Our EarthBound Zero NES Cartridge

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Our EarthBound Zero NES Cartridge

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Just wanted to show the cartridge for the EarthBound Zero NES game that I created. I just recently played and beat it. The wife made the label for it.

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Thanks to Jeffro and Ziggy for the help! 8)
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What size punch did your wife use to do the rounded corners?!
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Jeffro, this is the wife.....I did it free hand. I saved the template in case I had to do it again
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Hello,

wclem's wife did you use a razor blade or scissors to round the corners?
You mentioned a template.. What template did you use? Would you share how
you cut them? It would help me out a lot.

Thank you
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Jeffro,
WClem's wife here. Funny you should ask....I used the old "rubbing" technique. I used a thin piece of paper, bigger than the label area, and taped it to the cartridge to hold it in place. a pencil to "rub" around the edges of the label boundries. The result was a perfect outline of the label cavity. I then used scissors to cut out the template from the rubbing, just inside the line. I straightened out the lines with a small paper cutter, careful to keep the edges perpendicular, then I rounded the edges with the scissors. They were not perfect, but I kept checking the template against the cavity to be sure it looked good and that it fit. Then I bought the sticker at the craft store in the scrapbook section, taped the template on the oposite side and cut it out. I snipped the corners for a perfect fit.

I hope this helps. :P
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Excellent! Thanks for the tips.
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Sorry, I assumed Jeffro asked that.....CSVO2000. My apologies... :?
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You're very welcome. I get to contribute to the collection in interesting ways!
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Those look to be stick on letters? Just curious. :)
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I think she used some transfers and stickers on the end.
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