DIY Lucky Sign Wall Art

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I wanted to make something really unique for my home, and this Lucky sign did the trick. My kitchen is slowly getting covered with chickens, so I found it fitting to add this sign over my sink!

I used my Silhouette Cameo to make the stencil for the lettering using Contact paper, but don’t stop reading now if you do not have one, you can still use the paper stencil method found here on my Gather Sign post.

I used a different technique instead of sanding this time, to make an old and weathered look. Let me show you how I did it~

Lucky Sign

Supplies:

• 1x 8 x4 Choice Wood Poplar plank (Lowes)
• Silhouette CAMEO

• Contact paper
• Rotary cutter
• Ruler
• Minwax Special Walnut wood stain
• Homemade chalk paint {recipe below}
• Acrylic paint
• Sponge applicator

Instructions:

Cut your wood down to size, mine is 29 inches. (I had Lowes cut it for me). I shabbied up my wood up with a hammer, then used a box cutter to shave the sharp edges off to make it look damaged. Stain the top and the edges of the wood with the stain. Let it dry over night.

Mix a small amount of chalk paint and lightly paint the top only.

Feather your paint towards the edges. Do not paint the edges. This will make them look sanded and weathered without having to sand.

I used 2 light coats so the stain will bleed through the paint for a more weathered look.

Settings:

I basically used the same Silhouette settings for contact paper as I used for my Rail Road and Sundries Sign.

• Media~ Vinyl
• Speed~ 3
• Blade~ 2
• Cutting Matt -None

Font for Lucky is Wild Rodeo.

Type your letters and then rotate them 90CW vertical.

*Use these dimensions as a guide. Yours may differ from mine.*

• Page Height  8.5
• Width of Page 15
• Text size 72
• Spacing between letters 1oo%

Dingbat for star is Seeing Stars.

• Page Height  8.5
• Width of Page 15
• Text size 303.3
• Spacing between letters  100%

I manually made my setting for the vinyl size to 8.5 x 15. My contact paper was already a 15 inch roll so I cut 9 inch wide strips with a rotary cutter. Reset to the small width paper on the Silhouette. Set on cutting mat: none. Feed your vinyl and cut.

Place the vinyl on the wood and measure with ruler to center and mark with a pencil. Peel top of stencil off and line up the stencil and pull straight down to center. This can be tricky, go slow and adjust as needed. If you feel the contact paper is not sticking well, use a blow dryer to heat up the contact paper to get a better seal to the wood.

For the stars, I removed the circles and placed them on the wood to measure and center them. Add the stencil over the circle  and press down. Lightly dab on paint with a sponge applicator. I found this is a much easier way to center the circles.

Stencil Tip: Remove the contact paper before it dries. I think the longer a stencil stays on, the longer it has time to bleed. So remove as soon as you are finished painting. Touch up any mistakes.

Touch up any mistakes or bleed throughs and that’s it! We love this one of a kind sign. I have it hanging over my kitchen sink, it is a great reminder how lucky we all are!

I settled on hanging it in my kitchen, but it clearly can go anywhere.

This turned out really awesome and with no sanding!!! I will be using this technique for future projects!

Check out more of DIY Sign Projects~

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