I’m so excited this week to tell you about this awesome giveaway!
The folks at Cutting Edge Stencils were nice enough to send me a stencil to try and review. I couldn’t be happier to share the results with you!
Using the stencil was easier than I thought it would be. I don’t have a steady hand per say, but I was pleasantly surprised at the crisp lines I was able to get without too much effort. CES provides detailed instructions which yield the best results. The recommended supplies are:
- Foam roller with rounded edges (available through Cutting Edge or at your local hardware store)
- Clean rag or paper towel for wiping off excess
- Paper plate
- Acrylic paint
- Level (Cutting Edge has an awesome clip on one you can purchase)
- Painter’s tape
Grab a cereal box or a piece of cardboard to practice your technique. I was in the process of painting the hallway upstairs so I just practiced up there. Using painters tape, secure the stencil to the surface. The directions specify to use a small amount of paint at a time, making sure to do a quick roll on a towel to remove any excess paint. Using medium pressure, roll over each area evenly. Cutting Edge sent me this smaller sample stencil which I used to test my skills.
Fairly confident in the technique, I hung my Casablanca stencil in the corner of the wall and used the clip on level to make sure it was plumb.
You may need two coats, but just take your time. Stenciling is not difficult but it is a bit time consuming! Moving along the wall, it’s easy to line the stencil up by using your just completed work as a guide.
Once you finish all the whole pieces, you can go back and fill in the gaps. Probably the best part about stenciling is the instant gratification. As soon as you pull off the stencil you can see your gorgeous handiwork!
{Super love}
(ignore the fact that I ran out of paint and didn’t do the top row by the ceiling yet)
I’ve received so many compliments since I stenciled this wall! Everyone thinks it’s designer wall paper. But the best part is that I can reuse my stencil if we ever move, or even for other projects (I’m thinking a large stenciled floor cloth….). Here’s a little peek at a project my friend Amy is working on using my stencil.
Oh but now here’s the best part!
Now YOU have a chance to get a stencil of your very own! Cutting Edge Stencils is offering a $40 credit towards any stencil of your choice with FREE shipping!
Here’s how to enter (each one counts as a separate entry):
1. Visit Cutting Edge Stencils and pick out your fave! Leave a comment here and tell me about it.
2. Fan Cutting Edge Stencils on Facebook, and let me know here.
3. Join my Google Friend Network (in the sidebar —–>)
4. Fan Lovely Crafty Home on Facebook, and leave a comment on my wall.
So there you have it! FOUR ways to enter! The winner will be chosen via random drawing (random.org) and announced next Friday, March 4. Good luck!!
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Thank you for turning me on to this Cutting Edge Stencils! So many to choose from, so many blank walls to decorate. I think my fave is Damask Anastasia. It would be perfect for my house. I “Liked” everything on Facebook.
I love the diamond damask stencil. Ive been looking for something for the wall behind our bed. This would be perfect.
I love anything damask. I also liked you on facebook.
I LOVE the Mermaid All Over Stencil and the Alladin All Over Stencil. Both are so classic and beautiful. I really want to accent my dining room and my master bedroom with something so simple and elegant, and those stencils are just the right trick!!! I also like everything on Facebook and joined your google network.
Thanks again!
I LOVE the Rabat allover stencil! Gorgeous!
Love the quatrefoil!!! I’ve been daydreaming about doing that to my vaulted stairwell
Joined your Google Friend network!
I love the quatrefoil stencil, but I also love their damask all over stencils. They have such a great selection it’s hard to pick just one.
I already like cutting edge stencils on FB!
I follow you on GFC too.
I like you on FB too!
Oh wow! What an awesome giveaway! I can’t decide…but if I had to choose right now, I think I’d choose the “weeping cherry”!
Oh – and I’m already a follower!
I liked Cutting Edge on Facebook!
I’m already a fan of your page! Now I’m a fan of CES and the zinnia grande flower is my fav stencil!!
I just liked Cutting Edge Stencils on Facebook. Your wall looks great! I am just so impressed with your projects.
