Creating A Stencil For Tracing On A Mat

Once you ve decided on your design draw or print it on a sheet of paper at the scale in which you want the stencil.

Creating a stencil for tracing on a mat.

Making stencils on the silhouette or silhouette cameo. When your square pops up on the bottom left click the little lock. Use masking tape or painters tape to securely attach your page onto a plastic stencil sheet. Then place your stencil pattern on top of your cutting mat and put the mylar sheet on top of that.

In the end it s a personal choice of which material works best for you. This will unlock the proportions so we can stretch it into a rectangle. Creating a stencil in silhouette studio in this tutorial we re going to make a stencil design on our silhouette or cameo using the silhouette studio software and then cut it from a clear acetate or transparency to use over and over again. The stencils on this site are all formatted to print on an 8 5 x 11 letter sized paper.

One of the most common materials for stencils is vinyl because it s sturdy and reusable. Tape the printed stencil onto the back of a stencil sheet. Print your stencil of choice. Secure both sheets with tape.

To create a vinyl stencil at home choose and print your design then cut it out with an x acto knife. Tricky to transfer from cutting mat to doormat i used spray adhesive and pins to keep the stencil from shifting.