DIY Book Cover with Stencil

Just completed this…

It’s quite easy. Read on.

The design was drawn on the computer and printed on overhead transparencies (see next photo)

Cutting the stencil. This is a laborious process so do take your time. I cut this in a few sittings, getting up in between to do something else. That works for me because when I get tired, I make mistakes.

Stencilling onto the book cover. I used white acrylics paint. Again, slow is good, and keep lifting the stencil to see if you have got enough paint on the design. I used the (almost) dry brush method (as the name suggests, no water and very little paint each time I dabbed my brush onto the surface), but a foam roller will also work well.

I made another 2 bits of stencil for the cup cakes above. All done!