How-To’S

‘Tis season to be gift-giving! Add some handmade love to your gifts with your own DIY gift tags.

On the white paper gift tag, grab the Antlered Deer stamp set and a black stamp pad and start stamping away! Check out the rest of our Stencil1 stamp sets, here.

Now, on the black paper gift tag, with some white acrylic paint, grab the snowflake stencil from the Winter Holiday 4-Pack to make your White Christmas come to life!

And it doesn’t stop here! Use different combinations of colors and stencils to make each and every gift unique. Don’t forget to write who it’s from and a sweet little message on the opposite side of the tag to let your friend or loved one know how special they are this holiday season.

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Get into the holiday spirit with Stencil1 and Modern Surrealist‘s Marisa Pawelko! You may remember Marisa from her DIY Nautical Headboard and La Calavera T-Shirt she created using our stencils. She now returns with a new DIY to share with us using our Traditional Ornament Kit! Check out the full tutorial here!

The kit includes: 6 eco-friendly recycled wood composite holiday shaped ornaments, Stripes Repeat Pattern, String of Dots Repeat Pattern, Ornaments, and Star Rows stencils.

Isn’t the final product amazing?! We love the way Marisa takes an extra step and always adds a 3-dimensional accent to our stencils. Thanks, Marisa!

We’re always looking forward to see what Marisa has in store for us. Check out her blog for more DIY’s and inspiration!

We want to see your DIY ornaments using our Traditional Ornament Kit! The Geometric Ornament Kit is also available for endless creative possibilities this holiday.

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With the holidays just a few weeks away, check out this DIY bracelet we created for Clearsnap‘s Handmade Holidays!

Handmade Holidays is a blog hop consisting of some of the best companies and bloggers providing you their best handmade gifts online. Learn how to win a giveaway of over $600 in craft supplies from here at Stencil1 and many more companies to help make your holiday handmade at the end of this tutorial.

Let’s get started!

Things you will need: Plain wooden bangles, Clearsnap ColorBox Classic Pigment Ink, paintbrushes, and Stencil1 small Repeat Pattern stencils.

Step 1. Gather your materials. With the color of your choice, paint the wooden bracelet. This will be the base color of the bracelet. We chose the Color Box Classic Pigment Ink in Picante. Let it dry for a few minutes.

Step 2. Once the bracelet is dry, grab the stencil of your choice. Here, we used the Chevron Repeat Pattern, but you can use any of our small Repeat Pattern stencils. Place the stencil on the bracelet. Tip: Try using a low-tack spray adhesive to hold down the stencil around the bracelet.

Step 3. Paint inside the stencil using a dabbing motion. Here, we used the ColorBox Metallic Pigment Ink in Gold. Make sure to dab the excess paint on a napkin or plate to prevent any bleeding underneath the stencil.

Step 4. Carefully remove the stencil. Let the ink dry for a few minutes before you continue to stencil. Reposition the stencil to a spot on the bracelet that hasn’t been painted and repeat.

Step 5. Let the bracelet dry completely.

And that’s it! The perfect handmade gift that is very easy to make and also, very fashionable. Top your gift off with a custom ornament gift tag using Stencil1’s Ornament Shapes! In this ornament gift tag, we used the Corsiva 2″ font stencil, and the Pine Branch stencil from our Holiday 4-Pack stencil set, which is now on sale!

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Be sure to check out all the other contributors for this year’s Handmade Holidays Blog Hop for more inspiration and handmade gift ideas!

Handmade Holidays Giveaway

We are having a giveaway of over $600 in craft supplies (Including our Geometric Ornament Kit!) to help you make this holiday handmade! Click HERE to enter.

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“The littlest thing makes a big difference,” according to GQ. Check out how we transformed this plain pocket square into a fashionable pocket square in honor of Clarks 65th anniversary of the original Desert Boot.

Things you will need: A plain pocket square, masking tape, brush and paint, and a Stencil1 stencil.

Step 1. Gather your materials. Place the stencil in your desired location on the pocket square. Here, we used a custom stencil we designed specially for Clarks. You can try using one of our Small Single Image stencils or Small Pattern stencils. Tip: Add some masking tape to the edges of the stencil to make sure it stays in place.

Step 2. Load up your brush with the color of your choice and start painting away! Make sure to dab excess paint off the brush in order to prevent any bleeding.

Step 3. Carefully remove the stencil off the pocket square. Move the stencil to another area of the pocket square and repeat!

Step 4. Once your pocket square is completely dry, fold it so it fits nicely into your pocket. (See tutorial below)

And that’s it! This little pocket square will add a huge fashion statement to your wardrobe.

Click here for a tutorial on how to fold a pocket square.
For more inspiration for your pocket square, check out The GQ Guide to Pocket Squares.

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We fell in love with the DIY Nautical Headboard Marisa Pawelko from Modern Surrealist created using our stencils. Now, Marisa is back with another awesome DIY t-shirt just in time for the Day of the Dead and Halloween. Check out how she uses our La Calavera stencil, along with other little embellishments, and made this t-shirt pop here!

Great job as always, Marisa! Marisa has a whole bunch of DIY’s for you to try out. Check out her blog for more tutorials and inspiration!

How are you going to dress up this Halloween? Create your own twist using our huge variety of Halloween stencils!

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Day of the Dead is approaching, why not make some beautiful watercolor cards for the occasion? We used a Crayola watercolor paint set, watercolor paper cards, and our Stencil1 sugar skull stencil. Here’s how we did it:

Lay out all your materials. Be sure to use watercolor paint and watercolor paper.

Using some low tack spray adhesive, we positioned the sugar skull stencil on the card. Only use a little spray and let it dry 60 seconds before laying it on the card.

We wanted the sugar skull design to be colorful so we used many colors in the watercolor set. Choose a color and start by dipping your brush in water. You then activate a color by swirling the wet brush in the dry paint. For stenciling, we recommend you get the paint a little thick by swirling a bit and then dab the brush on a paper towel. Too wet an application may make the watercolor paint need too much.