Our Woodland Christmas Wreath

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It is no secret that I’m pretty much obsessed with my Silhouette CAMEO, so today I thought I’d show you an example of one of the many, many things you can create with it!

How to Create DIY Christmas Door Decor

Now I make at least four wreaths per year (one for each season, and sometimes I make extras) and share them on the blog, so I am always trying to think of new and different twists on the traditional wreath.

For this one, I decided to play a little game. I went to the craft store and picked out a surface– a 12″ x 12″ piece of plywood– and challenged myself to create some sort of Christmas door decor with it. A square piece of plywood isn’t normally what you see hanging from someone’s door, but hey, that’s what makes it more fun! 😉

Step 1- Gather supplies for DIY door decor.

Here are all of the supplies I used to create my non-traditional “wreath:”

• White Adhesive Vinyl
• Transfer Paper
• Gold Adhesive Vinyl
• Ribbon
• Paint (I used a sample of Behr’s Marina Isle that I had in my stash.) + Brush
• Piece of Plywood
• Silhouette CAMEO
• Drill (Not Pictured)

Step 2- Drill two holes.

The first thing I needed to do was drill some holes in the plywood so I would be able to hang it up eventually. Donnie used to work from home, so I could have him do this type of thing for me whenever I was working on projects during the Cs’ naps and it all went fine.

But he doesn’t work from home anymore, so if I wanted to work on my project that day, I was going to have to do it myself. After watching a couple YouTube videos and consulting with Donnie via text to change out the bit, I successfully drilled two holes in my board and promptly celebrated on Instagram. 🙂

Step 3- Create your design in Silhouette Design Studio.

I then painted the board and while it was drying, I got to work on my design. When I stumbled upon the Woodland Deer Papercut Garland in the Silhouette Design Store, I immediately knew it was “the one.” 🙂 (And it didn’t hurt that it only cost $0.50 since all designs are 1/2 off right now! Woot!)

I sized my design the way I wanted it in my Silhouette Studio software.

Step 4- Cut out the design with the Silhouette cutting machine.

Then I set my machine to work cutting out the design for me. (If you are attempting this project, I placed my vinyl on the cutting mat and used the normal vinyl settings of speed 8, thickness 9, and blade 2.) Once I weeded out the excess vinyl, I was left with this:

Step 5- Transfer the design over to the board.

In order to get this design over to my now dry piece of painted plywood, I used transfer paper. The longer I use my Silhouette, the more I realize how important it is to line up my design on the transfer paper grid.

When I do this, placing my design where I want it (in this case in the center of the plywood) is super easy because I can use the grid as my guide. So first I place my design on the transfer paper, which is sticky, and use a scraper tool to make sure it sticks to the paper. You’ll notice my design is now backwards.

That’s okay, though, because when I flip it over onto my board, use my scraper tool to make sure it sticks, and peel away my transfer paper, it is exactly the way I need it to be!

I repeated the cut/weed/transfer process with the gold “L” I wanted to place in the center of my design.

Step 6- Add a ribbon and hang!

I then threaded the white ribbon through the holes, and my woodland Christmas wreath was ready to be hung on my door!

Yippee! SO easy! I love that the Silhouette makes projects like this one possible! I never would have been able to hand paint/draw/cut out this design, but the machine makes it simple.

Thanks so much for following along! Have a wonderful day!

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