Hey, party peeps! November 1st is the first official day of the holiday season for me. I love to transform my home with fabulous holiday decorations and today I’m going to show you how to make FARMHOUSE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WITH CRICUT. I am so IN LOVE with my Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine. If you don’t have one, check it out and see all the amazing things you can make with it from party decorations to home decor! Sounds like the perfect Christmas gift, right?
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine. #CricutMade #CricutHoliday #ad
LET’S MAKE FARMHOUSE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WITH THE CRICUT EXPLORE AIR™ 2
Guys…last year I got my very own adult Christmas Tree and decorated it in the farmhouse style. I loved it so much, that this year, I’m going to continue that look in different areas of my house. Come along for the journey as I share my DIY Holiday projects made easy with my Cricut starting with my Stocking Mantel Table!
GIRLFRIEND TIP: No mantel, no problem! I have a mantel in my home, but it has a huge TV above it so I can’t really decorate it. Instead, I have this sofa table that I just love to decorate for each holiday. It really makes a wow-factor statement in my family room. Add some fur stockings and a LED garland light to the front of the table and you’re good to go!
While shopping in Target yesterday, I picked up these amazing farmhouse style wood ornaments, trees, and stars in the Dollar Spot! OH YEAH! They were plain wood and I wanted to make them the star of my Stocking Mantel Table. To jazz them up and make them even more fabulous, I used my Cricut to cut simple one-cut snowflakes, trees, and the word JOY out of White Adhesive Vinyl to take my farmhouse decor from ordinary to EXTRAORDINARY!
Want to see how to do it? Let’s get started!
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED
– Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine
– Cricut Adhesive Vinyl – white
– Cricut Transfer Tape
– Cricut Weeder Tool
– Cricut Scraper Tool
– Jumbo wood ornaments, wood Christmas trees, wood stars
– Cricut Design Space Project File
STEP 1 – Log In to Design Space + Load This Project!
Cricut has an online interface called Cricut Design Space™ that walks you through every step of your project. Log in to Cricut Design Space™ and click here to make this Stocking Mantel Table project. Load the vinyl into the Cricut on a light grip mat (the blue one) and follow the on-screen instructions to cut the snowflakes, trees and word JOY out of white Cricut Adhesive Vinyl.
STEP 2 – Unload the Mat & Weed Your Designs!
Once the cutting is complete, Press the LOAD BUTTON to unload the mat from the Cricut. Slowly peel away the adhesive vinyl from the backing. Using the Cricut Weeder Tool, remove the inner parts of the designs so that only the outlines of the graphic remains.
The tree won’t require weeding and the word JOY you will only have to weed the middle snowflake shape, but don’t throw it away! I used it to decorate the front of a silver candle.
STEP 3 – Place Transfer Tape Over Your Images!
Cut a piece of transfer tape big enough to fully cover the JOY and snowflake graphics.
Remove the backing from the transfer tape and lay it down over the graphic and smooth it down firmly with the Cricut Scraper Tool so that the tape adheres to the image completely.
Once it’s fully covered and firmly adhered, begin to peel the graphic off of the backing with the transfer tape. The image will come up with the transfer tape.
STEP 4 – Place Your Images on The Wood Pieces!
Place the transfer tape with the JOY word image on to the center of one of your wood ornaments. Be sure to start at one end and smooth the tape down as you go. Firmly rub the entire image with the scraper tool to firmly adhere the vinyl to your wood ornament. Slowly peel away the transfer tape leaving the foil image on your plate.
Continue step 4 for both of the snowflake graphics.
For the trees, you don’t have to use the transfer tape. I found it easier to just slowly lift the vinyl tree graphic off the backing and place it directly to the middle of the wood star decorations.
You’re all done! How easy was that and the finished pieces….SIMPLY FABULOUS! Now it’s time to add these Farmhouse Christmas Decorations to my Stocking Mantel Table.
DESIGN A STOCKING MANTEL TABLE!
Now it’s time to style my Stocking Mantel Table! I hung all three ornament Farmhouse Christmas Decorations on the wall above my sofa table. These ornaments already have a silver twine hanger so it’s easy to just hang them from a nail or clear 3M Command Hook.
I also placed the two wood stars up on my wall shelves and paired them with a modern ceramic reindeer.
The JOY wood ornament looked awesome as the focal point above a plush white polar bear and twinkling LED crystal trees! Y’all know I love my sparkle!
PIN FOR LATER!
ENTER TO WIN A NEW CRICUT MAKER!
WANT TO SEE MORE OF MY CRICUT PROJECTS & POSTS?
Click on any of the projects & posts below:
– Check out the NEW Cricut Explore Air™ 2 and up your DIY game!
– My First Project with the new Cricut Explore Air™ 2
– Make Custom Party Plates with the new Cricut Explore Air™ 2
– Make DIY Sweet 16 Party Invitations with Cricut™
– How to Make #16ROCKS! Sweet 16 T-Shirts with Cricut!
– 4th of July Superhero Flag Shield Backpack and Water Bottle with Cricut
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Do you already have a CRICUT EXPLORE AIR™ 2? What was your favorite project to make with it? If you don’t already have one…share with me your thoughts.
LOOKING FOR MORE IDEAS? FOLLOW ME ON PINTEREST FOR LOTS OF INSPIRATION!
CLICK HERE to check out my PINTEREST BOARD full of recipes, parties, home decor, DIY projects and more!
DON’T MISS A THING!
Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my blog so you can get all my blog posts delivered right to your email’s inbox so you won’t miss a thing! Subscribing is easy! Just enter your email address in the above right corner of this page and be sure to confirm your email once you get our confirmation to your inbox! That’s it! AND…you’ll get a code for 10% off your next order in our shop. YUP…GOTTA LOVE THAT!
Cheers!
Tonya
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.
These look like professional decorations! Well done.
I love all the decorations that you have here. It is so creative and it looks easy to do. I wish I had that machine because I think I would have a lot of fun with it.
These are so cute and I love the snowflakes! I don’t own a cricut machine but now I want one!!
Those are so festive looking and so easy to make! I should really use my Cricut more. I always forget how easy it is to craft with.
Using the sofa table instead of the mantel really did work well. The decorations you made with the cricut were super cute!
You did such an amazing job with this decor theme. I love all of the little details you were able to come up with.
Your decorations turned out amazing, and I love how you decorate your table like it’s a mantel. We just moved into a new home, and there is no fireplace. I’m really missing my mantel. I might have to get a table like that!
That is so cool! I love how easy you made those decorations!
The circuit maker concept is really interesting. It seems like a fun way to make crafts, especially if you really love to decorate.