After years of hating stencil projects because of the mess and sloppy results i was amazed at what a game changer cricut s stencil vinyl was.
Cricut stencil vinyl how to use.
Which vinyl to use for stencils.
For this tutorial i am using cricut brand vinyl and it did ok.
This vinyl is specifically made for reusable stencils and is repositionable.
Material and tools required to make the stencil.
Step 1 set material and load blade.
Place stencil material onto cricut machine mat.
Select and size images and load the mat into the machine.
Load the fine point blade in the machine.
Press the flashing go button.
Set material to stencil vinyl in design space.
I used my cricut explore air2 for this project.
Refer to stencil vinyl kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings a kiss cut goes through the stencil vinyl and leaves the liner intact.
Cutting cricut stencil vinyl with a cricut machine.
In this tutorial i m going to show you how and why to use cricut stencil vinyl and how easy it is to make a custom pillow cover.
A cutting machine i have the cricut maker but the explore air could also do stencil vinyl or any adhesive vinyl you don t mind using.
This month s cricut tutorial is one i ve been wanting to write for a while.
I made the reusable stencil using cricut stencil vinyl.
Like a colour you don t like would do great weeding tools.
Foam brush and matte mod podge.
I prefer using oramask 813 stencil vinyl and others like 631 removable vinyl.
Acrylic paint and ideally a stencil paintbrush.
How to use cricut stencil vinyl.
So for this vinyl stencil technique you re going to need some permanent adhesive vinyl in any color matte mod podge don t use glossy acrylic paint and a wood board.
With this thicker sturdier tougher vinyl like material i was able to cut custom adhesive backed stencils that could be used over and over again with great results every.
I order from expressions vinyl linked they have great prices and good quality.