How to Create Your Own Stencils

How to create your own stencils. In this video I show how to design and cut your own stencils WITHOUT using an expensive machine! This is a very easy, simple and inexpensive way to make your own fabulous, detailed stencil that can be reused many times on your art projects.

[LibertyBooksAZ]

An old Corelle dinner plate works to lay hot tools on if you don't have a silicone mat. Suitable for hot glue guns too and the excess glue peels right off. It's so rewarding to create your own craft supplies! Just discovered your channel today while hunting down gesso recipes. Great technique and so meditative!

[brandirubio]

Thanks for the helpful tips and info. Very helpful. I own a couple of these wood burning tools & the WRMK FUSE Tool, which will all work great for this. My only hold up in making my own stencils has been the difficulty of finding a stencil material that i like, that's not too thick to cut details out of and is affordable. The file folders will work great, so thats very helpful!! My only advice to you as far as the video tutorial goes would be to try and sum it up a little and not talk about unrelated things so much because i honestly found myself getting impatient and almost closed the video because it was taking so long to start the actual tutorial. I hope you don't take my comment negatively, because i don't mean it that way at all. Just hoping to give you my opinion as a viewer. Thanks again for all the info & tips! Im definitely doing this asap.

[Bunefoo]

I am a self-proclaimed “stencil ho” … and have invested so much money already. Doing art journaling, there’s so many ideas I have on stencils that I’ve rudely sketched … I’m def going to start making my own
Thank you for sharing your collection, they’re beautiful

[janicebell]

Wow, that was amazing. I’ve been wanting to try stencil but I thought it was going to be too expensive.
Thanks for sharing this way to make your own.That makes it affordable. Janice

[hkreations]

Just a tip...the plastic and metal rest for the tool IS very useful, IF you tape it to your work surface. Taping it, prevents it from shifting.

[louiseharding]

Janelle, thank you for sharing your method and tips on creating your own stencils. It's exactly what I've been looking for.

[beckyb]

I use the glass plate out of my old non-working microwave for setting my glue gun on. Works great, don't have to worry about drips cause when they have cooled, they pop right off.
Becky B

[MyssahLee]

Thanks for the tip about the plastic dividers Janelle!! I've used mylar with my wood burning tool before and I can relate to the frustration with that material. I'm going ot try the file folder dividers like you use!!

[celesteelijah]

Wow, thank you so much for this video. A friend of mine posed a challenge to me and I said I could do it...didn't have a clue as to how I'd get it done and, I've been looking at many DIY video on stenciling. Thanks to you, I believe I can do it! Yours is the most explanatory that I've seen... you're easy to listen to and that helps me stay focused. Thank you and please do more videos.

[mrs]

This was perfect!!!..thank you for sharing. I want stencils in abundance and YOU have given me the perfect path.

[kimm]

Thank you for a great video. I’ve never seen a tool like the one you used and now I can’t wait to get one!

[elviraberry]

TY so much for this very informative video. I am glad that it doesn't smoke while you are cutting the plastic. I've experienced making holes on milk jugs for my winter seed sowing with one of those cheap ones and it's smokey and dangerous to inhale.

[sistersarann]

Amazing stencils, thank you for the inspiration :)

[marilynwedman]

Janelle.. use the little plastic tabs that are used to close bread bags, for taping to the sticky side of your tape. this helps in having the end of tape THERE and ready to use..

[lizsanabria]

Wow who knew you could make your own stencil you made this look easy to do

[DoloresJRush]

I've seen people store their stencils made from the plastic notebook dividers in 3 ring binder notebooks and then punch holes in the printed paper to keep the stencils from tangling with each other or cutting off the side tabs and storing the masks and stencils in transparent document sleeves with the paper behind it showing the design. You have some beautiful designs there. I have a wood burning tool which looks very similar. I've been wondering if I could use it to make my own stencils if I got a fine tip for it. Sod-dur-ring is the pronunciation for "soldering" (silent L). My son used to solder parts together at work.

[Undidiridium_]

Thank you! This helped me so much. I'm a writer and working on self-publishing one of my books and as an artist, I'm designing the cover for it but found it would be easier to create a stencil for one key element to help design but custom stencils like I need don't really exist. Much appreciated with this!

[joycemalone]

THANK YOU!!! Now I can use all my die cuts to make stencils!!! And I have 526 stamps that I can use (for personal crafting only) for my cards...thank you again!!

[Jr-ndkd]

OMG I HAD TO COME BACK TO THIS VIDEO JUST TO SAY THANK YOU WITH MY PLASTIC DIVIDERS AND SOLDERING GUN THE STENCIL I MADE WERE SUPER EASTY

[AmbutuMalone]

Thank you. Very helpful with lots of great tips. The tip about FB groups vs. business page was a win!!