Back to Basics – Making Shapes in Inkscape
Making Free SVG Files can be overwhelming, let’s start with some basic shapes!
We are taking our next step in Inkscape – we learned the terms and buttons – now lets use them!
After you watch the video, you can see that all designs are just a series of Inkscape basic shapes. Yes, some are going to be more intense but when starting basic we are only using 2-3 shapes at a time.
My suggestion always is to start small – at the end of the video I suggest to layer some circles or squares.
Let’s go step by step on making a layered card.
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Start by drawing a 10 in W x 7 in H Rectangle
All of the Inkscape basic shapes will be found over on the side (I am on a MacBook).

Draw a 4.75 in W x 6.75 in H Rectangle and change the color!

Draw a smaller oval and change the color – make it small enough so we can fit a few on the card.

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Duplicate!

Duplicate again and move around the card – these are going to be our balloons!

Step 6: Draw a curvy line – you do this by clicking the top drawing tool – clicking moving and swerving! Do this to make what looks like a balloon string

Step 7: Make it a little longer and curvy!

Step 8: Make it bolder! Change the size of the line under fill and stroke – this panel is under the objects section.

Change it to whatever thickness you prefer – I picked 5!

DUPLICATE!!!

Move and rotate to however you’d like.

Change the colors of the balloons

I changed some more colors and added in some white ovals for some “shine”


AND NOW WE SAVE!
Make sure to save as an SVG File – this will keep the layers by color when you upload to Cricut!

Test this out for yourself! Rectangles and circles – keep it simple. Don’t start your creation journey wanting to build a castle. Start small and build yourself up. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
I can’t want to see what you create! Keep going! Let’s learn together!