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Pallet Sign Tutorial Part 2 {stencil}

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 Hey Ya’ll, I am back with a little update on my pallet wood sign tutorial. I have had a lot of questions sent to me and so I thought I would address them all at once. 🙂
As I mentioned, I made a stencil with cardstock on my 12×12 mat with my silhouette. (I am going to attempt to share a link to my silhouette stencil file I made…but no guarantees it will work!) It was a little tedious figuring out the sizes, not to mention I am NOT a wiz at this silhouette thing. I have really only used it here and there. Anyways, I want to share with you how I went about making my stencil. I know there are probably much better ways to do this…but this is how I went about it. 🙂
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First off, I opened a new file in my silhouette studio software.

Next, I changed my size on the right hand size to the size of my pallet so I knew what kind of ‘canvas’ I was working with.

After I changed the size, I started typing my words, each line its own separate section so I could pull them and line them up how I wanted them to look. Here is the font sizes as I chose them. Also, I was actually using a font called Bookman Old Style. Here is an ‘attempt’ at sharing my silhouette file. I uploaded it to my file sharing site, but I have never attempted sharing a silhouette file so not sure it will work! Go HERE.

At this point, there is probably a way to cut it from here…but my limited knowledge of the silhouette software led me to do it my own way. So, I opened a new 12×12 blank file and copied each line of text over 1 at a time.

For instance, with the size of my believe, I could only cut it with a couple letters at a time. So I would go ahead and delete the other letters and start with cutting this page which was BE.

Next I would go through and type the LI and do that next or whatever fit. I did this for each of the lines of text making sure to keep the sizes exactly as they were determined to fit my canvas. For the smaller lines I could cut more the stencil on one sheet. If you have the larger cutting mat you could cut more letters at a time.

After I got them all cut, I just cut off the excess cardstock and lined my letters up together and placed them on the pallet and eyeballed it. 🙂

That’s it. I think sizing it and cutting it was the most tedious part…but it was so worth it!
A few additional details, the dimensions of my sign are 40″ wide, and about 27.5″ high.  Hopefully this will help. 🙂

Also, just wanted to mention. If you make this I would appreciate if you would link back to my original tutorials and files. Thanks! 

 

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Marie is the author of Blooming Homestead and loves to share her latest home decor ideas, crafts, recipes, home organization tips, and diy projects.

Comments

  17. Julie Hall says

    Marie, can you give me some tips on actually using the stencils? I am scared to try again after a few failed attempts! I always end up with paint “bleeding” through where I don’t want it! My husband is a Junior High social studies teacher and I would love to make this for his classroom!

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    • Marie bloominghomestead says

      Hi Julie, I really don’t have anymore special tips…but I will say that I used a sponge brush not a regular paint brush. Also…I really limited the amount of pain on the brush…only a tiny bit and do a dabbing technique. I’ll see if I can put together a video tutorial to help you out, but really I think that it will bleed if you use too much paint so you have to go slow and the dabbing the paint as you go really seems to be key. I hope that helps!

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  18. Jordan Smith says

    Do you think the Silhouette Portrait would be able to make the stencils for this and also the family sign you made? I am looking to purchase one but not sure if I really NEED the $300 one

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    • Marie says

      Hi, I put two boards vertically on each side of the board and nailed them down. (On the backside) Then I was able to loop hanging wire around those two back boards to support the mirror. I’m not sure if this is making any sense. I can take a picture of the backside and email it to you if you are interested!

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  31. Kathleen Kerry says

    I am brand new to all of this! Can you email me so I can ask you some questions? I have breast cancer and I think this would be a good outlet for me. But I have questions! My email is kajacoma4@yahoo.com. Thanks so much!

    Kathleen

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  33. Melissa says

    I will be using the cricut for stencils. Any idea the size and or font for each line? Best type of paint to use and what color yellow?

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    • Marie says

      Hi Melissa, I am not sure about the size exactly I could measure them out, but basically you’ll want to gauge it depending on the pallet size or wood you are using. I believe I used the color canary yellow by Apple Barrel Paints.

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