger  than the first  when cutting. I discovered

HOW to get the stitches wider

(design small and enlarge )

 Here is the two together

Introducing 
ZEWZING-BOT
I like adding pen work to my 3D things and this 

has opened up a whole new world to me .

So the first pattern I thought i would try is my 

EC Robot (a robot i designed back when 

i first got another cutter)

Using inkscape I got the stitch lines all ready as 

well as all the embossing lines.

  Designed all the stitching lines in the small version of the 

pattern and then enlarging it before taking to make 

the cut . (Takes a little time to set it all up on the layers

in make the cut , BUT it is well worth it) 
Here he is with out any added extra parts to 
show case the stitching pen work

 And now I added some trims to him

 This is what inspired the chest panel

OH and here is a look at what the difference

the OFF SET makes

Sticking to the theme I then made this 
quick card using the alota rubber stamps digital stamp
and the panel i had made for the ZewZingBots chest.
Used print and cut (robot) , as well as 
pen and cut (frame)

I would have liked to do a inkscape lesson 

on the stitching set up but I did run out of time

but if I get emails of interest I will make it.

 

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

Popcorn at the beach anyone?

I designed this popcorn box for a friend so I 

thought I would check that it looked OK.

I added Alota rubber stamps on each side.

Designed in inkscape and cut on the ZING 

May the Fourth (force) be with you

Today being the 4th of May

is

 STARWARS DAY

MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU 

Here is a Flag I made for Neal to put on his bike

today. ( he went for a ride to the beach today )

(designed in inkscape and cut on the ZING 

using heat transfer vinyl)

Animal card ALOTA challenge No#82

It is time again for another alota challenge 

this time it is animal 

Enter as many times as you like for more chances

to win Don't forget to tag it with ALOTA82 

and head over to ALOTA blog and linky it  .

MY Adventure continues Heat vinyl transfer again

Week 11. This week I played with the 

heat vinyl transfer again, and learnt some 

big lessons while doing it .

My son was impressed with the shirts, tshirts 

and flags that I have been making for Neal 

that he started asking if  it was possible to 

do different things with the vinyl. 

So I brought some t shirts for him and he picked what 

he wanted .

First of he wanted the Darth (pulp) Fiction 

After seeing the bike on sign that I made for 

Neals bike He then wanted a gaming t shirt 

and this is the result.

(FORGOT that I had to reverse the project 

so it would be right after ironed on. So I had 

to recut it TIP the good thing was that I had 

used a font that worked most letters on this 

saying when flipped and only cut a few letters that 

did not work )

THIS IS where I am soo amazed with how small and fine 

the ZING cuts the select and start words are 3/16" and still 

readable (other cutters i have it would not be possible to do this )

Now for my biggest lesson learnt this week.

DON'T be in a rush to get the t shirts made

LET COOL BETWEEN COLOURS!!!!

Martyn then said he would like this wonder woman

put on a tshirt So I spent a few hours changing 

the picture into a picture that was possible to cut 

and I had to order some skin tone and gold heat vinyl

for it . 

(P.S. I used inkscape and hand traced the picture to make 

this. It is not a few clicks and done but it is well worth the 

extra work to take time) 

  With the way I had designed it I had to put it 

on a red or lighter tshirt as it would not look good

on a black tshirt.

I cut all coloured pieces and went to iron and started 

ironing all the pieces one after another on the red tshirt

thinking that the colour to be more worried about was 

the gold as it was a metallic, so I left that to last.

I was doing colour after another  while it was all still 

hot. WRONG!!! It got FAR too hot and the skin colour all 

burnt. (IT WAS A MESS) Not fixable tshirt  wrecked.

Turned of the iron left the wrecked tshirt where it layed.

Next morning i got up and cut out a black layer again and 

I was going to cut a white layer and maybe use fabric paint

to add colour but while I was showing Neal and Martyn 

What I was planing the top layer just happened to be red 

and they both said  that would look great that way , as it 

is on a red tshirt .

LOOK at the Fixed tshirt! This is over 

the wrecked one and you can not even tell 

I will be making the coloured one LETTING cool

between layers , and will show you that  when it is 

done. I just have to buy another red tshirt.

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

UP the Flag pole

Here is another flag I made for Neal's bike. This 

flag he can have on his bike when it is not a special 

day.

made using heat transfer vinyl  and cut on ZING

after designing in inkscape

On SAFARI

Still loving playing with the new alota rubber stamps

digital stamps  and making scenes with them in 

inkscape. I then printed and coloured with copic

markers

Heat vinyl and ANZAC day

Today in Australia is ANZAC day 

(to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.)

Neal requested another flag for his bike this time HERE is what 

I made him using the heat vinyl transfer.

making the pattern in inkscape importing into make the cut and

then cutting on the ZING

ZINGing adventer with print and cut and digital stamps (updated fixed lesson)

This week (10) came and went so fast.
But having enjoyed the print and cut soo much 
and with the release of the new digital stamps from 
Alota this past week. I continued this week 
playing with that function on the ZING

I used inkscape to make all my bases for my cards 

and get all set up , before going into make the cut

and opening the svg to cut ( I just find it easier this way 

cause i am used to inkscpate

Had fun adding words and making a scene 

with the stamps by masking in inkscape 

(lesson below)

Added the words in make the cut putting on seperate layer 

and opening both print layers before printing .

TIP

When you have put you digital stamp in make the cut for 

printing remember to turn that layer to black 

(trust me i forgot one and it printed pale blue YUKK)

Using masking lesson (end of post)

I was able to combine the monkeys in the tree and 

have the lion in front

Inkscape has a wonderful gear generator  and for 

me  I use it heaps. This card i printed on grey card 

and used white gel pen on the teeth

Printing letters so just the out line is easy when set 

up in inkscape  I can do a lesson on this if anyone 

would like it ?

 HERE is a TIP LESSON as requested

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