The cow jumped over the moon.

[amcolley]

Okay. I worked on the cow jumping over the moon that Scrapit requested. I found a line art version and converted it. I tried to make it work so that there wouldn't be a bunch of little pieces. So what you have is a white cow with black spots. It has to be white because the whites of the eyes are connected. Cut the solid piece (shadow) in black. That will make the outline and also the black parts of the cow. Cut the cow body parts in white.

Other than that you can use whatever colors you like. I haven't cut it yet, but when I colored the image I used pink for the mouth and udder, yellow for the moon, and yellow for the horns.

I grouped the one called "diddle separated" together by color when I saved it, so you don't have to have Inkscape to use it. I will post a preview image later...I need to get back into PhotoShop to do that easily, and that is on another computer. I imported it into SCAL to preview it. It looks like it will cut okay. Let me know.

If you can't tell how the pieces go, look at diddle.svg to see them all together. I will post the preview image when I get it together.

[amcolley]

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[scraphappysue]

That is so cute!!!! Thank you for sharing that! I am sure I will be able to use that in the future! Great job!!!!!

[Scrapit]

Thank you so much for making that I am so excited. I will let you know Tuesday how it cuts your colr guide is great also. I saved instructioons and all. THanks ever so much. I was truly stuck but will use it often. I think even cards would be cute

[amcolley]

I cut it but had some trouble lining up the paper to cut all of the colors at once. I saved one with the pieces farther apart, but then of course you are more limited as to how big you can cut it. Let me know if you'd like the one with the pieces further apart.

[wreed06]

For lining pieces up, you might try just cutting it out on regular printer paper. Then, you can see where it cuts on the mat and you can cut out the colors to match the areas more readily. Take off only the pieces that go with one color, cut the colored paper to that size and adhere it, then do the next color and continue until you're finished. I've been successful doing that. HTH

[amcolley]

Thanks wreed! That is a great idea.

[dhoffm02]

I just made your cow jumping over the moon. That is so cute. I think it would make a great vinyl cut out for a nursery as well. I don't have any little ones right now, but I wish I did!

Thanks for taking the time to post this.

[amcolley]

Well thank *you* for posting that. I have been trying to cut it and every time I run into a problem with my paper or mat! Once I got a tiny piece of paper caught up in the blade housing which chewed the rest of my paper. Another time I lined up the papers wrong and didn't get the full pieces in each color. Then the paper tore the next time--either needed to replace the blade or the mat, I think. It seems like that cut just wasn't meant to work for me! I will get it together eventually...glad to hear it is cutting right!

[summer]

I am sooo exciting this is exactly what I have been looking for!!!! Can't wait to cut it cut out!!! Making a first birthday invitation!!! Theme is nursery rhymes. Which are really hard to come by if it isn't for a baby shower!!