stencils

[EdeeJohnson]

Has anyone made stencils with the hard plastic on their cricut? If so, what setting did you use?

[DanaPersonalTouch]

I'd love to know too. What are you using to cut & what setings. Thanks!

[chubbygal60]

I am interested too. And what settings did you use if you have. I want to make some box templates sort of like the ones pictured here http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/brows ... _80290.jpg for making score lines on my boxes with a thin bone folder. I want to cut out just the thin line areas of the box where it needs to be scored. Then i could lay the stencil over a box i cut out on my cricut and make crisper score lines through the opening of the stencil with my bone folder. Does that make sense?

Thank you,
Syl

[EdeeJohnson]

that is a great idea!!

[Aimitup2]

Hi - I have never cut stencils on the Cricut but do have another solution to offer if you are trying to score boxes.

You can add the score/fold lines in the SVG. See the example of my box (this is small section if it.)
You have to make a closed path for each score line for it to cut correctly. (see enlarged view)
If you make a dashed line in illustrator then you click on "Outline Stroke".

Adding the score/fold lines on the SVG will take a little longer to cut but worth it.

If you'd like to check out the SVG for my box - here is the link to my blog: http://aimitup.blogspot.com/2009/12/snowman-goodie.html

Amy