Step 1: Create the Design

1: Make sure to install the font before starting the project.

2: Now open Design Space and start a new project.

3: We are going to use the shapes functionality, and we are going to add a square or rectangle ( based on your physical shadow box) and we are going to resize it with the same measurements as the shadow box in where we are going to later transfer our design, in our case: W:7:5” and H: 9.5”

4: By using the Upload functionality we are going to upload our 3 different swirls, you need to do this process one at a time.

5: We are going to start placing them inside our rectangle and later one we are going to make sure that they are aligned, the only thing that we care now is that they fit nicely inside our shape.

We are going to start by duplicating the Big Swirl, rotate one of them and place them inside our shape something as follows:

6: We are now going to apply the same process with the medium swirl but adding them vertically on each side of the big swirls, like:

7: Using the shapes functionality we are going to add Rhombus and we are going to resize it to the following measurements more or less:

💡Tip: Remember that the measurements are based on the physicial product that we are using so we provide them as a reference, make sure to resize the elements based on your shadow box.

8: After our Rhombus was resized, we are going to duplicate /copy & paste our shape 5 more times, and we are going to place 4 of them one on each corner rotated, so the point of the Rhombus is pointing the corner of the square / rectangle:

And the other 2 we are going to place them in the top center of each of the big swirls:

9: We are going to add one more medium swirl and we are going to duplicate it 3 more times, and using the rotation functionality we are going to place one on each corner as follows:

10: We are going to duplicate one time the small swirl and we are going to place them in the center one mirroring the other:

11: We are going to use the shapes functionality in order to add a square and we are going to resize it to the following measurements:

And we are going to duplicate it 3 more times.

12:  We are going to use 2 of the new shapes next to each of the small swirls:

We are going to repeat the same with the other side:

13: Using one more time shapes functionality we are going to add a square and we are going to resize it to the following measurements:

14:  We are going to add a circle and we are going to resize it and place it as follows in order to have something similar to and we are going to slice them:

We are going to slice them on each side in order to obtain:

15:  Using the Text functionality we are going to write: Wine Bar

💡Tip: You can add different text like name, family name, or any other wording phrase that you like or want.

16: We are going to place it over the square that we created in STEP 14 and we are going to slice them in order to obtain:

17:  Last but not least we are going to use the Align functionality to make sure that each element is aligned and centered between each other and with the base of our shadow box:

18: After we are sure that all the elements are aligned (you can align them while you transfer them but it’s more complicated) we are going to hide our base square:

19: We are going to select all our design and we are going to weld them together

💡Tip:  Use the weld or attach functionality ONLY if you are going to cut the whole design in one color and not multiple colors

20: Our Design is DONE! We can proceed to cut our design!

Step 2: Cut and Weed the Design

1: After you are happy with the designs, we are ready to save the project, Click on Save button on the Right Top side of the screen and provide a name to your design and click on Save button.

2: We are going to click on the Make button to start configuring our materials!

3: You are going to be able to see one mat per color of your design and we are going to click on Continue:

4: We are going to use the following Material:

💡Tip: Make sure to check the material type that you are using to use the right settings.  

6: After the cut is done, you are going to unload the mat and remove all the elements from it very gently and start wedding our design:

Step 3: Transfer the Design to the Shadow Box

1: In order to be able to transfer our design, first we are going to cut a piece of transfer tape with the same size as our design, we are going to remove the back part of the transfer tape and we are going to place it over our design and with our fingers we are going to rub the whole surface so we make sure that our design is going to stick to the transfer tape

2: We are going to remove the design from its original sticker paper making sure that everything was transferred to the transferred tape:

3: Once it was fully removed, we are going to place our transfer tape over our shadow box, and using our fingers or a scrapper we are going to rub gently the whole transfer tape so our design can stick over our shadow box:

4: We are going to start removing the transfer tape very gently and if needed you are going to cut the parts that were transferred:

We are going to apply this process until we remove all the transfer tape.

6: Once you remove the whole transfer tape, your shadow box is READY!