Metal and Vinyl Decal Valentine's Day Sign
The last time I was in Dollar Tree, they had these galvanized metal signs , so I picked up a couple and decided the heart-shaped sign needed a Valentine's Day themed decoration. I found this free design from SVG & Me and set it up in Silhouette Studio to cut out of permanent vinyl. I sized the design and made sure it was set to vinyl settings and sent it to the machine. I have an ancient Silhouette Cameo , but it still works perfectly for cutting vinyl (well, truthfully, it could use a fresh blade after all these years, but otherwise, it works great). I plopped a 12 x 12 sheet of permanent red vinyl onto the craft mat (yes, you can cut vinyl without the mat, but it loads into ye olde machine a bit better on the mat). After I cut the design, I got out my metal sign and wiped it down and grabbed my weeding tool and got to work picking out the excess vinyl after the pattern had been cut. A few swear words were uttered as I realigned letters that pulled up and remembered that the