I made the reusable stencil using cricut stencil vinyl.
Cricut vinyl stencils.
Stencil vinyl is made specifically to make stencils with your cricut machine and it s self adhesive.
Create personalized stencils for your paper crafting add a pattern to your dining room wall or help your kids build that lemonade stand they see in their dreams.
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.
This month s cricut tutorial is one i ve been wanting to write for a while.
Cutting cricut stencil vinyl with a cricut machine.
I prefer using oramask 813 stencil vinyl and others like 631 removable vinyl.
For this tutorial i am using cricut brand vinyl and it did ok.
This vinyl is specifically made for reusable stencils and is repositionable.
Step 1 set material and load blade.
Which vinyl to use for stencils.
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.
Permanent adhesive vinyl is also sticky but will create a stronger bond with any surface you.
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.
This can be a matter of preference and you may just have to try to see what you like.
I order from expressions vinyl linked they have great prices and good quality.
Select and size images and load the mat into the machine.
Load the fine point blade in the machine.
1 roll of 12 x 48 stencil vinyl use with all cricut electronic cutting machines clear durable repositionable stencil vinyl adheres to wood canvas plastic paper and more adhesive back helps prevent stencil shifting or color bleed around the edges.
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.
How to use cricut stencil vinyl.
Removable adhesive vinyl has a sticky backing and should peel back easily from your project.
Place stencil material onto cricut machine mat.
There are three different options when it comes to making a stencil with your cricut.
I used my cricut explore air2 for this project.
Set material to stencil vinyl in design space.
Cricut stencil vinyl lets you cut and apply your designs to just about any project whether working with wood canvas plastics paper or more.
Press the flashing go button.