DIY Reusable Stencils | Silhouette Cameo Tutorial
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- I've had a lot of people ask how I create my reusable stencils so here's a look at how I do it!
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This is exactly what I was looking for instead of all the one use vinyl stencils. Thank you so much for taking the time to film this and explain things so well and in depth!
Thank you, this is so much more cost effective. I have a Cameo but was using more expensive plastic that didn’t always cut and that would be wasted material and money.
Thanks for the settings, need to dust off my cameo. You should just put the cutting mat in a big ziplock bag and then scrape them off. Works like a charm and saves all the little pieces. The shapes would be good to save bcuz you can make your own embellishments by just using gesso to cover the plastic and then paint or use clear glue with irridescent glitter for double duty with the butterflies and honeycomb parts for flower centers. Just a thought!
What a great idea!
I just got a Silhouette Cameo 3 (a little late to the party) and your video was a great help. One thing I've learned from watching non-stop tutorials is to use painters tape to pick up those little 'bits' from the cutting mat. Just cover the whole thing in painters tape (the wider the tape the faster this goes), press it down firmly with the smoothing tool, then peel it off as one piece. It really picks up all the bits! Cheers!
That’s a great tip! Thanks!
Overhead projector sheets works great also I use them for my stencils this is a great idea for an alternative because sometimes I can’t find the projector sheets
I do the same, I first used a soldering iron and a piece of glass and just printed out the design I made. My cricut has made it easier and quicker but I like to do both.
i tried this idea on my cricut and it worked great. thanks for the tip
Cindy Kromholtz What setting did you use to cut?
Cindy Kromholtz I too would love to know what settings you used to cut? Thanks!
Lindsey, I dusted off my Silhouette Cameo after your last video and now THIS! You explain things so well, so I think I may be able to do this. Thank you so much for these. Keep ‘em coming.
I just tried this & it worked so perfectly! Thank you very much. I got the dividers at DG for $1. ❤️
Lindsey, I make stencils from cereal boxes and then use the stencils to make hand cut stamps from a product called roll rubber roofing. It's basically like a sheet of easy to cut rubber .Basically a scrap from a roofing job on a house (The product comes in huge rolls like 12 x 24 feet etc ,,It acts as a moisture barrier for a roof .) .craft foam is nice for stamps too but soak up a lot of ink ..I mount these rubber stamps on craft foam and scraps of maple wood scraps from a local cabinet shop. How ever lately i use a notebook and an acrylic block or frame /plate to print with . wow My methods are so primitive lolol
Sandy Beebe thanks, I'll have to check that out!
Thank you so much for this video! I seen someone make stencils to make coffee art. I wanted to try it on my channel, but couldn't find the correct material for the cameo. You're a lifesaver!
What a great use for these!
I found this video extremely informative. Thank you so much. I'm a card maker and would love to incorporate more stenciling into my cards this is useful!!!
I’m so glad it was helpful!
thanks Melissa will be trying this out as soon as I can purchase some dividers.
Yay!!!!!! Thank you, can’t wait to try this, have the page dividers now just need to purchase some patterns in the Silhouette Store. Wooohooo!!!
Cut off the tab " yes " cut off the folder holes " No ". Reason being you can put them into a folder just for Stencils and not having them being all over the place or putting them into a plastic cover and where they will get damaged.
Yes, that would work except I try and get several designs on one sheet and I find it easier if they are all separate from each other when I go to use them.
Thank you Lindsey for this gorgeous video .. I hv been forever looking for the right material to cut stencils with on my cameo !!!
amazing, thank you for sharing your findings with us :)
WOW!Thats so cool.Way out of my crafting rang but I would so love to try. Thank you for teaching you have a lot of talent thanks agin for sharing.😊😊👏🏻💕
You could use the extra pieces to put inside shaker cards. I was wasting money on things to fill my cards and then I happened to make a stencil for a card and thought I wonder if these will work and if they are small enough they work great!
Yes, you could absolutely use them as shaker bits if you wanted to.
You just gave me the best idea. Omh. Thank you
This was an extremely informative video ! Thank you.
Great idea. Been looking for something like this.
Idea? Maybe those 'bits' you toss, have you thought about saving them & giving them to a craft circle at your church or senior citizen center?
They aren’t really anything worth saving. They are too thin to work well as shaker bits and the static makes them cling to everything.
Thanks I really enjoyed that
You are a genius! Thank you so much for this!!!
Thank you for this video! I'm going to try this on my Cricut! God bless, Kim
Did it work? Cricut user here! I have the Maker, wondering if I need a different blade than the finecut.
