Make A Stencil

No printers required!

Posted by Samantha K.

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How to make a stencil with out a printer

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • 1 Paper
  • 1 Craft Knife
  • Lightweight Card

Steps (15 steps, 30 minutes)

  1. 1

    First find the image you want to use, sometimes you can find pre-marked ones but if you can't its no big deal. Images with one or two colours work best

    Make sure the image is at the correct size you want it to be while on the PC screen

  2. 2

    Scellotape a sheet of paper to the screen, Its best to either stick the tape to the outside of the screen or put it on a jumper or pair of trousers to decrease the stickyness before putting it any where near your moniter

  3. 3

    Very carefully and lightly trace the image on to the paper Use a ruler or piece of cardboard to get the lines perfect but you MUST only trace lightly or you risk piercing the paper and moniter (if you are useing one of the old glass ones you are at less risk, There probably the safest way of doing this)

  4. 4

    Once you are all traced out you should be able to see a full image when its taken away from the screen

  5. 5

    You can now make the lines more prominent if it helps

  6. 6

    Shade the parts that will need cutting out you don't have to do it so carefully just enough so you can see where you need to cut, But remember you may need to leave some breaks in the image to the stencil stays in one piece

  7. 7

    Remove the cat from the work area

  8. 8

    Once you have shaded the area you should have something like this (The cat is optional but her name is Sally and the S looks good on her)

  9. 9

    Scellotape the paper to a thicker piece of card

  10. 10

    Begin cutting the spaces out with a sharp craft knife and remember to keep some tags in if your image requires a boarder

  11. 11

    When its done you should be left with something like this

  12. 12

    you may need to go over the card

  13. 13

    Remove the cat.... Again

  14. 14

    Remove the cut outs and you should be left with this which is perfect for spray paint

  15. 15

    If you are planing on useing spray paint and other materials on the stencil its adviseable to use the paper and card togeather just keep the paper secure with scellotape the paper can then be removed and replaced to avoid mess