Tutorial- Making your own stencils using dies

Creating your own Stencils using dies

Supplies needed 

Folk Art Stencil Plastics by Plaid- I found at Walmart

Sizzix Die- Tim Holtz Alterations- Gadgets/Gears

Big Shot or die cut Machine

Scissors

1. Measure your die and cut your Plastic Stencil sheet to cover the image that you want to create the stencil with. I was able to just cut mine in half, so that it would cover the image that you want a stencil of, fit through the machine and have enough to make another stencil. I just used my scissors to do this. 

2.  Take your Plastic Stencil sheet, your Die (mine Gadgets/Gears) and your Big shot and layer your Multipurpose Platform opened to Tab 2, Acrylic Plate, die-face up, Stencil Sheet and then second Acrylic plate. Run it through your Big Shot.

3.  After running it through your Big shot, you should have both the positive of the stencil along with the negative.  This is awesome because you can now layer your pieces using different colored paint or even Modeling paste to give more dimension. I love mixed media and this is a great way to use your stencils.