ISO Name Snowflake Ornament

[CBru]

Does anyone have a design or instructions on how to make these custom name snowflake ornaments?

[eflyguy]

In Inkscape, you could do this (at least) two ways using path effects - ‘rotate copies’ or ‘pattern along a path’, although it would probably be just as quick to rotate and place the words manually.

Note snowflakes have six branches, not five as your pic shows.

[CBru]

Thanks! Yes, I would want 6 branches… just quickly screen grabbed an example.

[geek2nurse]

Moved to Community Support, since the free files area is for sharing designs you’ve made with others.

[eflyguy]

There are at least two existing tutorials here as well:

Name Snowflakes

Type a name, make a copy and flip it, then rotate the two of them 6 times. Adjust spacing as desired to make it look good. In pictures: [Screen Shot 2020-11-20 at 11.03.24 AM] [Screen Shot 2020-11-20 at 11.03.49 AM] [Screen Shot 2020-11-20 at 11.04.24 AM] [Screen Shot 2020-11-20 at 11.04.46 AM] [Screen Shot 2020-11-20 at 11.05.04 AM]

Snowflake Name Ornaments

I’d seen these cut from brass a few years ago, but figured I’d see how they work on the Glowforge. Since the acrylic is transparent, both sides are the readable… I think I’ll be making more of these before the holidays are over. [Snowflake 1] [Snowflake 2] [Snowflake 3]

[chris1]

This feels like it would also be a perfect Cuttle project.

[rvogt]

That’s what i was thinking too @chris1

[tobyschachman]

I saw this question in another thread and recorded a video so posting here too:

That one had an engrave and then an outline. For the one in your pic, the changes I’d make are:

• Don’t do the Mirror Repeat, just do the Rotational Repeat. And choose 5 for the number of repetitions.
• Make sure to choose a fairly bold font.
• Add some additional shapes: a flourish that’s also Rotational Repeat’ed 5 times, a Circle with M in the center, and a circle on top for hanging it.

Here is another tutorial that slowly walks you through making geometric designs in Cuttle. Skip ahead to 3:35 if you’re not interested in the silicone/rubber material.

Make Earrings using Silicone and EPDM rubber sheets

Happy to help if you have more questions!