Creating A Stencil For Tracing On A Mat

Cut out the design from the stencil sheet.

Creating a stencil for tracing on a mat.

In the end it s a personal choice of which material works best for you. 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. 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. Use masking tape or painters tape to securely attach your page onto a plastic stencil sheet.

Print your stencil of choice. Then place your stencil pattern on top of your cutting mat and put the mylar sheet on top of that. The stencils on this site are all formatted to print on an 8 5 x 11 letter sized paper. To create a vinyl stencil at home choose and print your design then cut it out with an x acto knife.

So to make a stencil you need to go to the left toolbar and click shapes highlighted and then select the square. When your square pops up on the bottom left click the little lock. If you take the time to make sure your stencil won t move around and if you use a good painting technique you will get great results too. Making stencils on the silhouette or silhouette cameo.

Tape the printed stencil onto the back of a stencil sheet. This will unlock the proportions so we can stretch it into a rectangle.