How to Cut Stencils Easily!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ม.ค. 2014
- Have you ever wanted to cut your own stencil, grabbed a piece of transparency, and then started cutting only for your hand to cramp up and get frustrated when you accidentally cut the stencil where you didn't want to?
My new video shows the easiest way to cut your own stencils without the use of a die cutting machine. I learned this technique from Laura Lidstone (aka the Artistic Pagan), so check her out...the link is below.
Laura (aka Artistic Pagan): / sweetpaganrose
My blog: www.imperfectimpulses.wordpress.com
E-mail: imperfectimpulses@gmail.com
Aaron Stephen
Imperfect Impulses
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Can you link the tool you are using pretty please? Thank you for this tutorial! Awesome!
Heather Herrmann It’s a Walnut Hollow wood burning tool with various tips. Well worth the investment. Walnut Hollow Creative Versa Tool with Versa-Temp Variable Temperature Control and 11 Woodburning Points www.amazon.com/dp/B005P1TRAS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_UaWhBbY7A5X9E
ImperfectImpulses Ahh nice! You rock man! Thank you so much! ❤️
OMG - It's so good to see originality in the world - so good to see someone doing something of their own design.
OMG... Thank you soooo much! ...I am getting ready to do a Book Binding Cover for my "Billy the Kid: Little Black Book of Secrets" book ... the first 50 books will be signed and numbered with real leather and gold leaf lettering... I have searched how to do the raised lettering, (it will be of a Western Font)... but to do so many book covers, I need to do a stencil... and free hand cutting it, was out of the question!!! This method (burning the stencil) is fantastic! ... I don't want the lettering perfect anyway, I want it to look a little ragged, since it will have 1881 in the top corner also... You have made my day... You are a God send!!! ..."Thank you".... P.S. also Thank you for not having annoying music in the background while you're doing your tutorial... ;) ... I want to listen to the person "Teaching" in the Video... ;)
I just purchased a heat tool on Saturday. I haven’t had a chance to use it yet but after watching you and seeing how easy it is to cut stencils I’m starting with it tomorrow.
Thanks!! I don't have the $$ to buy a big machine, this is just what I needed. Appreciate your taking the time to do the tutorial!
fantastic idea, thanks for giving us the power of independence!! I love making my own journalling items
This is a great idea, never thought of using a heat tool! Never was too good with the exacto knife.
Thank you Aaron! Love this and I tried it with a soldering iron as I don't have that fancy tool :) and it worked like a charm!
was so frustrated after ruining a stencil by making a mistake at the very end with my exacto knife, this video is saving my life rn
Thanks. I cut one today with my Silhouette. I think they are coming out with some material just for stencils. I have old overhead film and it is not real sturdy. It is fun to have your own. I really like the shape you make. Thanks again for sharing.
Another good stencil maker is hot glue...use a rubber mat and make a design on it, let dry and peel off....now you have a stencil for making cards, pics or whatever you want
Thank you so much i was looking for something like that for long time. i used to use the craft cutter which will not cut exactly what i was looking
great work and thank you for sharing
This is awesome! Another use for my wood burning tool!! Thank you x
Great info. I have had one of those tools and never used it ...can't wait to try it.
great stencil...I love how it turned out. thanks
Wootie hoo!! I literally ordered one of those tools earlier today!!! I am so excited to make my own stencils. I cringe when I see that a small stencil is 3 or more dollars and the larger ones are 5 or more and can go way up from there. I don't need PERFECT stencils cuz I don't do PERFECT art! PS... I love you... hehe. Hope school is going well! Hugs!!
Brilliant! Thank you so much for this great tip!
This works so well! I've used Tyvek also and it's very strong. The Walnut Hollow tool is great.
Great idea! Will try since I already have that wood burning tool. Tfs
So cool, thanks for this!! I was going to attempt cutting a fine stencil with an exacting knife and was dreading it 🤣. This tip was exactly what I was looking for.
Great idea! I would never have thought of this on my own.....
Genius. Another tool to by. Thanks.
Great. Ive been procrasting cutting stencils and this is so much easier.
Love this idea!! Gonna try it!!
Thank you so much ! When my old printer died I tore it apart and kept the heavy glass and a few other pieces of it . It doesn't even have sharp edges. I had no idea what I was going to use that glass for but now I know. LOL!!
You're a friggin genius, sir. This helps me with a project I am working on for school. I hope I can find a coupon for the wood tool.
Brilliant!! Thank you for teaching xx
This is AWESOME! Thanks for sharing.
Just so enlightening! Thank you
The video was very informative; Thanks!
Spectacularly a stunning and sensational show of something stupendously ($$) saving! TFS xoxo Jen
Thank you for the tutorial! You demonstrate them very well. Do you have anymore?
I did see this done once before and am so glad you did this video as a reminder. I think the investment in the tool is a whole lot cheaper that the money I'm putting out in stencils!! (although I do love them and will buy more.) This technique allows for so much creativity though!! Love your videos. Keep on doin' em OK?
Eeeeeeee! Excited!
I bought one of those wood burning walnut hollow tools as well but it didnt come with that extra pointy tip :( My question though...I found when I used it it seemed to burn way too much. I couldnt make a straight line because it melted it more than I would want to so it was more like a blobby line, if that makes sense lol. It would also melt back together before I could even remove the cut piece. It was a mess. Could it be due to the material I'm using to make my stencil from? I use those plastic divider folders you buy in packs. I tried to get the thicker ones. Cutting it out with an xacto is a breeze, but the heat tool melts the heck out of it. The tool also smokes when it's on as though it is heating up way too much. (even the gold tip started turning dark after 1 use) *shrugs*. I'm still learning with all this art journaling stuff. Thanks so much in advance if you have any tips for me. :) P.S. Love your work.
