Donna,

I don’t use registration marks for vinyl or stenciling with contact paper. I lay it all out on my program, dragging the parts off the page, but not deleting them. So basically I end up with 4, 5, or 6 large pieces of contact paper, each very long holding it’s own line of text. Then I position it as I need to to get things spaced or centered correctly.

so for example. . . if your sign is 24″ wide and 20 inches tall. I would make the template 24″ wide (in the program) I would make each text box as tall as I want the letters to be, and do each line separately. So in the program, I might have 4 text boxes, but only ONE showing in the “cut area” at any given time. I would cut it, then I would drag it out of the way, and drag another one into the “cut area” and cut it. So on and so forth.

I sure hope that clears it up some.

gail

Sandy,

Weeding refers to picking the letters out in order to actually make the stencil. I find it easiest to put the entire piece on my board, then weed out the P O R C H, leaving room to paint those letters.

I hope that helps! If not, you can email me, or leave a reply to this comment.

gail

Suzy,

Yes, I will definitely put that on my list of things to do. I will try to remember to contact you to let you know when it’s available. I make signs all the time, so it shouldn’t be too long.

gail

Yes, it is regular contact paper. I can tell you the settings, but all contact paper is not the same. I have 2 different versions of this wood grained contact paper, and the settings are different for each of them.
I typically have my blade on #2, and the settings on the program is depth 3. Try something small to see how it works. I use contact paper all the time for my stencils. I buy the large roll and cut it all the way down the middle giving me 2 9″ rolls for my silhouette.

gail

Phyllis,

I am so happy you like your sign. 🙂 It was a fun project.

gail