#44 Two ways to scratch build windows 

If you need any specific help I am always happy to share what I know. geoff@jumblelaneprinting.co.uk

@@JumbleLane many thanks that’s very kind! Just waiting to see if I can get a Black Friday deal then I’ll be ordering! Thanks

Thanks Al, again I have revisited things I have done in the past and shared my experience. Regards, Geoff

I’ve just bought a Cricut Maker. It never occurred to me to use vinyl.

I think I understand what you are saying. Because with print and cut you have to define the area which is cut by erasing the colour of the area you do not want. In this case the unwanted area is the background which is the white paper because it is not printed on and just so happens to be the same colour as the preserved area. The bleed area is an over print of the printing itself so when you cut you do not cut beyond the chosen printed area.

@@JumbleLane this is somewhat difficult without being there to point. But it seems the area you want preserved and not cut into, always has to have some bleed or shading/print of some kind, correct? So no portion of a structure can be white on the image, correct?

@@KenN.OXN.805 I s as m not totally sure of the point you are making. The term bleed is used in printing which means a printed area which is cut as part of the manufacturing process is over printed very slightly so when the cut is made all of the initial print is preserved when it is cut. For instance, you are printing small square cards which have a red border line and these cards are cut on a guillotine at a later time in the process. The red portion is printed a tiny bit bigger so when it’s cut you can ensure the red is visible all around the cut edge. As we are printing essentially white on a white background there is no actual print as white is the unprinted area so we have to fool the printer into believing that the area to be cut out is a different colour ie, the frame and the glass. I hope this explains it.

@@JumbleLane ok, I think I get it now. I’ll have to look at the video again. It looked like the print then cut frame had some shading/color. I thought that was the bleed you referred to.

@@KenN.OXN.805 I would have to check the video again, it’s been a while since I shot it. The one frame I made fid have done shading as an attempt to make it look weathered and dirty, I think this was explained in the video though.

In this case the card was just actually copy paper. The one method of print and cut printed the frames before cutting them out. Most card I use is either specifically the Cricut product itself or I have found card if same dimensions online. All materials are widely available online at outlets such as Amazon or eBay. As for these window frames I used standard laminating pouches with the frames inside to replicate the window frames but you can also recycle ♻️ the flat clear plastic as used in blister packages

@@JumbleLane thank you some much great videos

Hi Ken, In some ways I agree. There are editing issues but in my defence I would like to explain a few things. In the video I mentioned that I had pressed record on the camera and it did not record. I did not know that at the time and when I thought I had pressed stop I had actually pressed record. Going forward to the next time I wanted to start recording I pressed stop. This went on for a while before I realised and even then I did not know the extent of the mistake until the job was done and I was editing. Not an excuse but the truth. Another thing is that I am a hobbyist who wanted to share what I was doing to give ideas to others using the tools and equipment I use for myself, I am not a seasoned video producer and obviously it shows. Yes, I would like to think that I improve over time. However I think all in all I got the point over and given at least some people an idea and an insight into using this sort of crafting machine to produce something like this. Finally, I welcome all comments on my videos and encourage anyone to comment good or bad. However, if a comment is telling me something is wrong or bad in some way it would help to give details of the issue that person has. As mentioned above, I am not a professional video producer and in many cases it shows. I hope this amateur level of editing did not detract from the overall video and that the information did get across and you could see what the video set out to do. Regards, Geoff.