A place to BE HAPPY!...: From Ugly Duckling to Cute Wall Plaque

Monday, January 19, 2009

From Ugly Duckling to Cute Wall Plaque

It's not a tile, but a wall plaque. I found these super ugly plaques at Michaels for .40 each. So my mind started to spin and I knew I could vinyl it. I covered it in vinyl and trimmed closely with a razor blade and then decorated. I used the image from KIDZ stamps available at Michaels also. Converted stamped image in Inkscape and then to SCAL.

~click photo for a closer look~

2 comments:

AnnMarie said...: Very nice! I bought a bunch of plaques and signs after Christmas and was going to paint them THEN put vinyl on.

What a great idea to VINYL them first THEN put more vinyl designs on top!!!!!

Thanks so much!; January 22, 2009 at 6:44 AM
mona1949 said...: These little tiles would be great for a bazaar. How did you get your holes in the tile? I just love all your work you are so creative. TFS.; March 2, 2009 at 4:23 PM

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Have SCAL2? Trace any image with these easy steps...really it's easy!

Images with little detail work the best - images in silhouette form, just black on white.

1. download a picture on your computer - usually if you see an image you can right click right on top of the image with your mouse, and then choose "save" or "save as" rename it if necessary - you can find images on blogs (my blog here too), websites, all over. Put it in a folder on your computer where you can remember. The image should be in the form of a .jpg or .bmp. I have a separate folder for scal files (and then I categorize my images by category)...

2. open scal 2 (this only works in scal2, don't have scal2? click on the link below to get it...)

3. click on the tree symbol (looks like an apple tree) a the top of the screen

4. it will bring up a search box, now find the file you saved, by clicking BROWSE.

5. once you click it and click OK , it will appear right on the scal screen, you can size and change it as needed.

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