Free Design of the Week Project - Cardinal

Hello, hello - Karen here and today I am sharing with you a frame I made using a custom background paper and vinyl.  I must confess, I have never used vinyl before and believe me it cuts like butter and goes onto the glass like a dream.

Supplies needed:

Silhouette Cameo

Printer

8in x 10in Frame

Silhouette Vinyl

STEP ONE - Create custom background paper.

• Open up an A4 page, open the bird design and resize to 1 inch high.
• Drag your bird to the top left of your page and , in the Replicate window choose Row of Three  and then Row of Four - you should now have a row of seven birds across the top of your page.
• Next select all of the birds and us the Duplicate Below option 8 times.

• Drag around alternate rows of birds, go to the Object menu, choose Mirror then choose Flip Horizontally.

• Drag a box around all of your birds and group them (Ctrl g).
• Change the line colour to one of your choice. 

• Change the line width to 1 point.

• Send to print and trim to fit into your frame.  Adhere a 3 inch square photo to the top right of your backing paper.

STEP TWO - Cutting vinyl and finishing your frame.

• Open your bird shape and resize to 7.5 inches wide.  Also open the Bird Subway Art and resize to 5 inches wide.  Cut these out from vinyl using the standard Silhouette vinyl cut settings.
• I adhered the vinyl to the front of the glass to give a little bit of space between the background paper and the design.  In my Silhouette software, I decided where I wanted the shapes to go, made the lines black and 1.0 points, as before, and printed this out.  I then laid the glass from my frame onto this so that I could accurately position my vinyl.

I hope that, if like me, you have never used vinyl before, I have given you an idea and you will give it a go.

Designs used for this project.