DIY Woodland Silhouette Ornaments

Here is a great DIY Christmas ornament that you'll love doing!

Here's a list of things you need:

-Assorted scrap booking paper (at least 2 colors of your choice)

-Glitter (color of your choice)

-Scissors

-Plastic beads

-Stiffened Felt (Craft Store)

-Oval paper mache disk ornament (Craft store)

-Mod Podge

-Paint brush

-Paper trimmer

-Various embellishments

Other items that you'll need that I forgot to get in to the picture: exacto knife, sanding sponge and Martha Stewart Tinsel glitter (I just discovered this stuff!)

Also, this is a great project that is up to your own interpretation! It can be any type of paper, glitter and silhouette you'd like, really anything goes! It's all up to you, and your style!

First step is to prep your paper selection. Use a paper trimmer to cut paper to size about 3" by 4". You can use the same on both sides or coordinating papers. I used coordinating papers. Apply glue to one side of the ornament and put it face down on the paper. Smooth it out with you fingers and then trim excess off with scissors. Don't worry about the edges, this is where the glitter goes.

The edges are rough from trimming, but use a sanding block (or fine grit sandpaper) to sand off the edges for a smooth look. Wait for the glue to be pretty close to dry before sanding.

Next, get your silhouette's ready. I bought a package of little felt deer (light brown deer below) thinking that they would be great, but the color just didn't work. I even tried painting them, but the felt didn't take the paint very well, except for one that you'll see further down. So I decided to use the deer as a pattern and cut them out by hand. I even made some girl ones. :) I used stiffened felt as opposed to regular felt, just to make it cleaner and easier to cut out, yet still have the look of felt. It's found in the same section as regular felt.

Glue silhouette to the ornament using Mod Podge and let dry. Now it's time to embellish.

Apply Mod Podge to the edges of the ornament and sprinkle on glitter. I did one side at a time, just to make it a lot less messy. I used the same glittering technique I used here.

Let it overlap the front of the ornament a little.

I did each ornament different, embellishing some with diamonds, some with snowflakes.

During this project, I discovered Martha Stewart Tinsel glitter, it was really fun stuff. After the regular glitter had dried, I went back over with Mod Podge and just used the tinsel glitter as an accent. I did one of the ornaments with just the tinsel glitter and while pretty, I thought it was just too much.

Here is the only little deer that that liked his paint job!

These snowflakes are pre-cut too, I found then in my stash, they look great too.

Finally, I used plastic beads to fancy up the plain hanger. Just slip the beads on and then knot it so they don't slip back off. I found that between 3 and 4 beads were best, any more and it was too busy and started taking away from the look of the ornament.