Thursday, September 1, 2011

Tutorial Thursday {Cutting Out Images}


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Hi everyone!! lots of people have asked me how I cutout tight spots in my images so I thought I’d give you a few tips. First up you need a image you colored, I have SWEET Buccaneer Marci all colored and trimmed around. Next you will want a pair of small SHARP Scissors. I always need my reading glasses, for the fine details.






Then I start trimming around my image about an 1/8 of an inch. Just follow your image all the way around.






Ok now this is where I cheat a bit, I cut between her boots cutting on the solid line between them. Many people like to use a craft knife for this, so that there isn’t a cut on her boots. I haven’t mastered the art of cutting with a knife and end up wrecking my image.






Here she is all cut out, you can see where I sliced between her boots. You can leave her like that or I sometimes but a little piece of tape on the back, so you don’t notice the seam. See my finished project below, you don’t even notice the seam.





Skin: E00, E11, R20

Hair: Y23, E31

Grey: T2, T5, T7

Outfit: RV66, RV63, RV69

Orange: YR07, YR04






I used this technique on Cowgirl Marci's rope! You can see my Cowgirl Marci post HERE!!



Hugs Cindy XXOO

7 comments:

  1. Fabulous Cindy, thank's so much for a fab tutorial ! I never thought of doing that when cutting between legs but I shall try it now !!! Gorgeous cards by the way too - love them.

    Hugs,

    Jo xxxx

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  2. Must say I am always a bit nervous when cutting around an image as I have poor eyesight so I have to have good light and hope for the best

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  3. Wow thanks Cindy, you cant tell at all, the rope looks amazing!!! Thanks so much for sharing that.

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  4. Hi, great cards, love them, Carole Lockhart Stuart. (Carole S)

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  5. AWE totally adorable card Cindy! Both of them are!
    Hugs, heidi brawley

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  6. Cindy, fabby tutorial. Love the cards. Your work is just too amazing!!

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