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Leopard Cat Stickers

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Trying to Do Something Simple

After the past few projects of more complicated weeding, I wanted to do something small and simple.

Then I multiplied that by nine…big mistake!

So of course I ended up spending two hours weeding these leopard cat stickers. But honestly, I do not regret it.

It was mentioned previously that some new vinyl was coming from TeckWrap Craft. This leopard print opal holographic vinyl is so stunning. I have two rolls and lots of ideas in mind. I really want to make something with Lisa Frank vibes. These leopard cat stickers were my first attempt. While they don’t scream Lisa Frank, they do look pretty cool.

Going From Full of Holes to Solid Shape

I’ve received questions about how I create a solid shape for the bottom layer of some of my projects. Hopefully these following steps will help others learn:

First, size the design to your desired size and press the duplicate button above the Layers panel.
At the bottom of the Layers panel, click the ‘Contour’ button on the far right. A pop up window will appear with the design that shows each cutout in the design.
At the bottom right of the pop up window is a button that says ‘Hide All Contours’. Once you click it, all of the cutouts will grey out and the button text will change to ‘Show All Contours’. Click the x at the top right to close the window.
Now your duplicated design will be one solid shape that can be cut and used as a background layer.

The Light Pad…Again

I’m pretty sure I’ve talked about this light pad before. It needs to be said again how useful it is proving to be for projects. Obviously I have been obsessing over the black glitter lately, but find it to be quite the pain to weed without backlighting to show the cut marks.

You can see above that the cut marks do not show up until the light pad is powered up. It’s crazy to me how well the light makes the cut marks appear as if from nowhere. It’s important to note that viewing the vinyl from straight on is the best way to see the cut lines. It’s a bit more difficult when filming as I remain off camera, so my view is at a slight angle. For the peacock project from earlier in the week, I did end up propping the light pad up to get a more straight on view.

Take it from me…sit above it to weed your design. It’ll be WAY easier.

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