Here’s a DIY post that’s perfect for upcycling an old piece of furniture and giving it new life!This metal garden cart was actually someone’s trash and I decided to make it my treasure!Here’s how I stenciled the cart. Materials you will need: Metal cartAssorted acrylic paintsAssorted stencil brushesMushroom stencil (8.5×11)Spring stencil 4 packSnail and flowers…
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Juneteenth – also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day – is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Why not add to the celebration with some DIY crafts like making Juneteenth art, t-shirts, and more. You can read all about it here!…
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We feel so proud, here at Stencil1 every time someone shows us what they made!Check out this exciting project – Our customers created wood burning stenciled signs for a forest path in Eberswalde, Germany only 65 km south of Berlin! A small school with 90 pupils wanted to help out the local park ranger create…
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Beginner Art Journaling in an altered book using Stencils two different ways. Materials Needed: Any hardback book or novelGlue stickClear and White GessoFlourish Borders Stencil 8-packThatched Texture Stencil2 Quatrefoil Stencil SmallBlossoms StencilColor Infusions or Magicals (You could substitute watercolors)Painted Papers or Collage PaperAcrylic Paint in San, Chalk, Periwinkle Washi TapeMolding PasteWater in a Spray BottleChalk Paste in…
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Materials Needed Cargo Font Stencil Leopard Print Repeat Pattern Stencil Black acrylic paint Spray clear coat shellac Assorted stencil brushes Painters tape Ruler or yardstick Doormat ProcessFirst I measured out the center of my mat and worked the placement of my lettering around that. I kept it very straightforward, centering the words about 8 and…
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This Was Such a Great Find! By luck, we came across an abandoned wooden octopus! We weren’t sure what to do with him since he was so large. Black paint with gold accents sounded perfect though. Materials Needed: Stencil1 Octopus Stencil Stencil1 Chevron Pattern Small Acrylic Paints: (Ivory Black, Gold Acrylics, Gel Medium) Paint and…
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