Excelente you are best This my first stencil and I can do it 🤗🤗🤗🤗
I think this was very detailed
So helpful, thank you very much
love love love this vid!! thank you for sharing :D .... instead of throwing away all those pieces what about donating them to a primary school for art class ?
That's a great idea!
LindseyDecor can you use the auto blade instead?
Tfs! This is so helpful
thank you. so helpful
Pop then all off straight onto your sticky mat. Or not so sticky mat.🤣
I couldn't relate more to that last sentence 😂 I've been holding off buying a new sticky mat and have been using double sided tape to make it sticky 🙈
Love this! Thank you !
Wish Cricut studio had these! They only have a few stencils...tfs 🙏🏻
Thats awesome
Great instruction & info! tyfs honey!
I use the default cut from my silhouette cameo 3 while using the index dividers and it just shreds the dividers and makes a mess anything else I can do
Same thing happened to me :(
Make sure you have a sharp blade and you may need to adjust the settings. Every machine is a smidge different so you might need to play around with speed and pressure.
Another great tutorial! Thank you!!
Great video thank you
Great video, thank you!
Great video TY! Question: blade has to be changed to Ratchet Blade? I have an auto blade, will that work?
I’m not sure since I’ve never used the newer machine that has different blade options.
Did you ever use auto blade?
Where can I buy the opaque sheet you use as a "template" for cutting the index dividers?
I didn’t use any opaque template 🤔 In the very beginning of the video I explain that I’m using tab dividers that I buy from Target and just cut off the tab and holes.
The sheet you bring up at 1:37 minutes n to the video.
beginner here. I have the dividers and the machine 4. When I go to send it says I have the wrong cutters. I have what they sent me with the new box that had extras. I have a kraft cutter. What do I do?
Did you make sure that it’s set to the right medium before you sent it to be cut? You may have to adjust the settings since the Cameo 4 is a little more sensitive than the machine I used for this tutorial.
This was super excellent, thank you so much! Just got my brand new machine hooked up. :-) Now I could use a video on... showing how you put the stencil material in the machine, what if anything you do to the rollers, etc. I have never done this before!
Thank you very much for the tips on cheap material -- I would also like to try using 20lb computer paper or card stock since like you, I'd much prefer a large variety. Just don't see myself using any of them more than a few times. Bonus, since they're going on a gelli plate, even the paper stencils can be cut up for colleges in the art journal.
If you want more video ideas for newbs... Doubtful if I buy anything from the store, am planning on making my own in PaintShopPro, so not sure what needs to be done as far as softening the edges, etc, or how to convert a jpeg into whatever format the Silhouette will cut.
Anyway, thanks again, your video helped tremendously. :-)
I stick everything on the mat to feed it through the machine...I’ve never had much luck just sending it through on its own.
How did you do the feathers? I’m having issues with cutting my letters 😂 the inside is always missing
I didn't do the feathers any differently than the other stencils. The trick to letters is that you have to create a rectangular shape that creates a sort of "bridge" between the middle piece and the edge of the letter and then weld the shapes together. This bridge is what holds the centers to the letters but you will be able to see that bridge in your final stencil design so just keep that in mind when you are setting it up.
Hi do you have a video of how to make a stencil out of a personal portrait ?
Not sure what you are asking? A Silhouette Portrait? If so, I do not have one but I imagine the process is similar.
I want to buy a Silhouette Cameo for making stencils. I went through some tutorials on YT but this one is far the best of the tens I watched.
Thank you very much for sharing.
I have some questions (I hope you find time to answer them, the video is already nearly two years old).
If you buy the stencil templates (files) do they come per e-mail or are they to download after paying the fee?
What extension do the files have? What are you allowed to do with the files? Only print them once for own use?
Or is it possible to print them out more times and even sell them (not the files itself, only the stencils?
Is it possible to choose a part of the stencil file (for example one or two butterflies) and enlarge that to the measurements you want to have?
Is it possible to create your own stencils? What kind of program is needed for that?
If you covered all these questions in one of your other videos, please send a link to them. I'm first time at your channel today.
Thanks in advance for answering my questions.
The files should automatically download into the program unless your settings are set differently.
The file extensions are unique to Silhouette so only can be used in that program. But you can use them as many times as you want once you’ve purchased. You do need to purchase a license if you plan on using them for selling items which can be done in the Silhouette shop.
You can “ungroup” file shapes and manipulate the pieces as needed. Check out the Silhouette School Blog where there is lots of info for things like this.
You could probably use the Silhouette program to create your own stencil templates if they are simple but you can also use something like Adobe Illustrator to make more complicated SVG files.
Hope this helps!
@@LindseyDecor Thank you very much for your quick reply. Thanks for explaining everything. It's a great help.
