Creating A Stencil For Tracing On A Mat

To create a vinyl stencil at home choose and print your design then cut it out with an x acto knife.

Creating a stencil for tracing on a mat. Tape the printed stencil onto the back of a stencil sheet. In the end it s a personal choice of which material works best for you. Making stencils on the silhouette or silhouette cameo. One of the most common materials for stencils is vinyl because it s sturdy and reusable.

The stencils on this site are all formatted to print on an 8 5 x 11 letter sized paper. Cut out the design from the stencil sheet. Secure both sheets with tape. Then place your stencil pattern on top of your cutting mat and put the mylar sheet on top of that.

So to make a stencil you need to go to the left toolbar and click shapes highlighted and then select the square. Use masking tape or painters tape to securely attach your page onto a plastic stencil sheet. This will unlock the proportions so we can stretch it into a rectangle. 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.

When your square pops up on the bottom left click the little lock. 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.