How to use the Stencil Genie and a Giveaway
Once upon a time, I bought every single cookie tool known to man. Then, as time went on and I ran out of storage space, I cleared out all the fluff and kept only the things I truly use and love. It’s not often that a gadget that finds a place in my heart, but when the Stencil Genie hit the scene last year, it did just that! So this year, in honor of the Stencil Genie’s first birthday, it’s creator, Ginny Levack and I decided to celebrate with a giveaway. But first, I’d like to tell you a little bit about how the Stencil Genie works.
Many of you already use the Stencil Genie, so, this is a review. But for those of you who have not, here’s a quick little overview. The Stencil Genie is made up of four parts. A two-piece frame, plus two additional “Wonderbars” (sold separately) for airbrushing cookies on a stick. If you look closely you’ll notice that one side of the frame is slightly taller than the other. This is to accommodate cookies of different thicknesses. To use the Genie, place the square pieces magnet side-up and position the stencil over one side of the frame.
You may be able to use larger stencils in the Genie, but the best size is a five and a half inch square. I especially like designs from The Cookie Countess, Artfully Designed Creations, and Killer Zebras for my projects.
When the stencil is in position, secure it by placing the second side over the bottom, magnets touching.
Next, place the stencil over a cookie that has been flooded and allowed to dry. Use icing, an airbrush, or aerosol spray color to apply the color in light, even layers. Remember to be as light handed as possible. If you use too much color or icing the excess can seep under the edges of the stencil and ruin the design. After applying the color, carefully remove the frame to reveal a beautifully stenciled cookie. Stenciled cookies make great stand alone designs, but I especially love to use them in my cookie platters to kind of “tell a story,” if you will. Now that the technical stuff is out of the way let’s talk about the giveaway! In honor of the Stencil Genie’s first birthday, one lucky reader will win:
- one Stencil Genie (second generation with Wonderbars)
- the Air Genie Pro airbrush system
- and five Cookie Countess cookie stencils
Must be 18 years or older to win. Good Luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway
ooo!!!! I have yet to be brave enough to try an airbrush on cookies, keeping fingers crossed!
Thanks for the tutorial Callye 🙂
I love Polka dots and quatrefoil! Great giveaway!
I don’t have any stencils yet, but I have a lot of them one Amazon wish list!!!
My favorite is the Art Deco Fans stencil from Cookie Countess!
Love the cookies & tools!
That Stencil Genie is such a big help in holding stencils down! What a great tool!
My fav stencil is ‘preppy stripes’
I always love your tutorials!
They’re all great, I’d love any of them!
Wow! This looks awesome!! I would be floored to win this! Then Maybe I could finally start my business!! Thank for the chance!! I love your work!
I love the monogram stencils and the reindeer at Christmas! Great giveaway!!
Love my stencil genie!! Just got the fair isle Halloween stencil and can’t wait to use it!
I love my stencil genie and would thoroughly enjoy winning!
I like the quatrefoil design!
Favorite stencil is small dots.
I love the quatrafoil and my new custom stencils.
Favourite stencil is chevron
Dang, this looks like a a lot fun.
The Cookie Countess (and Hillary) rock! I I just got the spanish tiles and fair isle sweater versions. Can’t wait to use the fair isle one for hats and gloves for Christmas!
I’ve really been wanting to try stencils, so this giveaway is perfect for me. Thanks for the great opportunity!
I need the stencil genie. I have had my share of “slips”.
Chevron. My daughter’s favorite!
I love lattice and lace stencil designs. Thanks for the give-away.
I have only just started using an airbrush but oh what fun!
I love, love chevron stencils! Need this giveaway!!! ?
Wow! What a great give away! Love the stencil genie!
I love all of them! Hope I win!
I love the monogram cookies with the stenciling in the background.
I like the plaid. It’s looks very versatile. I’m new so I haven’t used stencils yet. Would Love to!!
Thank you for all your great tips and tools! I’d love to have a Stencil Genie.
I would love this! I love the Baroque stencil!
Yay! I love Callye, I love Ginny and I love giveaways!
