My studio mates and myself wanted to dress up our studio door a bit as well as announce that we were ‘in the house’! I offered to create some vinyl lettering for our door.
I’ve been using my Sizzix Eclips more and have to say I love this machine the more I use it. It cuts perfectly every time. Cutting vinyl was a breeze. Each of us wanted to use our own personalized font. This was so easy using eCAL. I typed in each name and welded them together. I then sized all three together to be centered and fit on a 12×24 mat. One note here: When working with script fonts, I recommend you BOLD them and do a test cut as some scripts are super fine in the loops and do not cut well unless HUGE. I then took my laptop over to my Eclips, plugged it in, and told eCAL to cut! When using the Eclips with or without eCAL, I love that I can choose the material I am using with a drop down menu and the software figures out my speed and pressure settings. I did turn my blade down to a ‘2’ to make sure I got a ‘KISS’ cut for the vinyl.
Once it was cut, I use a small pick tool to ‘weed’ the vinyl (remove all the inner loops and then negative space). I admit I still favor my CGull tool set for working with die cuts. The have a greater assortment of pics and spatulas so that I can work in tight spaces.
After the piece was weeded, I placed my transfer paper over it. You can see in the photo above that I’ve already put the transfer paper over the “Studio #309” sign (that is why it looks muted). This made for easy transport up to the studio building. After removing the backing, I was able to center these two pieces where I wanted. I rubbed them with my squeegee and started peeling off the transfer paper. I have found that if I continue to rub with my squeegee and peel the paper off at an angle diagonally, it comes off easier.
TaDA! Personalized studio door. (Excuse the bad picture – using phone to take photo and wall was preventing me from getting a straight on shot) We still hope to put a window in our door at some point. When that happens, I appreciate that the vinyl lettering is removable and repositionable. I might change the vinyl to white if we get a window, but that will be super easy to do. I have a great stash of vinyl from Expressions Vinyl. I have the eCAL file saved from this project, so even though I may have to resize it to fit the window, all I’ll really need to do is add vinyl to my mat and cut!
Thanks for stopping by,
Love this Cheryl – fabulous idea!
Thanks Rita. It was so easy to cut out with the Sizzix. Have to say I’m loving it!
How creative. Why not customize (or brand) everything, right?
love the fonts!! what a great idea!
Thank you, Diane. It was so great that we could each chose the font that we wanted to coordinate with our own sites.
love the fonts!!! what a great idea!
Oh I so need to learn how to use my new machine. It is sitting in a box waiting for me to come and play! You have inspired me to just do it!!! Love what you did!!
It really is so easy to use, Rebecca. Give it a try. Shoot me a message if you have any questions. I did take an Eclips certification class and love this machine
What a fun project! Love sizzix, want to get one for quilting!
That would be great, Denise. Sizzix is great for so many things
That turned out really nice. I never thought to bold the script so I would turn out better.
It really does make a difference when you don’t want to distort the fonts by stretching them. Thanks for stopping by
Awesome idea!! Love that you can move it if you want to.
Me too! They are removable for just so long (honestly can’t remember at this moment) especially depending on surface they are applied to. That helps when trying to center them just right too!
This looks Professional and fantastic! You are so meticulous! I enjoyed watching the different steps and it made me appreciate it even more. Congrats for you and your friends and I can’t wait to see what you’ll do next!
Very nice! The fonts are really cool, I particularly like the one used for your name!
WOW! I love it! AND I’m sure once you install a window, it will be even better! Congrats!!
I made one for my studio door but the color is so light it doesn’t show up. Grrrr
I dont know how you make such small intricate cuts! Kudos!