Spooky wall bats

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Chad@KNK

With Halloween coming up, bats are all the rage! Elina loves to decorate the house for Halloween. This year, we added some wall vinyl to the mix.

I used my KNK Zing and MTC to cut these bad boys. I found bitmap of the bats on the internet and pixel traced them. The total size of my layout is about three feet tall and two feet wide. Below is the file I created to cut my bats:

wallbats.mtc

walbats.eps

In my MTC file, I was able to fit a full 3ft x 2ft section of bats into 2 12″ x 12″ mats.

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Cut on a KNK Zing
Force: 10
Speed: 10
Blade: standard material blade
Offset: .35
Material used: 12 inch wall vinyl

40 thoughts on “Spooky wall bats”

Deb on October 5, 2012 at 9:37 am said:

Those are awesome. I must do this. Would I get away with using it as my project this month 😉 Just kidding.

Think I’m going to put them on the windows. It will look neat at night with the lights on.
- Chad@KNK on October 5, 2012 at 11:53 am said:
  
  I agree! That would probably look very neat.
- Sharon on October 6, 2012 at 8:42 am said:
  
  I like this idea!
- CraftyGirl on October 6, 2012 at 11:22 am said:
  
  I may have to try some on the windows or front door.
Lynn McNally on October 5, 2012 at 9:43 am said:

Love the bats! Thank you for sharing! But The MTC link is not working.
- Carol on October 5, 2012 at 10:08 am said:
  
  It worked for me, maybe he fixed it, try again!
  love hugs and prayers
  Carol
  - Chad@KNK on October 5, 2012 at 11:54 am said:
    
    I just gave them another shot and both the MTC and EPS seem to be working for me.
    
    Let me know if they still fail for you 🙂
    - Lynn McNally on October 5, 2012 at 2:31 pm said:
      
      All I get is a long page of letters and weird mumbo jumbo junk. 🙁 Just tried it 3 more times for 3 computers. Hmmmm. wonder what’s up!
      - Chad@KNK on October 5, 2012 at 2:42 pm said:
        
        Hmmm
        
        Maybe try right clicking and “save target as”?
        
        What browser are you using?
      - Lynn McNally on October 5, 2012 at 5:45 pm said:
        
        that worked! I had to use a different browser.
        Thanks! 🙂
CraftyGirl on October 5, 2012 at 9:52 am said:

Love them! Thanks for sharing.
Carol on October 5, 2012 at 10:07 am said:

Love these! It’s fun to see you get some time to play too! 😉
love hugs and prayers
Carol
- Chad@KNK on October 5, 2012 at 11:55 am said:
  
  I get to squeeze some funtime in, here and there 😛
Rhonda on October 5, 2012 at 10:24 am said:

I LOVE this! I have to show this to my DIL. It would be perfect for the party she’s hosting for our grandkids. What fun!
Judy K on October 5, 2012 at 10:57 am said:

Spooky Cool, Chad!!! Great idea for Halloween. Thanks for sharing the file!
Barbie on October 5, 2012 at 11:04 am said:

Looks great! Love the effect in the corner.
Sandy McCauley on October 5, 2012 at 1:26 pm said:

Very cool, Chad!!!!
debi tullier on October 5, 2012 at 2:07 pm said:

The kids in my family would love it,,,I wonder if I am speaking of me or my husband…LOL
Peggy Schaefer on October 5, 2012 at 2:19 pm said:

Love the bats! Thank so much!

For those having trouble with the files, try switching browsers. I couldn’t download them from Firefox but IE did just fine
milliejs on October 5, 2012 at 2:20 pm said:

I wanted to put these up but DH thought I was making suggestions that he was “batty”…… Chad, they are pretty ummmmm, batty.
Tam on October 5, 2012 at 2:22 pm said:

that would have been neat when my kids were small. they would have loved it. and I am sure my 25 yr. old son would love it now.
scrapperme on October 5, 2012 at 2:52 pm said:

All this halloween stuff is driving me BATTY! lol
kjsalsman on October 5, 2012 at 2:58 pm said:

Chad I’m Lovin these!!!
Jean on October 5, 2012 at 4:03 pm said:

These are fantastic! One decoration I am really going to do this year!! Thanks so much!

jean
Lynne on October 5, 2012 at 4:25 pm said:

c and not cutesy. Love ’em! Thank you for sharing!
Sharon on October 5, 2012 at 6:05 pm said:

Thanks for the file!
Liz on October 5, 2012 at 7:31 pm said:

Chad….cool idea, I love how you use the corner, very neat effect!!
- Sharon on October 7, 2012 at 9:12 am said:
  
  I liked the corner too!
Bonnie on October 5, 2012 at 9:06 pm said:

What a fun idea! I have a great wall for that here at our new home! Now, to find the vinyl and Zing…
Lynn C. on October 6, 2012 at 1:57 am said:

Love these bats. Wow. The MTC link doesn’t work for me either but it is because it is underlined when my cursor goes on it. I did get the esp which is fine.
Great Halloween Statement.
leigh on October 6, 2012 at 3:07 am said:

what a great wall feature…love it!! thank you for sharing the files
Carol on October 6, 2012 at 9:08 am said:

We need to make some of these!
love hugs and prayers
Carol
leigh on October 6, 2012 at 12:32 pm said:

love those bats…what a great decorating idea
Kwilt on October 6, 2012 at 4:10 pm said:

make sure you get your tetinus shot!
- Kwilt on October 7, 2012 at 3:20 pm said:
  
  der…I meant Rabies!!! lol
norma on October 6, 2012 at 5:25 pm said:

wonderful job! they actually look like they are flying around!! thanks for sharing your project and files.
Carol on October 7, 2012 at 7:46 am said:

Now if you can only accessorize the outfit your wife picked for you 🙂
love hugs and prayers
Carol
- Chad@KNK on October 8, 2012 at 9:07 am said:
  
  HAHA! Yeah, I don’t think I will be wearing that, this Halloween 😛
Tammy V on October 9, 2012 at 6:39 am said:

Very Very Cool!!!! Simple yet elegant. Good work.
Maggie on October 13, 2012 at 5:24 pm said:

These are pretty cool, although I only have orange vinyl at the moment : ( Will have to make some pumpkins until I get some black… or just paint it black : )