I have made some stencils for glass etchings and different types of stencils for projects using different items, Plastic coating for furniture covers, it was really hard to cut in small areas but great for a silhouette, and for etchings or paper stencil. Also used heavy card stock and then coated it with crystal lacquer, works real well , that’s in a later blog that works with Cricut ……. So now the stencils results for Vinyl contact paper its real hard to get it to cut and do the corners or peak cuts but if you take your time and re cut it does work.The good thing is contact paper is large enough to cover all at once.
now when using a magazine photo , I really love this idea of USING package tape. tape your photo right over the picture you want then cut out the details, This is a favorite right now, lov this idea. 
Who doesnt love Captain Jack Sparrow?
HOW ABOUT SOME DAVE MATTHEWS
HOW ABOUT JOHNNY DEPP IN PLASTIC, Cry BAby!!!! LOL PUN INTENDED
so in summery I found it easyier to use packing tape over others, And still working with the cricut ideas, for later post. let me know what you use and how they work out. thanks for sharing. And thank you for your e mails its great to hear you like my ideas, and others Id love to take time to give shout outs of thanks to Debra Buckland …
http://artycrafty.wordpress.com/
and to Terri Sproul
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Thank you for your inspiration…..
