Christmas Cat

[JimiJimi]

This is something I made for my niece for Christmas (her cat is called Cassie, not her!). I thought I might fill in the drill hole on the cutout name, paint it, and give it to her as an extra gift.

 

[martinka]

Nice one, Jimi. Looks quite thick, or is that an illusion? Good idea to cut the name so it can be kept. Is that the hole in the 'C' where you started the cutout? I wonder if you could have drilled it where it wouldn't have been noticed.

Martin.

 

[JimiJimi]

Thanks Martin. The wood is some 20mm ply that I scrounged from a factory that makes baseboards for wiring. I wanted the piece thick enough to stand up. Yes, the hole is in the 'C' - to be honest, I haven't done anything like this before and didn't anticipate that the name would come out in one piece.

Jimi

 

[boysie39]

Nice one Jimi , anything to do with cats knocks me out .Love it

Thanks for showing.

 

[Blacklabradorman]

Very nice Jim. Can I ask how you created the text? Was it just freehand?

 

[JimiJimi]

I created the text using the free graphics program 'Inkscape'. I don't know if you have used it - it looks quite baffling at first but a bit of time working through the tutorials is well worth it. I am very proud of the cat shape making the letter ' i ' - I created that myself on the program.

 

[Baldhead]

Jimi check out this video from YouTube

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gLNy_RewTjY

Just another idea for the name.

Baldhead

 

[bassethound]

well done Jimi! nice work, thanks for showing it.

Ted...

 

[gilljc]

I like that, and the cat shape on the I adds a special touch to it

 

[smoggy49]

Clever stuff jimi, in fact very much the cats pyjamas I'll bet the bairn loves it

Chas

 

[Sandybay]

Well done for cutting the name out in one. You could use it to make a name plate for the cat's bed.

 

[Blacklabradorman]

See what you mean about it being baffling Jim. Will take a bit of getting used to. What font did you use?

Sean

 

[JimiJimi]

I think it was Comic Sans font. Try working through the Inkscape manual, under the 'Help' button - there are lots of projects on there which teach the basics really quickly.

Jimi

 

[JimiJimi]

Baldhead

Thanks for the video link - that looks amazing! I'll definitely look into that for other projects.

Thanks,

Jimi