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First, a great big THANK YOU is in order!

There are many aspects of teaching classes or hosting events that many followers do not realize or think about. Costs is one of those. It is a wide range from venue rental fees, food, taxes, resort fees, transportation, shipping, class supplies… and the list could go on and on!

In September I taught at an in-person workshop organized by Marjorie with Atlanta Stylish Point in Atlanta. This was the first in-person workshop we have been able to organize since 2020 and just like everything else worldwide, costs have gone up.

Sponsors are a big part of teaching classes and hosting events. A BIG PART!
I want to give a great BIG SHOUT OUT to my class sponsor for that event!!!
Thank you H & H Sign Supply!

They sponsored my Acrylic Decor class and sent extra goodies for the students too!

Without sponsors like H & H Sign Supply, I could not do classes and events.
I greatly appreciate the support and the students loved all the goodies!

Here is a photo of the class project I taught at the event.

This was a project that the attendees designed completely from scratch using several fonts styles.

Here is a list of the supplies used to create this project:
– Oracal 651 adhesive vinyl in the following colors:
Brown, Golden Yello, Purple Red, Dark Red, Light Orange
– Oratape MT80P application tape
– Acrylic Panel or sign
– Wood stand (optional for panel)
– Spiced Pumpkin DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paint
– Saffron Yellow DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paint
– Paint brush with bristles
– Paint palette (optional)
– alcohol wipe
– weeding tool

Fonts used in design creation:
– Maxwell font by Silhouette – Design #259151
– BFC Magical Writing Handwriting Font by Blush Fonts – Design #387314
– Fall Leaf Dingbats by Lori Whitlock – Design #222723

Need help installing fonts? Check out this tutorial HERE – Let’s Explore v4 – Installing Fonts

In this class, I taught attendees how to create their own design using shapes as templates and designing within that to create a project. They were in charge of the design from start to finish.

Here are few of the students creations

Some created the exact same design I developed the class with and others took off on their own, using different fonts and phrases!

It was so neat to see what everyone at the event did!

The best part of creating your own designs is that they can turn out a bit different each time!

Thank you to H & H Sign Supply for being a sponsor for our Silhouette events!

Stay tuned as I have another acrylic sign project coming your way soon sharing some of the techniques we used in class!

For a few more ideas of how you can create different seasonal décor projects with acrylic signs and adhesive vinyl, check out these 10 other examples in this Acrylic Sign Decor post from last year found HERE.

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Enjoy !

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It is Back to School here for us and I made a little something to add to my kid’s backpacks. These bag tags are 3″ in size and with the lobster claw, perfect to clip onto their backpack zipper.

Our school colors are blue and white, so this little paw print acrylic from Craft Chameleon works great. There are many options for colors both solid and glitter, just click on the drop down box for more options.
For the girl’s tags I used the white glitter with Siser PSV in blue and the boy’s are solid white with Oracal 651 blue.

It came with a cut file that is sized perfectly for the acrylic blank, so all you have to do is customize it if needed and set it up to cut.

*Line color added and thickened for visual

How to make the bag tag design

For these bag tags, I wanted to add the first initial into the design. I typed the first initial using the Text Style Tool and then changed the font using the Text Style Panel.
I used Lori Whitlock’s School Font Design #273761 from the Silhouette Design Store because it was a nice bold font.

Once the properties (color, font style, etc) of the first letter is set, then make a copy of the letter and change the text to the next letter. I find this saves time when you are using multiple text designs that are similar. In this case, all of the initials would be the same font, so I just copied and pasted the letter and then changed it for the next one.

Place the letter in the design where you want and you are ready to cut.

The Cameo will cut exactly where you see the bold red cut lines when you click on the Send tab. I chose to Send mine to cut this way with weeding lines between the designs.

If you are creating a design to show to someone, you can make the design look more realistic and having the letter “cut out” or subtracted from the paw print by making it a Compound Path.

Both designs will cut the exact same way as you can see from the bold red cut lines on the Send tab.

I can’t wait to show the kids when they get home from school.

Here are the supplies I used to create these bag tags:
– 3″ acrylic paw print
– Swivel Lobster Clasp
– 1 inch Silver Tone Links
– Triangle bail (small)
– Bent Nose pliers
– Siser PSV adhesive glitter vinyl (blue)
– Siser PSV transfer tape
– Oracal 651 adhesive vinyl

And here is a quick video on how I applied the vinyl to the acrylic blanks.