Hi Everyone, it’s Kathy today with a tutorial to show you how to use the knife tool to customize a shape for your project. I have to start this tutorial with a confession. I am a crazy cat lady. I saw a similar item to my project on Pinterest, wanted to purchase it only to find that it was only sold in the UK and it was sold out. I was determined to have it so I came up with a way to make it myself… take a peek…
How cute is this?? Luckily my daughter was happy to be my model! This was really pretty easy to do… I started by loading Lori’s Black Cat Design into Silhouette Studio.
I clicked on the knife tool on the left side tool bar. Using the tool I drew a line across the design where I wanted to cut it.
You can see that the line I created divided the cat, leaving the top half of the face as a stand alone design.
I deleted the portions of the design I didn’t want, then resized the top of the cat’s head to fit my umbrella panel. I changed my cut settings to vinyl and cut my design.
You can cut vinyl without using a mat, but I usually use my mat so that I can use smaller pieces of the vinyl. I cut out the cat face, then weeded out the pieces I didn’t want.
Next, I applied the transfer paper to my design and made sure it was down well, eliminating air bubbles using my scraper tool.
I peeled the transfer paper off, bringing the design with it. The transfer paper makes it easy to apply the vinyl design all at once, exactly where you want it. I applied it to my umbrella, using my scraper again to eliminate air bubbles, then peeled off the transfer paper, leaving just the design.
And voila! A crazy cat lady umbrella!
That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!
Thanks for this tutorial! I’ve never used the knife tool – what a time saver. I’ve used the subtract method or even the eraser, but never the knife. Thanks!
Very cute! Thanks for sharing your technique!
This turned out adorable Kathy! Love how you were able to make your own. 🙂
This is a good idea–Gerlinde
Love it. Your tutorial has great, simple instructions. Fantastic idea.