Easy Vinyl Decal Sign

 

It's been busy here, so all I had time for was a quick project this week. When I came across this design in the pick-a-design section of the Silhouette Store, it spoke to me on several levels. It also looked like a really nice simple design that would be easy to cut. It was. This is a great beginner-friendly project.

I put the design into the Silhouette Studio and sized it so that it would fit on the metal sign that I had from Dollar Tree. Then I cut it using the default glossy vinyl settings.

Since I was only cutting one design, I cut a piece of black permanent vinyl a bit bigger than my design and placed it in the same corner of my mat as it was in Silhouette Studio. It cut quickly and cleanly on my Silhouette Cameo with no issues.

I got out my vinyl weeding tool and peeled off the main piece of vinyl. I used the vinyl weeding tool to pick out the vinyl that was in between the letters.

This one was a quick and easy weed. The letters were thick enough that they cut well and didn't pull apart.

After the weeding was done, I grabbed some paper transfer tape and applied it to the design. I rubbed it down with the handle of the weeding tool and then peeled off the paper backing. I applied the transfer tape and decal to the metal sign and rubbed it down again.

Then comes my favorite part of these projects, I peeled back the transfer tape to reveal my design.

This one came together quickly and was one of the easiest signs I've made (though I have made quite a few of these so far).  If you're new to Silhouette or Cricut, this is an excellent vinyl project to try out to get started.


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