Scrapbook Soup 501-4 Pentagon Lantern

Designed by Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero, www.KalCollections.com

Presented by Joe Rotella, www.CreateNCraft.com

Materials
• PC (or a Windows emulator - such as Parallels,
Bootcamp or VMware Fusion - running on a Mac)
• Kaleidoscope Collections’ Kaleidoscope Kreator™ 3*
• Kaleidoscope Collections’ Quilters’ Polygons
Template Pack*
• Digital photo
• Printer
• Plain paper
• Clear transparencies
• Fine-point black permanent marker
• Brother ScanNCut with Standard Cutting Blade
and Pen
• USB stick
• 4 sheets of 12x12 cardstock or 6 sheets of 8.5x11
cardstock
• Red liner tape
• Battery-operated LED candle or puck light (flood-
light style will throw light against the wall)
*Available at www.KalCollections.com

Step 1: Create kaleidoscope design to inspire a pen drawn design

A. Open the digital photo in Kaleidoscope Kreator using File>Open Image.

B. Select a template shape. Click on the Select Kaleidoscope Shape button in the Toolbar (the button that
looks like a pie wedge) to bring up the template shape selector. Double-click on the QP05A Solid (10)
template shape from the Quilters’ Polygons Template Pack to select it. (Figure 1)

C. Move, rotate and/or resize the photo in the workspace and watch the Kaleidoscope Preview in the upper
right corner of the screen. (Figure 2) Every time you move the photo in the workspace, the Preview
will update with the current design based on the position of the photo in the template. Click on the
Kaleidoscope Preview if you want to see a full-screen preview of the kaleidoscope. You will be tracing the
basic shapes that the design inspires, so don’t make it too complicated.

D. File>Print Kaleidoscope and specify a size of 8 inches. (Figure 3) You can print this on plain paper since
you will simply be using it as a guide for tracing.
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 Figure 3

Step 2: Trace the kaleidoscope design to create a

pen drawing

A. Place a clear transparency over the printed

kaleidoscope. Using the kaleidoscope design as
inspiration, draw lines in one wedge (at a minimum)
with the fine point black marker to create a design that
the ScanNCut will draw with a pen. As you can see in
Figure 4, this does not need to be a perfect tracing. Just
use the printed kaleidoscope to inspire you.

Be sure to make registration marks at both the center

point and the outer edges of one wedge to make it
easier to line up in Kaleidoscope Kreator. The arrows in
Figure 4 show the placement of the registration marks.

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 B. Place a second clear transparency over the printed
kaleidoscope. This time draw the holes that you want
cut out of the design as well as the registration marks.
(Figure 5)

C. Scan the two doodled wedges. If you use the ScanNCut

to scan the transparency to the USB stick, make sure
you put a piece of plain white paper behind it. (Figure
6)

Figure 5

Figure 6

Step 3: Open the traced lines in Kaleidoscope

Kreator to create a full kaleidoscope design

A. Back in Kaleidoscope Kreator, change the overlay color

in order to see the template shape against a white piece
of paper. Go to Tools>Options in the menu, then click
on the Select button for the Template Overlay Color.
Choose any color other than white. (Figure 7) Click
OK. Click OK again.

B. Open the scanned drawing design in Kaleidoscope

Kreator and adjust the position of the design (i.e.
move, rotate and resize) to create the entire pentagon
design. (Figure 8) Don’t worry if the registration marks
appear in the kaleidoscope. (Figure 9) They can easily
be cleaned up when editing the traced design on the
ScanNCut.
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 C. File>Print Kaleidoscope and specify a size of 8 inches to print the drawing design on plain paper. This is
your “drawing” design. Note: I suggest you print at 8 inches instead of a smaller size because the ScanNCut
will give you a better trace when you use a larger design.

D. Open the scanned cutting design in Kaleidoscope Kreator and adjust the position of the design (i.e. move,
rotate and resize) to create the entire pentagon design. (Figure 10) Again, don’t worry if the registration
marks appear in the kaleidoscope.

