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Easy Wooden Painted Sign Using My Silhouette

I really love my wooden painted sign with my own silhouette cameo.

Est. 2009 sign hanging on wall.

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 though it was ugly, it was wood and came with a rusty ornate metal design on the bottom. I had a creative vision for it!

When we first moved in, I painted the wooden sign 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.

Wooden painted sign hanging above door.

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

Wooden sign with decoration on bottom hanging up.

I wasn’t into the blue anymore so 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:

Tutorial

  1. I used my new 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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Cutting out 2009 from paper.

2. Then I transferred it over onto transfer paper.

Putting the 2009 on 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.

Painting the 2009 onto the wood.

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

And voila!

The sign hanging up in foyer.

I love the difference the sign makes in my neutral foyer.

The sign, a door and a seashell wreath hanging up.
Foyer with rug and table and chandelier.

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

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