If you saw my post last week about the awesome Silhouette sale going on now, you saw a sneak peak of this little wood sign. If you have an electronic cutter, this is a quick and easy Christmas decor project. I am working on decorating the new shelves in my kitchen, and I needed something to fill the space in the middle. I came up with this Christmas tree wood sign. I found this wood board at my local thrift store, but you can use any board. I liked that this one had a routed edge, so that I could add a little more color to the edge.
I painted it with white latex paint and red craft paint, because that’s what I had on hand. It already looks better, doesn’t it?
I made up a design using the Silhouette Studio software. And just in case any of you are like me and like to copy projects exactly so you don’t have to think about it, I used a free font called “Cupid de Locke”. But you can use any font that you like! After I cut my vinyl, I adhered it to the board and started stenciling. Tip: Don’t remove the tiny vinyl hearts until after you have your green letters stenciled. Much easier that way!
Here it is after I pulled the vinyl off.
I decided to scuff mine up a little with my palm sander.
And now it is sitting happily on my shelf, just waiting for other Christmas decor to join it! 🙂
Don’t have an electronic cutter? No worries. I’ve also made up a free printable that you can use instead! I played around with some different fonts, so you have two to choose from. This is the one I used for my stencil:
Now that it’s all said and done, I’m kinda wishing I would have gone with this one. I think I would have liked the more bold letters. Who knows, I may end up re-painting it. I’m crazy like that!
To access the free printable Christmas Tree Sign, just click the link below:
Free Printable Christmas Tree Sign
Which one do you like better?
This is great, Kara! I’d love for you to share it at Throwback Thursday or any other great post you have. glitterglueandpaint.com/throwback-thursday-13/
xoxo
Denyse
I was thinking a smaller version of this could make a cute Christmas tree ornament (neighbor gift). Any way you could 6 or 8 to a page all on the same page? I like them both… but favor the second one because it looks more symmetrical although I like the extra pop of red in the first version.