Certificate Borders

**samrc** · 13 March 2008, 05:46 PM

Looking at all these designs brings back memories of making these types of designs as a child, using Super Spirograph! Used a pen put into a tiny hole in a gear and rotated around a laid out track surface. Each roatation laid down another line. Could make wacky shapes and even the most complicated certificate edges imaginable. Beautiful designs and so much fun.

Can see the set I used to have here: samisite.com/external/spirograph2.jpg

**iamtheblues** · 13 March 2008, 06:57 PM

Works well for me Mike, thanks for posting the tip.
Samantha - ahh, good old Spirograph, possibly the
prototype of Xara.
I was as hooked on it then as I am now on Xara.
Saludos,
Bob.

**samrc** · 15 March 2008, 06:17 PM

(LOL...just tried the link to my image above and it took me to my "stolen image" notice....fixed it...!

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**Mike Bailey** · 15 March 2008, 06:20 PM

I made a few more examples, I start with a simple line. First one was a freehand loop. Second a wavy line. Third was a curve and a point. etc..

**Ron Duke** · 15 March 2008, 06:42 PM

Mike,
Can you show an example of one of these where you use the border on a document and the corners line up perfectly?
ron

**Soquili** · 15 March 2008, 07:15 PM

An attempt at a full page border.

**Ron Duke** · 15 March 2008, 07:17 PM

Really nice one, Bill.
ron

**Hwy101** · 15 March 2008, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by Soquili

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Nice Border Bill & Bob - Thanks for Sharing . . .

**zaphodeist** · 15 March 2008, 10:03 PM

Here's a frame I did a while back. A lot simpler than those above and made from one component so easy to mitre and re-colour etc

Really meant as edges of a border.

**samrc** · 16 March 2008, 03:05 AM

I used the built in QUICK SHAPE 60 point star shape and cloning to create this certificate border. One shape, repeated. Corners were skewed and then a white rectangle was applied on top. Didn't see that anyone had used that technique.

http://www.samisite.com/external/sams_cert.jpg