thanks for the replies, but i figured it out! see, what i did is i selected both the main red rectangle and the small pink one. then i went and did the path>difference thing (i did this before the topic was even approved), and i got the affect i wanted! im posting an image so that you can see what i...

I am an iPhone themer. iPhone theming is an art that people who jailbreak their iPhone and iPod Touches engage in to create art for the "desktop", if you will, of the iDevices. I thought I would take an unconventional approach in making an iPhone theme, and Inkscape seemed like the way to ...