Do you love the look of a Farmhouse sign but hate the price tag? Or maybe you’ve been searching for a sign but can’t find the size/style that you want. Well, today you are in luck because we are going to show you how simple it is to paint a Farmhouse sign.

You Need:

• Wood Sign (You can make it or purchase one)
• Cutting Machine
• Permanent Adhesive Vinyl (we used Oracal 651)
• Paint
• Paint Brush
• Application Tape
• Weeder
• Scraper

Directions:
1-Gather your materials and create your image within your design software

2-Insert your adhesive vinyl, check your cut settings and cut

3-Reverse weed your design – that means you should remove the vinyl from the part you are going to paint

4-Carefully apply your application tape on top of the vinyl

5-After you scrape your design, slowly peel the backing off and carefully place the vinyl on your wood sign

6-Paint your design

7-Take a break so that the paint can dry

8-Remove the vinyl

9-Hang it on the wall and admire your results

Do you love creating with vinyl, but hate to weed the design? You are going to love our new product Forever Flex-Soft, which is a no-cut, color coated film that can be applied to both light and dark color garments. And is suitable for cotton, polyester, poly/cotton blends, nylon, polypropylene, paper and wood.

How does it work? 

Create an intricate design and send it to your laser printer. No need to worry about the color ink or on the screen because your final color of the design will be the color of the Flex-Soft that you load in your printer. Then press! Want to see the Forever Flex-Soft in action? Watch our Facebook LIVE!

Want to try it out for yourself? Here’s what you need to do…..

You Need:

• Flex Soft
• Heat Press
• laser printer
• black ink

Step By Step Instructions:

1. Design or select your image on the computer.
2. Print the image in reverse/mirrored format on the coated side (cloudy in appearance, not shiny) using a heavy paper mode on the A-Foil.
3. Trim the A-Foil paper down about 1cm smaller.
4. Set heat press at 266-275 F degrees with medium-heavy pressure.
5. Place 1-2 sheets of copy paper on the lower pad to protect the pad.
6. Place the trimmed A-Foil in the middle of the bottom pad (printed side face up).
7. Place the B-Paper Low Temp on top of the A-Foil (coated side face down, yellow writing facing you).
8. Cover everything with 1-2 sheets of copy paper. (do not use non-stick sheet).
9. Press the A-Foil and B-Paper together at 266-275 F for 90 seconds at medium to heavy pressure.
10. Remove copy paper and rub the back of the media for 5-10 seconds with a cloth.
11. Separate the B-Paper form the A-Foil in a slow and low motion while still on the bottom pad of the heat press. (the B-Paper will leave a white coating on the ink).
12. Cut around the A-Foil paper to remove the excess coating frame left behind by the B-Paper.
13. Position the A-Foil on the garment with the printed side facing down. The shiny color side will be facing you.
14. Cover with a sheet of silicone paper.
15. Press cotton tee at 275-310 F for 30 seconds with medium to heavy pressure. Refer to the Textile chart (Table 2) for other garment types and their suggested settings.
16. Set the shirt aside to cool completely.
17. Separate the A-foil from the garment by rolling the A-Foil in a slow low motion.
18. Cover the image with the silicone sheet and repress for 30 seconds using the same temperature as the previous step.
19. Remove silicone sheet while hot.
20. Admire your results!

You can purchase Forever Flex Soft individually or in a pack which includes 10 8.5” x 11” sheets (2 yellow gold metallic and 2 silver metallic, 1 bronze metallic, 1 green metallic, 1 lilac metallic, 1 red metallic, 1 blue metallic, and 1 white gold metallic).

Do you have your own images and graphics you’d like to turn into heat transfers and adhere to garments with your heat press?  All you need is Transfer paper. Transfer paper comes in a variety of sizes and is durable and completely washable.  Creating your own heat transfers will give you the flexibility to create custom t-shirt designs for a single customer or a whole group.

The first thing when choosing a transfer paper is to consider what type of printer you will be using – inkjet or laser?

