How To Make A Doormat Stencil

Before taping together the stencil pages cut out the letters of the stencil.

How to make a doormat stencil.

Our stencils are designed for an 18 30 inch standard doormat although you can make them work with a slightly smaller or larger mat. Making stencils with the cricut explore air is insanely easy. First tape the area of the doormat that you want to decorate. Just set up the vinyl on your 12 24 cutting mat and click make it in design space.

You need time to cut your stencil with your vinyl cutter time to get the stencil off the transfer tape this takes the longest if you don t know how to use transfer tape check out this post on the cricut site transfer tape. Tricky to transfer from cutting mat to doormat i used spray adhesive and pins to keep the stencil from shifting. Create a stencil in cricut design space or upload a pre made svg check out the ones in my shop here. Then use the lines to help you line up the pages and tape them together with scotch tape.

Watch my video to see how to apply the stencil material to your diy door mat. Usage instructions and also time to paint and to allow it to dry. Cut a stencil with your cricut machine. Seal your door mat.

Our stencils are designed for an 18 30 inch standard doormat although you can make them work with a slightly smaller or larger mat. Keep in mind that you can also design your own doormat by customizing fonts size verbiage to better fit your mat and personal style. Apply your stencil material to your door mat. Make sure that the tape is pressed firmly into the mat.

To actually make the doormat you will need to. Cut your stencil. So even though you can spend a few hours and knock out a. Paint your door mat.

Watch my video to see how to paint and personalize your door mat. Apply transfer tape to your stencil i like to use a piece that has been previously used so it comes off easily just a trick i ve learned. In the end it s a personal choice of which material works best for you. Now this is not a quick craft.

Also cut off the bottom and right edge of each page. If you take the time to make sure your stencil won t move around and if you use a good painting technique you will get great results too. Sealer will help your painted door mat last longer.