Reusable Stencil Tutorial

Hi Everynone, how's everyone enjoying summer here on the northern hemisphere?
Since I posted the foiling tutorials, I have been asked how I made my own stencil using my Cricut machine, so I decided to post a tutorial for that too. I have been celebrating Christmas in July, therefore, the stencil pictured here is one of snowflakes, but you can make a stencil with almost any image of your choice.

Supplies Needed
1. A Cricut Machine
2. Transparency film (clear presentation cover works too)
3.Removable Pixie Spray for Stencils
4. Permanent adhesive spray

TUTORIAL
Using your Design Space on your computer, smart phone, or tablet. Open a new design and upload or use one of the many images DS has that you would like to create a stencil with. I uploaded one with different snowflakes from the web.

Next click on "shapes" and click on the square, 

Click on "arrange" and send the square shape to the back. Click on the lock (bottom left) to open the default size of the square, then size it a little bigger than your image. Select both, and click in "slice". Separate the three images you created. Delete the two main images and keep just the negative. Watch video for these steps here.
Use the setting "transparency" on your machine to cut. If you choose to use the  stencil vinyl from Cricut instead of a transparency film, use the stencil vinyl setting. Use also more pressure to cut instead of the default. 

I cut two stencils because the transparency film is very thin, and I use the permanent adhesive spray o glue them together.

Now all you need is to spray the Removable Pixie Spray for Stencils to keep your stencil in place when using it. Clean it with alcohol to remove any residue from adhesive.
You can create as many stencils as you choose. To use your stencils to foil, check out my post from 6/22.

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