Easy Wooden Painted Sign Using My Silhouette

I’ve had this wooden painted sign for years that I found at Michael’s but it had some painted mural on it that I didn’t care for.  It was in the clearance section and even thought it was ugly, it was wood and came with a rusty ornate metal design on the bottom.

When we first moved in, I painted it blue and hand painted Est. 2009 on it for when we bought our house.

I always wanted to redo it when I got my Silhouette Cameo so I finally got around to doing it the way I envisioned.

Here is the sign before.  It hangs above the front door in our foyer.

I wasn’t into the blue anymore.  I just took off the rusty metal thing and got to painting it.

I painted it with French Linen (Annie Sloan Chalk Paint).

You can paint over any thrift store sign or a new wooden one from a craft store.

 

Supplies:

• painted wooden sign
• Silhouette Cameo
• adhesive vinyl
• weeding tool
• scraper
• transfer paper
• Mod Podge or white glue
• black craft paint
• foam brush

Tutorial

1. I used my Silhouette Cameo to print and cut out ‘Est. 2009’ in adhesive vinyl.  Once it was cut out, I weeded away the areas that I wanted to be painted. (The adhesive vinyl I used was white, the backing is blue.)

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2. Then I transferred it over onto transfer paper.

3. (#1 image photo)I pulled away the backing,

(#2) pressed down on the sign and peeled away the transfer paper.

(#3) Then coated the area to paint with Mod Podge first to ensure it doesn’t bleed underneath.

(#4) Paint over stencilled area.

5) I peeled away the stencil carefully when it was still wet.

And voila!

I love the difference it makes in my neutral foyer.

I hope you find a great sign to paint for your home!

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