Thank you Melissa!
oh man this is just what I’ve been looking for. my bedroom is so small and boring I think stenciling a wall would be perfect. I adore the one you used but I also really like the birch forest all over and rabbat allover yikes there are so many good ones
I LOVE the birch forest!! I just thought it would be too much for our small wall. The Verde Damask is also a fav!
I’m a google friend ps what colors are on your wall?
Marissa- The base color that was already on the wall is Behr’s Burnished Clay. I used those little bottles of acrylic craft paint (at AC Moore) in a metallic pearl for the stencil. Thanks for entering!
thanks I can’t wait to figure out what I want to do!
What a fun giveaway!
I don’t even know what one I’d pick, there are so many that I like. Maybe one of the Damask ones. They are so pretty!
I like them on FB
I’m a follower
I really like the parsely blooms and allium gladiator. The birch forest is also very cool! It would make a very cool headboard type arrangement.
I really like the parsely blooms and allium gladiator. The birch forest is also very cool! It would make a very cool headboard type arrangement.
oh my gosh, i love how that turned out. i would choose the same stencil-what a big and yet subtle change. i’m already thinking of where i could try it, lol!
I like the Daisy Crazy stencils! I would so use those to fancy up my crat room!
I liked them on facebook and left a comment!
I liked them on facebook and left a comment!
I’m a Google Friend Connect member of your blog.
New fan of your on facebook! And I commented!
I LOVE the Moroccan all over stencil!
I joined your Google Friend connect!
I joined your Google Friend connect!
Oooh! I love so many of these! The Damask Gabriella is gorgeous!
I like cutting edge stencils on facebook!
I like cutting edge stencils on facebook!
I am now joined your site with GFC!
i really, really love the rabat stencil.. it is gorgeous.
(i also ‘liked’ cutting edge stencils on facebook)
i really, really love the rabat stencil.. it is gorgeous.
(i also ‘liked’ cutting edge stencils on facebook)
ok I would pick the casablanca, rabat allover, acacia allover, or the mermaid allover.
I liked Cutting Edge on FB (under my personal FB – Janet K)
I now follow your page with Google Friend Connect
I now follow your page with Google Friend Connect
I liked you on FB! Thanks for the giveaway, what color paint did you use with the stencil. It looks metallic.
I saw on your FB page you are a NC girl too. There are so many of us.
Thank you for entering Janet, I’ll come check out your blog! I used a metallic pearl paint- those acrylic craft paints you find at Michael or AC Moore. I can’t remember the brand but they are in the tiny bottles. I used 5 of them! If I was doing a whole room I would have probably gotten a quart of regular house paint, there are a few brands that make metallics.
Oooh, I love it. The instant gratification part got me.
I am a cutting edge stencil fan on Facebook!
I am a cutting edge stencil fan on Facebook!
I love your room! I loved the Poppy Field Flower Stencil.
I joined your Google Friend Network
Wow! Your wall turned out so beautifully!! I love it !
~Julia
Wow! Your wall turned out so beautifully!! I love it !
~Julia
That wall is stunning!
I love, love, love your wall! And that wreath is gorgeous. My favorite stencil is the spring songbirds. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love, love, love your wall! And that wreath is gorgeous. My favorite stencil is the spring songbirds. Thanks for the giveaway!
Love the Stencils! My favorite is the Rabat All Over Pattern….
Oh, and I became a fan of Cutting Edge Stencils on Facebook!
Im pretty sure I need the zagora!
Oh! I love your wall – what paint did you use?
I have had my eye on the Casablanca pattern for awhile now. Love it!
Thanks Rachel! The original wall color is Burnished Clay by Behr, then I stenciled with a metallix pearl acrylic craft paint from AC Moore!
Oh! I love your wall – what paint did you use?
I have had my eye on the Casablanca pattern for awhile now. Love it!
I’m a fan of Cutting Edge Stencils!
I’m a friend/follower!
