Cricut Stencil Vinyl How To Use

Whether you have a cricut or a silhouette machine you can use the cricut stencil vinyl in either machine.

Cricut stencil vinyl how to use.

Acrylic paint and ideally a stencil paintbrush. 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. Like a colour you don t like would do great weeding tools. Step 1 set material and load blade.

I order from expressions vinyl linked they have great prices and good quality. I used my cricut explore air2 for this project. Which vinyl to use for stencils. Cutting cricut stencil vinyl with a cricut machine.

This can be a matter of preference and you may just have to try to see what you like. I made the reusable stencil using cricut stencil vinyl. I m using this 12 x 6 wood board that came pre hung with a rope but you can use any board that has a flat surface. Select and size images and load the mat into the machine.

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 vinyl is specifically made for reusable stencils and is repositionable. Press the flashing go button. 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.

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 month s cricut tutorial is one i ve been wanting to write for a while. Foam brush and matte mod podge.

Load the fine point blade in the machine. 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. 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. Place stencil material onto cricut machine mat.

Material and tools required to make the stencil.