Cricut Welcome Sign Wedding DIY

July 4, 2019 Mom MD Hawaii

See how to make a Wedding Welcome sign with the Cricut. This article outlines step by step the process of painting wooden welcome signs perfect for home and weddings. Personalize these signs to suit your needs as a beautiful customized gift.

YouTube Video

See below for the step by step Cricut Welcome Sign Wedding DIY process.

Designed In Design Space

Design space allows for quick and easy editing and creation of any design(s). The font used for this project is FREE for personal use from dafont.com and is called Magnolia Sky. The personalization was simple with names and dates. In design space names need to have the letter spaces decreased so the letters connect. Then the words are welded to get them attached as a continuous scripted word. Another great idea for personalization is to use monograms. For monograms dafont.com has a FREE font called Monogram kk.

Cut Out With The Cricut Maker

I LOVE the Cricut Maker. The maker quickly and easily cut the design out of adhesive vinyl material. Adhesive vinyl adheres well to fidget spinners. Unwanted excess material was removed or also known as “weeded.”

Adhesive Vinyl

For this project, the adhesive vinyl was all Cricut brand. I highly recommend that people price compare to get the best quality and price for all materials, especially for adhesive vinyl. The Cricut adhesive vinyl was purchased directly from Cricut during a huge sale. Amazon also has multiple options as well. Favorite non-Cricut brands include Siser and Oracal. Remember to do test cuts before cutting the design because settings may be slightly different for alternative non-Cricut brands.

Transfer Tape Application

First apply transfer tape to the top of the design. Then burnish (rub down) the transfer tape and stick the adhesive vinyl to the transfer tape. Then remove the paper backing and rub the adhesive vinyl onto the wood sign. Finally remove the transfer tape slowly at a 90 degree angle off the vinyl, leaving it behind on the wood sign.

Painting

Depending on the look you’re trying to achieve, the sign may be pre-painted with a base coat. One sign was repainted and the other was left natural to achieve a rustic look. Using short strokes, brush paint onto the sign. Try not to brush too vigorously side to side or the paint will seep underneath the vinyl. Chalk paint and acrylic paint work well.

Remove Vinyl

Remove the vinyl prior to the paint completely drying. Removal prior to complete drying will prevent paint cracking, pealing, and chipping off the sign. Then touch up any areas as needed. Let the paint completely dry and the sign is complete.

Hope this inspires your own Welcome Sign . Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, Linked in, and all my other social medias as well. The product links above are provided for your convenience with no cost or obligation to buy. I am a Cricut and Amazon affiliate and may make a small commission if you choose to use the links above to buy products, at NO COST to you. All products bought by me and all opinions are my own.