I love decorating for Memorial Day. I especially love making my own décor pieces to hang on my front door or put in my living room. This USA décor piece is on trend with its circular shape, and the foiled stars add a touch of pizzaz.
MADE BY: SAMANTHA TAYLOR | TIME: 30-45 MINUTES (PLUS PAINT DRYING TIME)
LEVEL: ADVANCED | SIZE: 12" ROUND
Supplies:
- Glue Dots® Adhesive Stars
- All Purpose Glue Dots®
- 12” Round Piece of Wood
- Red, White, and Blue Paint
- Paint Brushes
- Stencil, Stencil Material, or Painter’s Tape
- Heat Transfer Foil in Blue and Silver (popular brands include iCraft DecoFoil, We R Heatwave Foil, and Heidi Swapp Minc Foil)
- Ribbon
- Scissors
Directions:
- Paint the entire 12” round piece of wood white. Let dry completely. You may need 2-3 coats of paint.
- Place a stencil on the wood and paint “USA” in red and the top portion of the wood piece blue. You may need 2 coats of paint.
*If you do not have a stencil or a way to make a stencil, use painter’s tape to create a line across the top 1/3 of the circle. Paint the smaller portion blue. Free hand “USA” with red paint.
- Remove stencil, and allow the paint to dry completely.
- Add Adhesive Stars to the circle and foil them using the following procedure (I used blue foil between USA and silver foil on the stars on the blue section of the circle):
- Peel the liner off of the Adhesive Star.
- Stick the Adhesive Star to the wood circle.
- Place heat transfer foil onto the Adhesive Star (wrong side down) and press gently. Pull foil sheet off. The foil will now have transferred to the Adhesive Star.
- Tie a bow from ribbon, leaving one long tail.
- Use All Purpose Glue Dots® to attach the bow to the top of the wood round, and down the border between the white and blue painted sections. Trim the ends of your bow with a sharp scissors.
Notes:
If you don’t have heat transfer foil, you can use glitter instead for this project.
Craft Glue Dots® can be substituted for All Purpose Glue Dots®.