Happy Halloween Silhouette – Quick and Easy

by Sharon Chinn

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I became fascinated with digital cutting stencils when visiting my daughter-in-law this fall.  I took a class from her and wanted to try one of my design, so came up with this quicky Halloween decor using clip art and fonts on my computer.  I jazzed it up with a bit of extra painting touches.  You can do this as a stenciled design if you have a digital cutter like a Silhouette or Cricut.  I’ve also provided a drawing and instructions if you want to paint the regular way.

The design is painted with DecoArt Americana Acrylics  Pattern includes supply list, instructions, closeup photo.  If you have a cutter you can download the jpg files and use them to cut your own stencils.

I’ve painted it on a simple pine board… a 1″x12″ from the local home improvement store, and you can have the cut it into 12″ lengths.  (NOTE:  a 1×12 is really only 3/4″ thick x 11-1/2″ wide, so your result will be 11-1/2″x12″. If you are painting the design, simply use a 12×12 canvas.


PURCHASE THE PATTERN

You can also purchase the pattern in digital format or print format at  DecorativePaintingStore.com


PURCHASE THE CUTTING FILES

zip format – contains svg, eps, png, and jpg for the witch and the moon
If you have a Silhouette, Cricut, or other digital cutter you should be able to load these into your software and cut the stencil for this design using Oramask Stencil Vinyl and Transfer Paper.


Stencil Supplies (Compensated Affiliate links):

Oracal Oramask 813 – stencil vinyl in various size rolls

Stencil Transfer Tape – to help in applying your cut stencils to your surface.

Silhouette Cameo – Cameo 3 cutting machine


Video Demo of the Stenciling Technique

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