English Ivy Stencil Kit 3 pc

Our English Ivy stencil kit is all you need to quickly add lush green to your murals, frescoes or painted pergolas. Free-form stenciling allows for a great flexibility and creativity. You can follow the contours of doorways and arches with your Ivy, or create a stenciled border at the perimeter of the room. You can even paint an elegant Ivy wreath around the chandelier! Perfect for DIY wall decor. Simply position your stencils with pieces of blue tape, roll with foam roller and add some shading for tips and bottoms of leaves. We like using Olive green acrylics for true ivy color, but adding some ochre and rusty red shades here and there make the ivy really beautiful. For modern silhouette look simply roll the ivy stencil in solid colors to create a bold accent. Want to learn the easiest stenciling technique? Here are the detailed illustrated Roller Stenciling Tips. We find that it is not necessary to use spray adhesive with our stencils, however if you want very crisp edges or are using high contrasting colors, please use it (Elmer's spray adhesive seems to be the best). On the pictures above I didn't use spray adhesive and still got nice and crisp edges. The trick with stenciling is to take care not to over-load your roller or brush with paint and not to press too hard on a roller while stenciling. I personally prefer just to use blue painter's tape to secure the stencil, but for beginners I would recommend using spray adhesive just to make sure you get great results. For more stenciling tips please refer to our How-To stencil section. Stencils are made out of durable 12 mil clear plastic stencil material. This material is strong but flexible, reusable and easy to clean. We love it so much more than standard 8 mil Mylar! It's not brittle, user friendly and just so easy to work with. In our many years of professional stenciling this material has proven to be far superior than any other stencil material we used. Our customers love it too, and we are sure that you'll notice the difference! Our stencils will last a long time and are a pleasure to use.