OMG! I have always wanted to airbrush and have tried on a friend’s machine and my stencil moved and it WASN’T PRETTY! This would be amazing, and make me look like I kind of know what I am doing! LOL!
Stripes! And I use it to make gingham too
Wow! I need these!
Thank you for this wonderful giveaway!
I don’t own a stencil genie, and oh how I would love to win!
I’m going to be different…I like the flames!
For Christmas I bake and decorate hundreds of cookies and the Stencil Genie sure would cut down the decorating time.
Love the checker stencil!
I love the thin striipes made into gingham.
The chevron is great too.
Great giveaway!!! Currently my favorite stencil design is damask ?
I love them all! Would love to win and try new things 🙂 thank you for the chance.
I would love this! I have a few stencils and would really enjoy the genie 🙂
Stencilling sure is tough! Still trying to master it. My faves are stripes and chevron.
Stenciled cookies make great designs easier and lovely.sugar belle give us always great ideas and a way to make them easy.
I really love the damask stencil it can be used on so many designer cookies 🙂 great giveaway by the way
I’d like to try a houndstooth stencil.
I love my diamond and diagonal stripe stencil to make argyle print. I’ve used it many times! Great tool!
My favorite stencil has to be the harlequin with thin stripes
Me encanta. Que maravilla.
I would L??VE to add this to my cookie supplies and learn to airbrush!
Love all your recipe and ideas.
Would love to learn to air brush!
It’s always a pleasure to open my sweet sugarbelle email to see the new ideas that have been done. Such great talent?
This is a great tool! I love the look of stenciled cookies!
I love this checkered stencil it’s so versatile!
I like the chevron stencils
I love my chevron & polka dot stencils!!
My favorite stencil design is houndstooth! Roll Tide!
Pick me! Pick me!! 🙂
I am embarrassed to say that I have never attempted stencilIng, basically because I’m afraid of it! I love so many of the designs I’ve seen and would really love to try.
I like this checkered stencil a lot!!
This might be just the thing to get me to break out my airbrush and finally give it a go.
I love the Halloween background stencils!!!!
It would be awesome to own all of this and to add it to my cookie obsession!
I haven’t done any stencilling but looking at some of the ones available I absolutely love the retro starts!!
Chevron is my current favorite.
I love the chevron stencil!
I love the quadrafoil stencils the best and the gingham
what a great idea for easy use of stencils
I love, love, LOVE the Christmas Lights Stencil!
Love Halloween stencils!
Oh boy howdy do I want to win!!!
My favorite stencil patterns right now are floral patterns and quatrefoil patterns.
Yayyyyy! I am crazy for chevron stencils!!
Entered stencil giveaway….crossing my fingers!!
I love the animal print ones from Zebra cutters.
I love the chevron stencil!
I love the way you can use all different stencils with the stencil genie.
The cookie countess has beautiful stencils.
Thank you for all your help! Your an amazing person! Thanks for all the great ideas. Love my stencil genie!
I haven’t own a air brush yet. Wanna to try so badly!
My favorite cookie stencil design is the burlap stencil.
I love the chevrons
Thanks for this giveaway. The stencils I prefer are the quatrefoils.
Backgrounds and curly flourishes are my favorites.
This looks so cool
What a coincidence: I was just telling my Mom how my next dream tools would be an airbrush and a stencil holder!!! What a great give-away!! I cannot say which stencil is my favorite as I don’t own any yet; however, those I’ve seen all look amazing. I do know I’m dying to try as many as I can! Best of luck to all who submit.
Marguerite
Ooh I love all the designs but particularly the diamond shaped pattern !
I love the tire tracks stencil.
Still trying to get use to airbrushing but i would say i love the background stencils and any saying ones.
Hi there! Love the stencil genie! My favorite stencil design is the damask! I love the sophisticated look it gives.
I would love to use the witch silhouette stencil. I always get witch stuff for my birthday, show I would like to surprise my family with some cookies.
I’m new to stencils but already have some favorite background ones like the Moroccan-style lattice. Great giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity!!
I love your work.
I love all stencils they make life so much easier!
I love the chevron!!
loving the tyre tracks! X
New to stenciling so I have no favorite as of yet. Fingers crossed on winning the awesome giveaway.