Great video ~
Thanks for the wonderful tutolria, however i want to know if the Auto blade can work to cut the stencils> Thanks in Advance
I’ve never tried auto blades since I have an older model of Silhouette but I’d imagine they would work fine.
How do you make multi layer stencils? All those are just one layer.
That’s not something I’ve tried doing.
@@LindseyDecor Well Gid On It girl friend! You never know, it just may be the thing that ends the Ukrainian War and prevents Global Thermo Nuclear Holocaust! That, and I'd like to paint my dog!
I just my niece's silhouette cameo ~ what I want to do is stencil words and use the stencil on wood !!! What type of material should I use for stencil ? Helpful tips for a newbie?!
I use white Duck Brand shelf liner and then use transfer tape to transfer it to the wood surface. Checkout the Silhouette Blog for lots of helpful tutorials 😉
Thank you Lindsey ~ it's overwhelming ~ but I will love it once I get use to it . 😊💛
@@LindseyDecor Where can I buy that brand shelf liner?
Hello, I’m considering buying a silhouette cameo but I only currently have and use an iPad Pro as my only laptop right now. Will this work with an iPad because I don’t want to have to buy a laptop for it ? Thanks in advance.
I’ve not been able to have much success with the Silhouette app since it has extremely limited functionality the last time I tried it.
@@LindseyDecor Thank you for your reply
How do you get your stencil to stick to your project if for example, you are painting on wood?
You can use a spray adhesive like Pixie Spray.
What would you recommend if I want to make a bigger stencil, closer to 12x12?
Looks like Silhouette makes a 12”x24” stencil material but I’ve never tried it but Michael’s carries it online.
Can I use this plastic to make a wall pattern stencil ?
I don’t see why couldn’t use it for that.
Can I use autobladr here? What is the setting?
I don’t have a new enough machine to use auto blade so I’m not sure. You’ll have to test it out.
Do you sell it?
Can you create your own stencil instead of buying one?
You can if you are comfortable with creating your own designs in either Silhouette Studio or something like Illustrator. I just don’t have the time to do that for the price of just grabbing a $0.99 graphic.
Is there a way to make stencil like this that has lettering?
You can but you’d have to go in and create little connection points so that you don’t lose the centers of your o, e, b, etc.
Where did you get the holstein cow print\stencil? I want that one!
All of the designs are ones found in the Silhouette Studio online store.
Do you sell stencils
Have you used these stencils on wood with paint? Was there a lot of bleeds? I normally use contact paper to make stencils but you can not use them to many times.
I’ve used them on small wood projects but have only used contact paper for bigger projects. You might be able to spray some Pixie Spray Glue on the back to get a better outcome
@@LindseyDecor yes I was thinking adhesive spray might help. The check contact paper type I've been using tend to bleed after a few uses which is expected. But I wanted to make something that I can pull out and use whenever. Thanks.
When I added the stencils into my library on Silhouette Studio, in the library it shows their cut file image instead of the colors like it shows on your library and in the store. Any idea why?
Hmm that’s odd...I’m not sure why it would do it that way 🤔
@@LindseyDecor Okay.
How do you actually take a picture say an image of Jesus hands out wearing a rob and turn that into a detailed enough stencil without it being too intricate but to cut out enough to be able to basically pain over for all the outline and folds in his robe, to be able to fill in with the color, like a coloring page?
I think that would take a lot more skill than I have and time to make a stencil like that. It would be much easier to find an image and trace it into your Bible.
@@LindseyDecor Yeah, i'm not coloring in my Bible. I want to make stencils that are large and detailed enough to be able to paint over top of the stencil, then remove it and have outlines of the detail that I can fill in with color, like a coloring book or any store bought stencil but I don't know what pictures to look for or how to highlight the picture to cut the stencil.
@@LindseyDecor Also, you said something about transparent sticky stencil materials, I think it was you. What is that and where do I get some? I'm not sure it was you but if it was I would appreciate the information. Thanks
Can you use the autoblade or is ratchet best?
I have an older model of Silhouette so I have to use the ratchet blades.
LindseyDecor
Thank You! I’ll try the auto and see how it comes out
Great video ! Are these stencils good for tshirts ?
I’ve never tried them for that but let me know if you do!
Freezer paper works great for t-shirts. Cut wax side down
Hi, have you tried adding adhesive so will stay in place ?
You could use a little bit of washi but I like to just wing it 😉
@@LindseyDecor lol alright, thanks!
What type of blade are you using?
Just a standard silhouette blade.
What material is your stencil
I use the plastic binder dividers from Target
Great Video!! Thank you!!