I’m a fan of Lovely Crafty Home!!
I’m a fan of Lovely Crafty Home!!
Casablanca is actually my favorite too!!
You did an amazing job stenciling your wall!!
I LOVE the Zinnia Grande Flower Stencil!! Gorgeous!!
I am a fan of Cutting Edge Stencils!
I am a fan of Cutting Edge Stencils!
I love the damask verde stencil!
I’ve been dying for the Casablanca stencil !!
I’ve been dying for the Casablanca stencil !!
I am a fan of cutting edge stencils on Facebook
I am now a fan of lovely crafty home on FB
I am now a fan of lovely crafty home on FB
I am your newest follower!
My favorite is the Casablanca too! I’ve had my eye on it for a few weeks now–I really want to stencil a wall in our master bedroom!
Your wall looks awesome! My hubby and I are working on adding board and batten to a wall today–and I love seeing all the great examples online–yours is definitely one of them!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I am in LOVE with the Moroccan stencil! I hope I win!
I am in LOVE with the Moroccan stencil! I hope I win!
I have been wanting the Casablanca stencil for a long time!
Fan of Cutting Edge Stencils!
Fan of Cutting Edge Stencils!
I am a follower!
One of your facebook fans now!
Ooh, I need the casablanca stencil for a future project. I love it!
Ooh, I need the casablanca stencil for a future project. I love it!
I liked cutting edge stencils on facebook. Is that the same as being a fan?
Yes it is Mari
I have been thinking about stenciling and you popped up on Tater Tots and Jello! Thanks for sharing the Cutting Edge site and for hosting a giveaway!! I really do like the Casablanca and the Morocco…having a hard time choosing which one!
I LOVE your Casablanca!!! I would LOVE to stencil my bathroom and bedroom with the same technique you shared! Thank you!
I LOVE your Casablanca!!! I would LOVE to stencil my bathroom and bedroom with the same technique you shared! Thank you!
I’ve been eyeing that Casablanca stencil for months! I need it
I became a google friend, liked you and Cutting Edge on FB too 
Fan of you and Cutting Edge
Fan of you and Cutting Edge
Wow! You make it sound so easy to choose a stencil…there are so many I LOVE but I think my favorite is the fishscale, or maybe the ceiling medallion…
Thanks so much for featuring this site. My creative wheels are turning
WOW brilliant… “WOW” totally love! WINKS-jen
WOW brilliant… “WOW” totally love! WINKS-jen
I’m loving the “Rabat Allover Lg Scale”! What a fantastic selection of stencils. Thanks for such a generous giveaway!
My fave would definitely be the Rabat…large or small scale!!
My fave would definitely be the Rabat…large or small scale!!
I have added myself to your Google Friend Connect!
I “like” Cutting Edge Stencils on Facebook!
I “like” Cutting Edge Stencils on Facebook!
I “like” Lovely Crafty Home” on Facebook…and I left a note on your wall!
I love the Rabat stencil
I love the Rabat stencil
I’m a fan on FB
I’m a fan on FB
I like you on FB and left a comment!
Love this giveaway! I especially love the casablanca and Zinnia Grande Flower Stencil (It would be adorable in my little girl’s room!!) I became a fan of your blog, friends on fb with you and cutting edge stencils! I am excited to see what your up to next!
Thank you Sierra!
Love this giveaway! I especially love the casablanca and Zinnia Grande Flower Stencil (It would be adorable in my little girl’s room!!) I became a fan of your blog, friends on fb with you and cutting edge stencils! I am excited to see what your up to next!
What a lovely idea, so classy looking.
I LOVE the Casablanca stencil – I am trying to convert an extra closet into a mini-office and that stencil would look amazing on the wall. Thanks for the giveaway!
I “liked” Cutting Edge Stencils on Facebook. Thanks for the giveaway!
I “liked” Cutting Edge Stencils on Facebook. Thanks for the giveaway!
