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I love my Silhouette machine.. I have been playing with it for days now.  Things I have learned.

1. You can totally use contact paper.  $8 bucks for a roll of black 18 inches wide by 24 feet.

2 You can use blue painters tape to transfer all the vinyl, the heavy stuff and the contact paper.

3. You can use the clear contact paper to transfer the colored contact paper when you want to transfer a stencil.

4 Cutting stencils is a pain in &*%$#.  DO a test cut to see if it will cut.  Getting the stencil off the cutting mat will make you crazy.

5 Write down the information when you find the cuts you like.  Example when cutting contact paper you have to use the cutting mat. 

6.  You can use the other brand cutting mat.  I could only get the 12x24 cutting mat in the other brand.  It totally worked.

Today I'll finished this.  It is not completely dry.  I will need to flip it over to mount the hanging brackets on the back.  One on each end will get it level when mounting it to the wall.

It could have used a second coat.  The glue shows up.  I painted around the letters with watered down glue.  I won't buy decoupage glue.  It is expensive for what I want to do.

By painting the letters first you get clean lines.

Here is what I used.  Confession I didn't realize that it was not acrylic until I was home and then I just wanted to finish it.  I was not going back to home depot, so this is an oil based paint.  I just tossed the foam roller.

$8 bucks and it did cover in one coat, as long as you don't get picky.   It would have been really nice with a second coat, it would have covered the glue lines.

I found this in the garage.  It was a piece of window seal.  It is paint grade.  

See the finger joints.

I knew it would work for what I wanted to do.  But as you can see it was very noticeable stained with the black lettering.

I had to cut each word separately using my large mat.  I cut the vinyl down into 7 x 18, which was just measuring out 7 inches and using my wheel to cut.  The contact paper is 18 inches wide.  I drew a pencil line across the entire board to use as my guide line.  You can't see it in the finished product, unless you look for it. 

I ordered some more vinyl online, I will let you know how that turns out.

Happy Cutting...