Next, check with your printer manufacturer in regards to using transfer paper.  We suggest not using transfer papers with brands such as HP, Dell, and Brother. These printers have internal fusers that run too hot and can cause the paper to get stuck in the rollers, ruining the paper and possibly the printer itself.

Laser and inkjet printers both produce a similar quality of the design after pressing. The main difference between inkjet and laser printers is the cost to get started. Inkjet printers are cheaper, but tend to use quite a bit of ink. Laser printers are more expensive, but the toner lasts longer. Laser printers also offer the advantage of trim free paper.

Here are the different types of paper we offer for each printer:

Inkjet Paper:

The Jetpro Soft Stretch Inkjet Paper comes in 8.5×11 and 11×17. It produces soft, supple, vibrant, and washable ink jet printed transfers for white and light colored fabrics. It can be used to apply designs and photographs and can be trimmed to reduce the transfer of the background.

3G Opaque Paper comes in 8.5×11 and 11×17. This also produces vibrant and washable transfers but are suitable for dark fabrics. Since you will be printing on a white surface, you’ll want to trim away any area you do not want white before applying. Like the Jetpro, you can use it for basic designs as well as photographs. (This transfer paper is not recommended for Hewlett Packard and Dell Printers).

Laser Printer:

Lasersoft EZ Peel transfer paper comes in 8.5×11 and 11×17. It is the only laser transfer available that allows the inks to absorb into the surface of the coating of the paper. The coating then acts like a shield and later bonds the inks to the fabric fibers without using a plastic film offering a high quality, soft solution for laser transfers.

CLC Paper comes in 8.5×11 and 11×17 and works with both oil and non-oil laser printers. This paper is great for transferring high-resolution photographs and images onto dark materials. Garments with a tight weave work best.

CI Trimfree comes in 8.5×11 and works only on solid, light colors. This is the first single step transfer paper and has been developed to release the polymer coating only in areas that have toner coverage where the image is pressed to the fabric. This makes it so you don’t have to trim your design before pressing it to your garment. Images will stay bright and vibrant, even after continued washing and the paper will print on both oil and non-oil laser printers.

Image Clip Laser Paper comes in 8×10.5 and 10.75×16.75. It works best on light garments and handles full-color designs very well. This paper is self-weeding, so there is no need to trim the excess paper as there will be no background to your printed design, although this paper is a two-step process.

Image Clip Laser Paper for dark, solid garments comes in 8×10.5 and 10.75×16.75. Just like the Image Clip for lights, there is no need to trim the excess paper as this paper is self-weeding. But this paper is not designed for transferring photography.

Father’s Day is right around the corner.  If you feel like you are scratching your head for Father’s Day gift ideas to give or sell, you can stop! We have some ideas that are easy to make and will make great gifts!

IDEA 1: Make Dad or Grandpop a shirt fast with our extensive supply of Father’s Day Heat Transfers.

IDEA 2: Write him a surprise note on the back of his tie with some HTV.

IDEA 3: Keep his drink cold and his hand warm with a sublimated koozie!

IDEA 4: Make Dad a new hat with our hat press! You can use heat transfer, heat transfer vinyl or even sublimation!

IDEA 5: Or if Dad is more of a glass guy. Personalize his cup with adhesive vinyl so that he is reminded how great he is everytime he takes a sip!

IDEA 6: Sublimate a keychain with his favorite sport or a sweet message!

IDEA 7: Make him a new car decal with adhesive vinyl.

IDEA 8: You can even personalize his tackle box or sporting bag with a little note from the kids! Just grab your vinyl and cut a sweet message.

IDEA 9: You can quickly make him a dog tag with a sublimation printer and a heatpress.

IDEA 10: Make him a coffee mug so that he can see the kids’ smiling faces every morning!

IDEA 11: Dad will love seeing his favorite photo as he gets his work done with a sublimated mousepad.

IDEA 12: Personalize his gym accessories so that he knows which is his! You can add HTV to his gym bag, sublimate his cooling towel or even add a photo or his name to his water bottle.

Want some more ideas? Head to our Instagram page and see what we’ve been creating or better yet show us what you’ve been making for Father’s Day!