E. File>Print Kaleidoscope and specify a size of 8 inches to print the cutting design on plain paper. This is
your “cutting” design.

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Step 4: Scan the printed designs and turn them into cut data on the ScanNCut

A. Touch Scan on the home screen of the ScanNCut.

B. Touch Scan to Cut Data in the scanning mode screen.

(Figure 11) Put the sheet with the drawing lines on the
cutting mat. (Note: Placing the design squarely on the mat
will make it easier to line things up later on.) Load the mat
in the ScanNCut and press the Start/Stop button to scan the
drawing design.
Figure 11
C. Choose the Line Detection option to trace the drawing
lines. (Figure 12) Adjust the trimline by dragging the
diagonal arrows on the screen. Note: The Line Detection
option does not exist in the ScanNCut Canvas software at
the time these instructions are being written, therefore the
designs must be converted to cut data on the ScanNCut
itself.

D. Touch Save and then touch the USB icon to save the design
to the USB stick. Make note of the filename. (Figure 13) Figure 12
Touch the OK key to finish saving the data.

E. Press the Home button then touch OK (OK to delete all

patterns) and repeat steps A-D for the cutting lines.

Clean up the designs while still on the ScanNCut:

F. Press the Home button, then touch the Pattern key on the
home screen. Figure 13

G. Touch Saved Data, then the USB key on the screen. Scroll
(if necessary) to find the saved drawing design. Touch the
design to select it (Figure 14), then touch the OK key.

H. Remove any stray registration marks:

i. Touch the Edit key. (Figure 15)

ii. Use the stylus to select one of the registration marks on Figure 14
the screen (Figure 16), then touch the Trashcan icon,
then OK to delete it.

iii. Repeat (ii) to delete each registration mark.

Figure 15
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I. Unify the design:

i. Touch the Multiple Pattern Selection button. (Figure

17)

ii. Touch the Select All button. (Figure 18) Touch OK.

iii. Touch the Unify button so that all of the drawing lines
can be manipulated as one unit. (Figure 19) Touch OK Figure 16
to confirm. Touch OK to return to the main editing
screen.

J. Save the updated design. Touch Save and then touch the
USB icon to save the design to the USB stick. Choose
Overwrite when prompted. (Figure 20) Touch the OK key
to finish saving the data.

K. Repeat steps F-J for the cutting design.

Figure 17

Figure 18

Figure 19

Figure 20

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Step 5: Combine the drawing and cutting designs in ScanNCut Canvas
A. Bring the USB stick with the drawing
and cutting designs to your computer.
Start the ScanNCut Canvas software and
click on New.

B. Click on the SVG button and open the

drawing design that you brought over
from the ScanNCut. (Figure 21)

C. With the drawing design selected, open

the Properties box. Set the Line Type
to Drawing Line and change the color
to blue to help you identify them when
combined with the cutting design.
(Figure 22) Move the drawing design to Figure 21
the side of the canvas so that it’s easier
to select the cutting design when it is
brought in.

D. Click on the SVG button again and open

the cutting design that you brought over
from the ScanNCut.

E. Select the cutting lines and in the

Properties box set the Line Type to
Cutting Line. (Figure 23)

F. Close the Properties box. Move the

drawing lines on top of the cutting lines
to line them up. You might want to zoom Figure 22
in for this step. (Figure 24) They should
line up fairly easily since you printed
them at the same size back in Step
3E. However, if you didn’t place them
squarely on the mat when you scanned
them, you may need to rotate one or the
other.

G. Select both the drawing and the cutting

lines then choose Edit>Group from the
menu to group them together.

