Hack of the Week No.119

Halloween Party Sign

Before you know it the most spookiest night of the year will be here.  We would hate to think you wouldn't be prepared for your annual Halloween bash!

"Welcome to our Halloween Party"

This spooky sign layout was created using models from these projects:

Fonts used are:

  • Juice ITC

Note - This hack was assembled in Aspire V8 for presentation purposes.  It could have been done in VCarve Pro V8 or VCarve Desktop.

Why not hack together your own layout mixing and matching models from other projects or from your own library!  For some great inspiration check out our  hacks page!

Cartouches and flourishes for your next project!

Possible Layout

The cartouche in this project would be the perfect place to start if you were looking to add an interesting bit of design to a headboard, piece of furniture, elegant looking house number plaque or as a powerful starting point to build a coat of arms around. Not to mention that the 2 shields in this project, with a bit of added VCarving, would make for a nice memorial plaque or monogrammed accent to the top of a keepsake box. The individual elements can also easily be repeated and overlapped to create decoration for carved molding or frames.

Possible Layout

Possible Layout

All 6 Models

Assembled Layout

This project includes 6 models:

  • Shield No.6
  • Shield No.7
  • Flower Flourish No.1
  • Leaf Flourish No.1
  • Leaf Flourish No.2
  • Leaf Flourish No.3

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Above are a few other very quick layouts that just might get you inspired!

Hope you enjoy this project...

Comments Welcome!

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The Design and Make CNC Projects Team

Hack of the Week No.69

This hack came from a very real problem I had today.  Every year we take a picture of our Daughter in front of our house holding a picture frame with the words "First Day of Grade X".  The "X" being the year the the grade she is just about to start.  My only job is to have that white piece of paper printed with the text... and well... I forgot.  In the end I did sort it out... but if I had this hack my day would have been off to a much nicer start. 

Making the customizable plaque and leaving a space to velcro on the pre-machined and finished year pieces would have saved my hide!

This "First Day of School" plaque was created using models from these CNC projects:

The fonts we used to simulate the v-carving on this layout are called: Palatino Linotype and
Monotype Corsiva

Note - This hack was assembled in Aspire V8 for presentation purposes.  It could have been done in VCarve Pro V8 or VCarve Desktop.

Why not hack together your own layout mixing and matching models from other projects or from your own library!  For some great inspiration check out our  hacks page!

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The Design and Make Team