A wise, patient crafter would at this point acknowledge the problem and re-cut the stencil on more appropriate material. Me? I acknowledged it all right, but plowed right ahead anyway. So this happened.
FAIL.
What to do? Well, I figured I’d go back with white paint around the messy letters and it would work like wite-out. Which it kind of did, but it was less than perfect and also built up too thick around each letter because it took so much while paint to cover up the black.
So, alas, on to Plan C, also known as Plan Start- all- over- again. Fun. I went to Michaels where I found just what I needed. I should’ve known Martha would save the day! I bought a roll of adhesive stencil material that’s designed just for projects like this one. Here’s a pic of Cammie and Martha getting acquainted. I think they’re BFFs now…
So, long story short, I redid the design I of course neglected to save, and this time used a “block-ier” and thicker font so it would be easier to stencil. Cammie cut it out using the vellum setting and I stuck it to my sign.
What do you think? I’m finally satisfied. And just for the record, Cammie, I know this wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t you, it was me. Can we still be friends?
Dara says
I’ve always loved that quote. glad you figured it out in the end – it looks great!
Becca at Love Our Disney says
Love it! And I love that you shared your fails. It helps let people like me know that I am not a loser just because I can’t get a craft to work out.
Maureen Hayes says
Amy,
I love your sign and also appreciate the honesty you share with us, because so many times things DON’T work out the first time, and it is nice to know we are all in the same boat. I need your help girl, I bought sweet Cammie back in April and HAVE NEVER OPENED THE BOX! Please don’t be angry with me, it intimidates the heck outta me. Can you help me along? Seeing all you’Ve done has really motivated me to want to try using her. Please get in touch when you can.
Thanks,
Maureen
Crystal says
Love it!! It turned out great, thanks for sharing your mistakes that paved the way to your success.
grammylatta says
Amy,
I love the pic of Cammie and Martha getting acquainted. That is so you! Project- Major Success!!
Mom
Adrianne at Happy Hour Projects says
Third time’s a charm, right?? LOL! I think it looks great, Amy! So cute!
Melanie @ bear rabbit bear says
It turned out cute- glad you stuck with it!! 🙂
Rox says
I like the white on black better also. Your fail and fail again process is OH SO familiar. lol But hey, you learned…and you shared. Now maybe the rest of us will go straight to the easy way. 🙂 Thanks for posting!
Kadie says
I love that saying! It ended up so nice glad you stuck to it.:)
Jill @ Create.Craft.Love. says
I have done the exact same thing! But I was too impatient to start over. Great job! I love how your sign turned out! Happy anniversary!
Joanna says
That’s just adorable!
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Chiwei @ One Dog Woof says
Haha, I did that too on my first stencil, plowed ahead knowing it might not turn out well. And had to do it again, of course. I didn’t have vinyl though, so I just used spray adhesive on cardstock and painted very carefully 🙂 Great job!
Shannah @ Just Us Four says
I love the way to sign turned out. What I love even more…that you shared the mistakes with us so that we might be able to avoid them in the future! So often, I get ready to use my Cameo to do projects inspired by other things and I get all messed up because I don’t use the right material or something. Thanks for sharing!
Eva {Tales of the Scotts} says
I’ve run into the same problems you did and I’ve NEVER heard of adhesive stencil material. But will DEFINITELY be getting this next time I’m doing a wordy stencil. Wow, I bet this seriously saved the day. Thanks for the info!
Kimberly T. says
It turned out really cute, third times the charm, right? :). When you run out of your roll of stencil material, try Contact paper. So cheap for a huge roll. I’ve used for all my painting or etching stencils.