Upload a photo, logo or drawing and it becomes a stencil you can actually cut: flat color layers that line up, a bridge on every piece that would fall out, drawn at the size you paint it. Cut the SVG on your own machine, or we cut it on reusable mylar and ship it.
A photo, a picture, a logo or a drawing, as JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP or SVG. Remove the background with one click if you only want the subject.
Color layers, grayscale layers, a single-layer stencil or a halftone. The preview updates as you go.
Set how many colors, then merge, split, add or drop them. Each color is one layer, one sheet, one coat of paint.
Choose how big the painted image will be. Bridges are sized to it, and a design bigger than one sheet is split into panels.
Get the layered SVG for your Cricut, Silhouette or laser, or have us laser-cut it on 7 mil mylar and ship it.
A picture that looks like a stencil is easy. One you can cut, lift and paint again is the part that takes the work, and it is done for you here.
Your image is reduced to a handful of flat colors, and each color becomes its own layer. Registration marks on every sheet line the layers up as you paint them.
The middle of an eye, the gap in a letter, a window in a car: anything that would drop out of the sheet is held by a thin bridge, placed where it shows least. You choose how many.
For a face, lace or fine lettering, a layer can be cut as two sheets instead of bridged. Paint the same color through both and no bridge gap is left behind.
The download is drawn at the size you set, ready for Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio, LightBurn or Glowforge, and split across panels when it outgrows your mat or bed.
Skip the cutting. We laser-cut every layer from reusable 7 mil mylar and ship it, priced by size, layers and detail before you check out.
Feature walls, borders, dressers and doors, in as many layers as the picture needs.
A whole building side, split into panels you tape up and paint one color at a time.
Multi-layer portraits and pop art on canvas or board, painted one layer at a time.
Fabric paint through a single-layer stencil, or have your design printed on a shirt.
Leather jackets, purses, dresses and pajamas, with a design nobody else is wearing.
Shop signs, yard signs and logos, sharp enough to read across the street.
Team logos and mascots on cornhole boards, coolers and truck tailgates.
Bridged SVGs that cut cleanly on a Cricut, Silhouette, Glowforge or diode laser.
Names, words and signs in any Google Font, every letter bridged.
A font turned into an installable stencil font, plus outline and centerline versions.
A QR code stencil you scan on screen before it is cut, every square bridged.
An allover pattern or border on a tile that meets itself at the edges.
Your photo screen-printed on a cotton tee in two inks or one, shipped within the USA.
One with strong light and shadow. A face lit from the side, a car in hard sunlight, a logo with clean edges: the stencil keeps the big shapes of light and dark, so a picture that already has them comes out best. Crop tight around the subject, and remove the background if it is busy. Small details like the glint in an eye can drop out; cropping closer makes them relatively bigger, so they stay.
Fewer than you think. Logos and iconic photos often work in two. A good portrait looks right in three: light, mid-tone and dark. Four or five suit detailed logos and ordinary photos. Every extra layer is another sheet to line up, so three is often better than five. You can also leave one layer out and let the wall color stand in for it.
A stencil has to stay in one piece, or the islands fall out when it is cut. Bridges are the thin strips that hold them. You choose how many: from extra-stable down to one per island. They leave small gaps in the paint that you can fill in by hand, and for very detailed layers you can split the layer over two sheets instead, which leaves none.
Tell us how big the painted image should be and what size material you cut on. The design is split across as many panels as it needs, each with registration marks and a key showing where it goes. If you order it cut, we do the same on our largest mylar sheets.
Anything that imports SVG: Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio (Designer Edition or higher for SVG), LightBurn, Glowforge, xTool Creative Space, Inkscape and Illustrator. The download buying guide covers what is in the file and how to cut it.
7 mil mylar: thicker than a one-time frisket, flexible enough to press flat, and tough enough to use again and again. Spray paint barely builds up on the edges, so a sheet goes dozens of times before it needs a clean; water-based paint washes off with warm soapy water.
It is free to try: build and preview as many stencils as you like before you pay anything. Downloading the SVG takes one unlock, which covers every version of that image for 30 days, and signing in gives you your first unlock. A stencil we cut for you is priced by its size, layers and detail, and you see the price before you check out.