Step 1: Design your stencil I wanted to do leaf designs for my paver stencils, so I just searched different variations of “leaf” in Design Space. Since each of my pavers is 12” by 12” I made a square that size in Design Space to help visualize the designs. (I deleted the square...
Today on the blog we’re going to teach you How To Make a Stencil With Your Cricut. If you haven’t tried stencil making yet or you’ve been wanting to learn how to do that, you’re in luck! Making stencils with your Cricut is another fun way to craft with your die cutting machin...
Categories Create, Cricut Projects, Decorate, DIY Home DecorJump to How-to Learn how to make stencils. DIY reusable stencils for walls or wood signs are easy to make with this simple tutorial using the Cricut.When I first told my husband that I wanted to stencil, not one, but TWO feature...
Farmer’s Market Fresh Eggs I hope you enjoyed learning how to stencil a galvanized bucket. I have to warn you though, once you stencil just one pail, you’ll want to do it again and again… Till next time… This post was updated in April 2022.Post...
In this example I am using vinyl adhesive sheet, cut as a stencil, in the Cricut. You can also use shelf liner contact paper, which is cheaper. Since it is sticky on only one side I had to use the "flip" setting on my Cricut to cut it out in reverse. Then I stick the design ...
Stencil Secret 1: The Adhesive Now you’re ready to get your stencil in place. I used to use painter’s tape to hold my stencils in place but that really isn’t the greatest. It works okay for keeping thing from moving around, but it doesn’t do anything to prevent the paint from ...
After I had created the pieces I wanted for my design in Cricut Design Space, I cut them on some extra vinyl I had on hand. My vinyl happened to be aglossy dark gray, but since we’re only using the vinyl as a stencil, any color will work!
Just do a quick search through the card designs to find one you like and it will be all set up and sized to fit the card kits. All of the settings are ready to go and the whole process is very user-friendly. There are a wide variety of Cricut Joy card designs available in Design...
2 | Cut the stencil With a Cricut The easiest way to cut the stencil is with a Cricut machine*. To do this: Save the .png file from above to your computer. open Cricut Design Space*. Create a New project. Then upload the .png file as a single layer. Resize the image so that it...
Then let the Cricut do its thing! It is kinda fun to watch! After the design is cut, remove the vinyl from the cutting mat and begin weeding. Since we are making a stencil we want to keep the negative part of the design. That means I remove the letters and keep the center part of...