What you’ll need:

• Cricut maker 3
• Permanent Vinyl
• Scissors
• Weeding tools
• Squeegee
• Transfer tape
• A piece of wood you want to use for your sign (Michaels, Hobby Lobby, or if you are good with your hands, Home Depot)
• The generated QR code you want to use (go to https://qrcodecreator.com/ to create a QR code)

This is the first sign I ever made and is what I am basing my instructions on:

Step One: Open Cricut Design Space

1. Upload your QR code using PNG format.
2. Click the option to automatically remove any background of the QR code.
3. Next, click the option to have multiple layers.
4. The options to pick next will be clipart and the output style to be stacked. Make sure it’s set to two layers: black and white.
5. Then, you are back in Design Space. Adjust the sizing of the QR code to your desired size, then start cutting.

Step Two: Weeding and Transfer

1. When the cutting is finished, first pull off the majority of the vinyl that you need to weed, then start weeding the QR code itself.
2. Scan the QR code to make sure it works.
3. Cut the size of transfer tape you need and put it over your QR code that you just finished weeding.
4. Use your little squeegee to ensure the vinyl is stuck on the transfer tape well.
5. Carefully pull the transfer tape off, making sure the vinyl transfers to the tape. If you are having a hard time, carefully pull the vinyl off of the transfer tape.

Step Three: Applying to Wood

1. Get your piece of wood that you want to use as a sign and pick the placement you want to put the QR code on.
2. Stick the QR code on the transfer tape onto the wood, sticky side down.
3. Use the squeegee again over it for a good minute or two to make sure it really sticks and transfers onto the wood.