Comments on: Rustic Fence Sign Always something to be thankful for

By: gail@myrepurposedlife.com

gail@myrepurposedlife.com — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 23:00:11 +0000

In reply to kerry.

I have a Silhouette Portrait with Version 3 software. The blade is dialed to #2 and the speed is 10 with the thickness set to 2. I do not mirror it.

The font is MoolBoran. You can probably find it at dafont.com.

gail

By: kerry

kerry — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 20:23:55 +0000

Love your sign. For contact paper, what cut setting do you use on your cutting machine? What font is that ? Do you have to mirror image it ? thank you.

By: Rush'd Lady

Rush'd Lady — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:29:41 +0000

Hi! I saw your sign on Hometalk/Facebook and I would love to feature your sign on my gratitude blog. I’m always looking for craft projects and gift items that relate to gratitude/thankfulness and I think your sign is wonderful! I would like to have a screenshot of your sign and then link into your article, so people could see how to stencil their own sign too. May I have your permission to do so?

By: Julie @ follow your heart woodworking

Julie @ follow your heart woodworking — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 00:12:35 +0000

Beautifully done, Gail. I, too, love the look of white paint on a greyed board.

By: debbue

debbue — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 22:25:55 +0000

Hi, Gail — i love this sign,, and it serves as a great reminder too.

By: gail@myrepurposedlife.com

gail@myrepurposedlife.com — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 16:46:31 +0000

In reply to Cathy Yutko.

Cathy,
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I’m sorry to have confused you I used my Silhouette machine to cut the phrase out of contact paper. Then I peeled those pieces off the backing, and placed them on the board. After they were in place, I removed the letters and left the negative space to be used as a stencil.

Thanks for stopping by.

By: Cathy Yutko

Cathy Yutko — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:43:44 +0000

I really like your sign but I’m still not sure how you did the lettering. Are you cutting the letters out of contact paper, placing that on the wood, and then painting where the letters were cut out?

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:23:02 +0000

Cute sign!

By: gail@myrepurposedlife.com

gail@myrepurposedlife.com — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:31:37 +0000

In reply to Nicole.

Nicole,

I run the slick side of the contact paper sheet over the brown contact paper to help it seal. Using the pouncers really helps with bleeding, by lightly pouncing the paint on, less tends to bleed under the contact paper. I do this nearly every day for my Etsy shop, so I’ve gotten pretty good at it. 🙂

gail

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:24:09 +0000

I am actually doing this later this afternoon!! Do you do anything special to get the contact paper to seal down before painting it? That’s my only worry…that it will bleed under the contact paper. Super cute though!