Inkscape: sticker with folded edge tutorial

By ryanlerch

 I decided to to a tutorial for creating a simple sticker with a folded edge.
This is what we are aiming for:
51.png


Phase One:
1. Draw  a circle with the circle tool.
2. Using the path tool, draw a shape that intersects the circle for your ”dogear”
3. Select the path and the circle and use Path>Cut Path.
And set the colours of both the paths that result from this.
15.png


Phase Two:
1. Select the ”Dogear” (mine is black) and press flip vertical.
2. Then press flip horizontal.21.png


Phase Three:
1. Select the main body of the sticker (mine is blue)
RightClick > Duplicate, then change the colour. (mine is pink)
2. Do it again and change the colour to something different again. (mine is green)
3.  Select the green one, and use the arrow keys to offset it a bit.
4. Then select both the green and pink objects and choose Path>Difference
5. Change the colour of the remaining path to black.
6. Open the stroke/fill dialog and play with transparency & blur31.png


Phase Four:
1. Duplicate the black “Dogear” object, and change the colour.
2. Select the black one (underneath) and play with the blur and transparency.
3. Duplicate the body of the sticker again.
4. Press CTRL+A to select all, then choose Object>Clip>Set
5. Add your text, and you are done!

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48 Responses to “Inkscape: sticker with folded edge tutorial”

  1. Nicu Says:

    Neat! I blogged about your tutorial too: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2007/05/inkscape-folded-sticker.html

  2. ry Says:

    thanks for the comment, and blogging it mate! it is really appreciated!

    by the way, i think your fedora sticker is pretty good too… :P

  3. @DI$ Says:

    Wonderful!
    I actually managed to create this myself using this guide! :D

  4. ry Says:

    thanks for the comment @DI$, glad to be of some assisitance…

    :P

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  6. Molumen Says:

    Looks like your tutorial has inspired some people :)
    http://www.thisnext.com/

  7. ry Says:

    wow they really did go a bit overboard with those things…

    :P

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  9. Dlinx Says:

    Hello, thank you for the tutorial I was loking for something like this, because I’m newbie on Inkscape but it’s amaizing. Thank you again

  10. ry Says:

    Hi Dlinx! thanks for stopping by, and leaving a nice comment!

    :P

  11. kenjiru Says:

    Nice, keep up the good work!

  12. ry Says:

    thanks kenjiru! its always nice when someone leaves a nice comment!

    :)

  13. aznhamzah Says:

    Great, I’ve made one , by following this guide
    Thanks

  14. Arnaud Says:

    Aaaaaarggghhhh, plz tutorial, again …. !!!!

  15. Doodee Says:

    Thanks for sharing

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  17. Jorge Says:

    I’m kind of new to inkscape, and I’m trying out this tutorial, but I get stock when I get to step 3.. I don’t get the desired image Path->Cut Path gives me something completely different
    thanks

  18. Carlos Says:

    @Jorge: When you do the Path->CutPath, you get two selected transparent boxes, the shapes are there but you do not see them until you change the color.

  19. Quedepi Says:

    Wannafull! ;)
    Wonderful, i like it very much!

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  21. Harsh Says:

    This is a superb tutorial for Inkscape, I m a freelance web site designer and recently stepped in the world of Open Source, and its amazing.
    I learned a lot from your tutorials, its easy to understand and well written, thanks a lot for such ‘precious pearls’

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  23. claudio Says:

    Thank you mate!

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  25. Evans Says:

    NICE tutorial, but the very last step is confusing. Everytime i Object>Clip>Set it deletes everything. What did i do wrong?

  26. RaiulBaztepo Says:

    Hello!
    Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
    PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language ;)
    See you!
    Your, Raiul Baztepo

  27. PiterKokoniz Says:

    Hi !! ^_^
    I am Piter Kokoniz. Just want to tell, that I’v found your blog very interesting
    And want to ask you: is this blog your hobby?
    Sorry for my bad english:)
    Thank you!
    Piter.

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  31. rio2000 Says:

    saya ga bisa bisa pake inkscape nih :(
    coba ada buku tutorial yg di jual di gramedia sebanyak buku tutorial corel draw

    saya ijin sebagai logo blog ya :D

    http://i44.tinypic.com/20r5×52.jpg

  32. Itharius Says:

    Nice tutorial, thanks!

  33. GonZoo Says:

    Cool, thanks

  34. ben Says:

    simple, and nice…. thanks

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  36. mafa Says:

    Very cool!! :) :)

  37. Samual Says:

    Great read, deff worth a subscription

  38. Bryan - After5PC Says:

    Do you have one for Photoshop? This would be great!

  39. kavita Says:

    I am not able to add test like your i.e. underneath the curve. Is it possible for you to add that part as well?

  40. WhyNotSmile Says:

    Great tutorial, thank you! I just found Inkscape yesterday, and am really impressed with what it can do, so trying out a few things to get to grips with it.

  41. ichie Says:

    thank for the tutorial, but i have some problem
    for the last step i can’t find the clip>set in the object menu
    i using inkscape version 0.43

  42. mr.design Says:

    I love this tut! After grasping the idea i’m gonna try and implement it! :)

  43. isthur Says:

    trim’s Mr Design

  44. isthur Says:

    Linux is Life

  45. zevonjunior Says:

    Excellent. Really helped me! Yeah!

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  47. jukka Says:

    Please tell me on part p1 6
    how to cut the blurred part so that the blur wont go outside the sticker part that is underneath the blur ?

  48. Barry Says:

    Phase 1, step3.. both objects blank out when I do this. I am using .47 of Inkscape.

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