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H. Now combine this grouped drawing/
cutting design with the Pentagon Lantern
Template that was provided alongside
these instructions on the Scrapbook
Soup website. Click on the SVG button,
navigate to the Pentagon Lantern
Template (which you have previously
downloaded) and click OK. (Figure 25)

I. Resize the drawing/cutting design

smaller to fit in the pentagon template.
To do this, select the grouped drawing/
cutting design and then open the
Properties box again. Make sure
Maintain Aspect Ratio is checked, Figure 24
then set the Width to 4.3 inches. Move
the drawing/cutting design so that it
is centered in the pentagon template.
(Figure 26) If necessary, adjust the size
and/or rotation to fit in the pentagon
template. Once it is positioned correctly,
close the Properties box.

J. Select both the pentagon template and

the drawing/cutting design, then choose
Edit>Group from the menu to group
them together.

K. Choose Edit>Duplicate from the menu

to make additional copies depending on Figure 25
the size of your cardstock. You can fit two
pentagons on 8.5” x 11” cardstock and
four pentagons on 12” x 12” cardstock.
(Figure 27)

L. Save your layout to a new file and

download to your USB stick to bring the
designs back to the ScanNCut.

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 Figure 27

Step 6: Draw and cut the pentagon designs on the ScanNCut

A. Back at the ScanNCut, press the Home button. Then touch Pattern and find the pentagon design layout on
your USB stick. Work your way through the prompts (do not edit) until you get to the Draw/Cut selection
screen.

B. Place cardstock on cutting mat and load it into the machine.

C. Put a pen in the ScanNCut pen holder, then replace the cutting blade in the ScanNCut with the pen holder.

D. Touch “Draw”, then press the “Start/Stop” button to draw the designs.

E. Remove the pen and replace it with the cutting blade on the ScanNCut.

F. Touch “Cut”, then press “Start/Stop” to cut out the shapes.

G. Remove the pieces from the mat.

H. Repeat steps A-G until you have eleven (11) pentagons.

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Step 7: Put the lantern together
Note: Although the diagrams for this section use a simpler
design, the construction is exactly the same.

A. For each pentagon, fold all of the tabs towards the

back. You can open them again to apply the tape, but
ultimately they will all fold to the back.

B. On one pentagon (the center top), put red liner tape

on the front side of all five tabs. Place the edge of the
tape as close to the fold line as possible. (Figure 28)

C. On five pentagons, put red liner tape on the front

side of three consecutive edges. It doesn’t matter
which three since the design is symmetrical. See the
bottom picture in Figure 29 for how the tape should Figure 28
look on three consecutive edges.

D. Secure the five pentagons (from C) to the center

pentagon. Place center pentagon (B) face down on
your work surface. Remove the red liner from one
tab of the center pentagon at a time. Position one
of the (C) pentagons such that one of the untaped
tabs butts up against the taped tab of the center
pentagon. It doesn’t matter which untaped tab you
choose for the first pentagon, but make sure the rest
of the pentagons are oriented the exact same way
as you secure them around the center pentagon.
(Figure 29) Don’t worry if you make a mistake
putting the tape on the tabs. Just add more tape if
you discover an edge that is missing some.

E. Now secure the side tabs of the five (C) pentagons to

each other. With the center pentagon face down on
the work surface, it should now look like you have a
bowl. (Figure 30)

F. On the remaining five pentagons, put red liner tape

on the back of one tab. Remove the red liner and
secure the tab to the back of the pentagon. (Figure
31)

G. Turn each pentagon face up and place red liner

tape on the tab just to the right of the folded edge.
(Figure 32)

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 Figure 30 Figure 31

H. Attach the remaining five pentagons

(F) to the “bowl”. Position such that the
two tabs opposite the folded edge are
attached to the “valleys” on the edge of
the bowl. In other words, the folded
edges should all be at the top when the
pentagons are positioned correctly.
(Figure 33)

I. Secure the side tabs of the top row of

pentagons. (Figure 33)

J. Turn the lantern so that the opening is

face down on the table. Place it over an Figure 32
LED candle or puck light and enjoy!

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 Pentagon Lantern Template

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