Drawing a pattern on a stencil is a wonderful way to decorate indoor walls , dishes, handmade cards. Moreover, using a ready-made template, you can easily make a temporary tattoo and even makeup.
Today is our story about how to make a stencil with your own hands and what it can be used for.
Decorate the walls
Individuality is now in great fashion. Therefore, many seek to design an interior to their own taste, in accordance with personal needs and preferences. Of course, today in stores you can buy anything. But it happens that the soul asks for something completely unusual.
In this case, it will not be difficult at all to cut the stencil with your own hands and use it for decoration.
If you don’t know how to draw well, first you need to choose the right motive. You can browse the Internet and print a suitable image on a printer or look around, suddenly something suitable comes into view .
The second question is what to make a stencil from. Thick cardboard can be used for this purpose. The drawing is transferred to it using carbon paper. To apply the picture to the wall, the stencil is fixed with masking tape and treated with a sponge or brush.
Acrylic paints are most often used in this type of decoration, since they are suitable for almost any kind of material. You can make a stencil with your own hands from plain paper. True, using it in its original form is unlikely to succeed. But you can laminate the paper or glue it with tape, and then cut the contours with a knife.
An excellent reusable stencil with your own hands can be built from a plastic folder for papers. The drawing is applied with a thin marker. An ordinary felt-tip pen is not suitable for this case, as it erases too quickly. Using a paper knife, cut out all the excess and the stencil is ready (use a solid substrate).
The selection of images that can be performed in this technique is simply huge. Gothic print, floral patterns, animal or bird figures, abstract illustration or animal print. Choose what suits you best and get to work.
It is best to apply the picture on plaster, oil paint, wood or wallpaper for painting. Refreshing this decor is simple - just re-paint the wall.
Scrapbooking Stencils
A new hobby - creating home-made postcards, photo albums, notebooks, has captured many today. To decorate your product, you do not even need to make a stencil. Just use your finished vinyl napkin to apply the picture. This can be done with a sponge. If this technique seems too complicated for you, take felt-tip pens or color markers.
Screen drawings on the body.
Temporary tattoos are a relatively new fashion trend. At the peak of their passion for oriental cultures, Russians fell in love with mehndi (henna drawing) and body art (painting the body with special paints). Of course, you can perform such a tattoo in any salon. But what about those who live in an area where an ordinary hairdresser is very rare? Do it yourself. Traditionally, mehndi is done manually. However, if you do not know how to draw, it will not be easy to do.
For this case, we propose to make a stencil with your own hands, for example, from a self-adhesive film. Mix for drawing henna is made on tea broth with lemon. For body art use special paints, but if you do not have them - it does not matter. Take the usual cosmetic pencils that are suitable in color for your design. By the way, stencils made of self-adhesive film are also convenient for painting dishes: cups, flowerpots, flower pots, glasses. Traces of glue are well erased with alcohol or cologne.