It is so funny that I stumbled across this giveaway today. I just added CES to my favorites list Friday as I got this bright idea to stencil instead of wallpaper. After all, stenciling can just be painted over again instead of going through the painstaking process of wallpaper removal. Also the stencil can be used over and over again and you can choose whatever colors you want. I fell in love with the Damask Verde and Damask Birds of Paradise and can’t decide which I like better (I think Verde would be my choice). Either way winning anything from CES would be fabulous.
Love the casablanca stencil. I have the perfect place for it!
I’m your newest follower … off to my next assignment ; )
I’m your newest follower … off to my next assignment ; )
I’ve visited CES … tons of lovely stencils … but this is an easy choice, I would pick the “Ultimate Mural Stencil Kit” {http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/mural-stencils.html?category_id=1005} … we are restoring an early 20th century colonial home with plaster walls that have been covered with HORRIBLE wallpaper … once the wallpaper is down I can see the entire grand foyer done in a handpainted {stenciled} mural … possibly extending into the formal dining room … eeek, I’m getting excited just thinking about it ; )
Thank you for hosting a terrific giveaway … I’m keeping my stenciling fingers crossed!
xo
Jill
K … I just “fanned” Cutting edge on facebook !!
xo
Jill
I’m your newest Facebook fan!! Woo-hoo … I think that covers all my chances … Thanks again!
xo
Jill
I’m your newest Facebook fan!! Woo-hoo … I think that covers all my chances … Thanks again!
xo
Jill
Hands down my favorite stencil is the casablanca!!! so gorgeous!
I liked cutting edge stencils on FB!
I joined your Google network
I joined your Google network
I liked you on FB and left ya a wall message!
(Lauren Guenter)
I love the Casablanca stencil and I know right where I want to use it!
I love the Casablanca stencil and I know right where I want to use it!
I Love the Casablanca and the Damaska Anna! I know right where I am going to put this! LOVE
I LIKED them of Facebook!
I would love to try the Moroccan Dream stencil.
I would love to try the Moroccan Dream stencil.
I’m a FB fan of Cutting Edge Stencils.
I’m a FB fan of Lovely Crafty Home.
I’m following your blog via Google Friend Network.
I love the hourglass stencil! It would look fantastic in my dining room.
Thanks for hosting a giveaway, Rachael! I really love seeing all the projects you work on!
I love the hourglass stencil! It would look fantastic in my dining room.
Thanks for hosting a giveaway, Rachael! I really love seeing all the projects you work on!
I follow you on GFC!
I “Liked” Cutting Edge Stencils on FB
I “Liked” LCH on facebook!
I “Liked” LCH on facebook!
They are all lovely, but i think I like the Scallop the best!
http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/scallop-stencil-for-walls.html?category_id=12
straight up fanned them on FB, yo!
In LOVE with the Moroccan Dream!! And in love with your wall!
Thank you Jasmine!
In LOVE with the Moroccan Dream!! And in love with your wall!
I liked CES on facebook! Thanks for the giveaway!
I liked CES on facebook! Thanks for the giveaway!
What paint did you use for this stencil? It looks fantastic!
Liz- It’s simple craft paint, I believe Folk Art or one of those brands you get at Michaels/AC Moore. They have a metallic line
What paint did you use for this stencil? It looks fantastic!
Chain Link Allover Stencil, love. Just purchased a 1962 home to make over.
Chain Link Allover Stencil, Love. Just purchased a 1962 home to make over, this will be perfect for the master bedroom on the head board wall.
I love the picture posted. What colors did you use? Did you do metallic top coat? Thanks!
It’s Burnished Clay (the base color and color throughout the downstairs) stenciled with white metallic craft paint (I think it was Folk Art brand). No top coat needed!
I love the RABAT Allover Stencil. It offers a subtle elegance that would be just perfect in our master bedroom. As first time homebuyers we are slightly hesitant to undertake any major decorating projects but I know that my husband and I could handle this and be really proud of the work we are putting in to our first home together!
Chelsea wall stencil is my favorite. Your wall looks amazing.
Yes it is Mari