Hey great vid, turned out great. a wood burning would be great too and comes with every tip you would need.
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!! I'm going to try this weekend. With the tool, do you have to be quick with it so it doesn't burn to much of the sheet?
Great stuff. Thankyou.
That's a great tip. Thanks
Great tip. Thanks Aaron - Hugs Lynn
Brilliant idea, thank you for shaving
Great tip thank you!
Good job!
Thanks for the technique, how many microns thick would you recommend the transpaency for a stencil someone wanted to use for spray painting and wanted to use it quite a few times? Also, do you have a recommended supplier or type that you use?
Thanks for sharing… very cool
Great video...What heat setting did you use?
Thank you so much!
I use plastic dividers that you can get anywhere (stock up on them when school supplies go on sale) the great thing about them is you can label the little tab and you don't have to 3 hole punch them :)
I used the same thing and my heat tool seemed to melt it way too much as I was trying to trace my design. Even melted back together before I could remove the cut pieces. Does this happen to you when you use the dividers? I figured it was because they were too thin.
I use a damp rag to cool and clean the tool if it seems to be melting way too much I'v never had it melt back together on me.
Oh ok. Thanks! :)
love this
Super. Thanks so much
I bought a tool at a thrift store it’s a potable soldering iron it is about half the side of the soldering iron you are using it’s also a torch but it has the reg tip like you are using then it has two tips for the torch and the best feature is it has a scalpel type blade made for cutting plastic it’s a nice little kit run on butane so you can refil it’s made buy techcrssories it’s about the side of two pens put together about the size of a airbrush it’s great quality the lady at the restore said it came from Home Depot it’s the best soldering iron I’ve ever had and I’ve had them all from big to the type in the video
Thank you!!
Great idea using scrapbook paper as an image. I try to draw my own designs but somehow they don't turn out great. Can't draw a crocked line to save my life.....lol. Thanks for sharing.
Ha ! I ordered one yesterday. So much easier than cutting with a knife
hi, can you please tell me where did you order it, what's the name of this tool, pleaseee
Love custom-made = thank-you!
Fantabulous! Love it! TFS :) Hugs d.
GREAT IDEA TFS IT.
Cool technique. Can you use the wood burner to cut regular paper too?
Thank you👍👍
walnut hollow heat tool?
Ok answered later on in video.
Thanks. Great idea . +)
Can you use that tool to cut stencils from heavy poster board, or will it just catch fire?
which tool u used for cutting please give me name of the tool
You can buy a kit from Home Depot it’s a portable torch and soldering iron and it has a knife blade that goes on it to cut plastic I got one at Home Depot it’s run on butane you could not find a better tool I’ve never seen then before
can anyone tell whose music is being played in the beginning of the video?
what is the name of the tool ? i want to buy it from the store
Oh cool I have that tool and I rarely use it so now I will. Any particular type of transparency?
I use overhead transparencies from the office supply store. They work great!
Awesome. Thanks I love your videos and how you don't take yourself too seriously.
thanks
Cool...I have this tool...I need to get busy :).
What is the spray paint you are using to stencil ? Thank you great video
I'm usin Dylusions ink sprays. They're gorgeous and super pigmented! Thank you for watching!
cool.
Not sure if this question was asked, but, does this technique create fumes?
how small cuts can it make? i mean can U cut about hole 1X1 mm with heat pen??
I've never tested but it has a skinny pen tip and makes some pretty precise marks.
wow wut is the clear paper again u used to make the stencils & can I get them at Michael's would be so much nicer for us who can't afford to but stencils
I actually got a package of transparencies from the office supply store (Wal-Mart carries them, too). They're just plain old overhead transparencies and they work wonderfully as stencils!
thx
I want to paint a "real" looking Kansas City Chiefs logo in my backyard. Any ideas on how to do that, and make it look like the real Arrowhead Stadium logo at mid-field??
What are the health hazards to burning acetate right under your nose?
What is that knife?
What is it called?
Thanx
What is it call the plastic you made the stencil with ?
And where can I buy it ?
+Olga Carbonell it's called acetate or transparency and it's used on projectors. You can get it at office supply stores. Hope this helps!
I saw someone ask but I didn't see the answer. What kind of paint are you using?
Hi! It's Dylusions spray ink! Thank you for watching!
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have u used adhesive spray with this process
I have. I've used Krylon Easy-Tak. The only problem I've encountered is that intricate designs can tear because the adhesive is pretty strong even though it's repositionable. I recommend sticking the stencils to your shirt a few times so that it's not so sticky. You can always re-spray if it isn't sticky enough after that.
Can you use a soldering iron? I have a small one.
River Citi Creative only one way to find out! Ha! I’m not sure, but it seems like it would work.
I saw videos using the solder iron. Thanks
I'm straight and even I liked the way he said, "ass-i-tate"...
Hlo
What type of transparency? Any?
Yep! Even thick plastic packaging works well!
Thank u!
Like - no. LOVE _ YES. I have tried several times to make my own stencils and you are right - pain pain pain so I gave up - NOW I can be successful and eventually save money on buying them. Thanks Aaron, great tip. Ruth
This is so cool! Can't stip watching your videos! I'm addicted to them! help! ;) I'm starting out wirh my art journaling, and will make my vudeos on my channel, check it out if you want! I made videos on different planners and productivity there.
just use an actual piece of a fence
No good to me ...mine need to be perfect ...... leaves nasty burr
I don"t hold a pencil like that
That’s a fantastic story.
where u expect meh to get em things 0-0