CuriousJayne

I’ve been researching stenciling for a while now and I found some great tutorials at stencil revolution and craftster to help me.  I chose to use the freezer paper method because it is simple to do and it produces high quality images. 

Here is the photo I started with. Doesn’t Andy look cool?  Ignore Jen.

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after some fancy photoshopping, here is the uncut stencil printed on freezer paper:

cut out stencil:

ironed onto my fabric:

I used a foam roller to apply a mix of 1/2 black acrylic paint and 1/2 textile medium:

Here’s what happens when you stencil on top of your roommate’s ironing board and you don’t put something underneath.  You get a permanent stencil right on the ironing board.  She’ll be so happy.

And the most satisfying part, removing the freezer paper to reveal the image:

Then you just whip up a bag, and you get the finished product:

So I officially love stenciling now.  This stencil only took about 1 hour to make and it cost me about 4 cents.  I already have a few more stencils made on the computer, so expect more stenciling to come. 

Also check out flickr’s freezer paper stencils group to see other people’s projects.