One can get fancy with Photoshop however I use simple LibreOffice Presentation. If you have Microsoft Office you can use their presentation program. If you want email me (address in my profile). I can send you a LibreOffice presentation file so you can see how the sign is put together. If you have Microsoft Officer however - I don't think you will be able to open the file. For the attached sign I typed the text, made a rectangle for the background and used a circle for the top which I overlay-ed the rectangle to cover the bottom half.
Printer settings depend on the printer you are using. With HP there is a heavy paper or card stock setting. For my Brother printer the choices are few. I use paper setting but sometimes the card stock jams on this setting. I have not tried the 'brother matte paper' setting as yet
While on printers if you want to print decal paper use a printer like HP which will print glossy photos. I just bought a Brother printer (1000 times better than HP for ink use) and though not sure about all Brother printers the one I bought won't print decals (they smear) even though it has a 'photo paper' setting. I have my old HP set aside for that.
