Reversible Seasonal Sign

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• Laptop or computer
• Cricut Explore
• Wood sign blank
• Assorted acrylic paint and paintbrushes
• Assorted vinyl colors
• 2 fish eye hooks
• 12"x 24" Cricut mat
• Weeding tool
• Mod Podge Matte
• Transfer paper

DIRECTIONS:

1. Remove hardware from the sign and strap.
2. Paint the front of the sign white, and the edges gold.
3. Multiple coats until sign is fully covered. Let dry for 24 hours.
4. Paint the back of the sign light orange and the edge black.
5. Let dry for 24 hours.
6. Measure the inside of your sign, for this sign it was approximately 14"x 18".
7. Open Design Space and insert scalloped edge from shapes.
8. Stretch the scalloped edge to 18" and duplicate 4x and change color to white.
9. Insert HAPPY FALL! SVG and size according to your sign, attach SVG change color to white.
10. On the back, insert 2 spider webs from images and size approximately 5"x5" and change color to white.
11. Insert SPOOKY SEASON SVG, and size according to your sign space.
12. Change colors to pink and black.
13. Cut with the Cricut and follow on screen instructions.
14. Weed vinyl set aside.
15. Hand peel up the cut scalloped vinyl and place around all 4 edges of the inside of the white frame.
16. Paint Mod Podge over the scalloped vinyl making sure you paint it going into the white frame background.
17. Let dry, and then paint the inside square of the sign burnt orange.
18. Carefully peel up the scalloped vinyl, leaving you with a white painted scalloped edge and a burnt orange center sign.
19. Let completely dry.
20. Add Happy Fall! Vinyl to sign using transfer paper.
21. Flip the sign over and using transfer paper place white spider web in opposite corners.
22. Place SPOOKY SEASON black outline down first, then pink inside wording down on top.
23. Using the eye hooks, hand twist them into the top of the sign and attach the strap to finish the sign!

JOANN HACKS:

• Use a hair dryer on cool to speed up the paint drying process.
• Putting Mod Podge over the stencil scalloped boarder will help the burnt orange paint from seeping through, this creates a perfect painted edge once you peel up the scalloped vinyl.