Hello Fall Decor

This trio of little wood boards from the Dollar Tree are the perfect addition to your Fall decor and can be made with all kinds of flowers and ink!

MADE BY: AMANDA TIBBITTS   |   TIME: 90 MINUTES
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED |  SIZE: THREE 4" X 6" PLANK DECOR PIECES

Supplies:

• Glue Dots® Craft Dots
• Glue Dots® Glue Squares

Die Cuts:

• 22 Leaves cut at 3.25”w by 3.03” h
• 6 Sunflower Leaves cut at 2” w by 1.73” h
• 2 Labels cut at 2” w by 2.63” h
• 2 Labels cut at 2” w by 1.37” h
• 1 Label cut at 4.5” w by 1.5” h
• Hello Fall Heart cut at 2.5” w by 2.43” h
• 3 Labels cut at 3” w by 1.81” h

Materials:

• Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide and applicator
• Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide and applicator
• Walnut Stain Distress Oxide and applicator
• Vintage Photo Distress Oxide and applicator
• 3 Doilies
• Paper Sunflower Mix
• Maple Leaf Mix
• Distress Sprayer

Tools:

• Cricut Maker 3 or other electronic Die Cut Machine
• Scissors
• Fan Brush
• Silicone Mat
• Baby Wipe/Paper Towel
• Scratch Paper to work on

Directions:

1. Use the silicone mat to smoosh a bit of Walnut Stain Distress Oxide to the mat. Add a bit of water from the Distress Sprayer. Press the first wood board directly into the ink. Rotate it around to get good coverage. Get the color on each of the boards. Use a baby wipe to clean up the ink. Let them dry just a bit and add some Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide to the mat, and smoosh the board into it. Follow the same step for each of the colors, and distress the boards as much or as little as you’d like. Be sure to let the color dry mostly, before adding another color.
   
2. With the Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide and the applicator, run some distress inking around each of the leaves, the labels and anything green. Then do the same with Walnut Stain Distress Oxide for the brown cuts. Distress as little or as much as you would like.
   
3. Once the boards are all dry, add some spatters of the Walnut Stain Distress Oxide to just finish off the distressing.
   
4. With the Walnut Stain, add some around the doily for each of the boards.
   
5. Dry fit each of your boards. Once you like how they feel with the leaves and other elements, begin gluing them to the board. Start with the leaves, or whichever is going to be on the back. Use Glue Dots® Glue Squares to add them. You won’t need to glue each and every single part of the leaves… just a few along the bottom. If you need to, use the scissors to trim the leaves to fit, if you’d like.
   
6. Once the leaves are glued down, add some Glue Dots® to one of the doilies. Add them toward the middle for a little bit of room later if you want to tuck some leaves here or there.
   
7. Once the doily is glued to the board, use some Glue Dots® Craft Dots to add the labels.  
   
8. Use a Glue Dots® Square to add the Hello Fall heart to the doily/label cluster. Use a Glue Dots® Craft Dot to glue a Maple Leaf to the board from the Maple Leaf mix.
   
9. Use a Glue Dots® Craft Dot to add the sunflowers to the board. Remove it from the dot carefully, so the back of the flower won’t pull off.
   
10. Add one more Maple Leaf to the board under the Hello Fall Heart with Glue Dots© Craft Dot.

Follow these steps to finish the other two boards. They are so fun to mix and match, or have them be similar. That’s what’s fun with clustering! You can add as little or as much as you’d like.

Display them with your Fall decor for a fun touch to just about any setting!