Time for action — creating an icon

We'll create an icon that has a border and star cut out. Let's get started:

1. Open a new document in Inkscape.
2. Select the create circles, ellipses, and arcs tool and draw a simple circle on the canvas. Hold the Ctrl key as you draw the circle to make it a perfect circle as follows:
   
3. Use the Fill and Stroke dialog to remove the stroke and add an orange fill, as shown in the following image:
   
4. Select the star tool from the toolbox:
   

   Make sure that you have the star option selected in the control bar as well:

   
5. Draw a star in the middle of the circle. This star can have any color fill and stroke, as shown in the following image:
   
6. Select the circle and the star. From the main menu, select Object | Align and Distribute.

   In the Align and Distribute dialog, click center on the vertical axis and then click on the horizontal axis as follows:

   
7. From the main menu, select Path | Exclusion.

   You should then see that the circle has a "cut out" of a star in...