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Vintage-look sign letter on acrylic

July 3, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Our family room is decorated to express, well, our family. There's an old Disabled Vet license plate that was my dad's, a football, locker baskets with tags whose numbers are our old house numbers, an old Clue board of my mom's and more. For years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Materials, Projects Tagged With: acrylic, paint, plexiglass, project, sign, stencil, vinyl

Think outside the box: customizing a ready-made sign

May 14, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

wood sign painting

Today I want to share an out-of-the-box idea with you for a wood sign. Rather than starting completely from scratch, I'm going to show you how to take a sign that already has something on it and add your own unique twist. I found a really cute … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Projects Tagged With: crop, page size, paint, photo, sign, stencil, vinyl, wood

Cutting paper to match a precut chipboard shape

January 18, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

baby name mod podge paper letteers

I've shared with you recently a couple of things I made for a baby shower -- some table decorations in which I used a custom plaid pattern I created. There's one more thing I want to share. I bought some large chipboard letters, cut patterned paper … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools and Accessories Tagged With: baby, cardstock, paper, PixScan, project, shower, sign

Canvas Wedding welcome sign

September 26, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

wedding welcome sign

I’ve been helping one of my daughter’s friends make some items for her wedding lately. She was struggling to figure out a cost-effective way to make a Welcome to our Wedding sign. We liked the idea of a plain black canvas with white letters. The main … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials, Projects Tagged With: canvas, fabric, heat press, heat transfer material, heat transfer vinyl, htv, project, sign, vinyl, wedding

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