Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Vinyl Decals

One of the things I love about a cutting machine is all the cool things you can make with vinyl cuts. I have made signs for windows, decorated tumblers, labeled totes and probably a lot more if I thought about it.

Last week Linda was working on a file she created and sent it to me because I wanted to cut one for a friend. Linda had some problems figuring out the feature to get the words to curve properly so I sat at the computer while talking to her and manually spaced out all the letters more evenly and then she had me send the file back to her. I told her "my journalism major that I never followed through on finally paid off" and we discussed how back in the day before computers and software programs that typesetting was a lot of counting and basic math. I am thinking I might have stayed with journalism if we would have had all the cool programs that are available today. I sure did hate counting words and figuring out how to justify the columns.

Here is a picture of the decal after I got it cut. The guy I gave it too loved it. I told him "as soon as my friend Linda sent me the file I knew I had to cut one for you!". He is quite the gun enthusiast so it works perfect for him.

I have been asked to make a few more of these decals and as soon as I get the other things done I am needing to finish I will get these cut and weeded.

Since my friend Linda made this file I will not be offering it for download on my blog but you can contact her at Nothin' Fancy and ask if she would be willing to send you the file.

7 comments:

  1. i want to cut this out too...i live in a hunting area, the gun club is near enough that when the wind blows from the south we can hear the people shooting.

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  2. Love it! I hope your friend will share :)

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  3. Love It. My husband is a hunter and loves his guns. He is really upset about all the news and the gun control issues right now. He says the only way to stop a bad person with a gun is to have a good person with a gun.

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  4. this is cool

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  5. Cool decal! would work as a security notice on your front door for home or work.
    Thank your friend, Linda for the idea and share.

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  6. A vinyl walls decal is a attractive, impressive touch on simple walls. Once set up, vinyl decals take on the appearance of color, but without the outstanding craftsmanship that goes into artwork design on a walls.

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