How to Make a Buffalo Plaid Door Hanger for Valentine’s Day.

An inexpensive Valentine’s Day project using items found at Dollar Tree*

and my favorite StyleTechCraft adhesive vinyl.

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Materials Used:  (*affiliate links)

• Large Wood Heart*
• Faux Flowers from Dollar Tree*
• Valentine’s Day Glittery Heart Foam Pick*
• Plaid Acrylic Paint*
• Paintbrush*
• Silhouette Cameo Electronic Die Cutting Machine*
• Heart and Valentine SVG Files from The Silhouette Store
• StyleTechCraft Adhesive Red Luster Vinyl*
• StyleTechCraft Vinyl Tool Kit*
• StyleTechCraft Vinyl Transfer Tape*
• StyleTechCraft Matte Removable Vinyl*  (any color)

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Directions:

• Remove the twine hanger from the wood heart.
• Paint the heart with acrylic paint.  I used white.
• I created a large heart mask for the center of the wood heart using StyleTechCraft Matte Removable Vinyl*.  
• Press down the edges of the mask so that paint can’t get under the mask.

• Cut 1″ strips of Removable Vinyl*.  Lay the strips across the wood heart.
• Rub your finger over the vinyl strips to make sure that they are secure and have no gaps.
• Paint inside the stripes with a thin coat of acrylic paint.  Be careful not to apply the paint too thick.   Only one thin coat of paint is needed.
• Remove the vinyl strips.
• Allow the paint to fully dry before continuing to the next step.

• Next, add strips of removable vinyl vertically over the heart.
• Make sure the tape is flat with no gaps.
• Paint over the heart with a thin coat a darker pink paint.
• Carefully remove the tape.  Allow the paint to dry.

• Remove the strips and the heart mask.  Allow the paint to dry.
• Lightly sand the wood heart. Sanding smooths the paint and helps to hide any little imperfections.
• Wipe with a clean cloth.

• For the center of the heart, I created a Valentine’s greeting using StyleTechCraft Adhesive Red Luster Vinyl*.
• I cut the words “Happy Valentine’s Day” using a SVG cut file from the Silhouette Store and a Silhouette Cameo Electronic Die Cutting Machine*.
• I removed the extra vinyl in and around the image words using a Vinyl Weeding Tool.
• Lay the StyleTechCraft Vinyl Transfer Tape* over the vinyl words and gently rub with a vinyl scraper tool.  (Included with the StyleTechCraft Vinyl Tool Kit*).

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• Place the Vinyl Transfer Tape* and vinyl onto the wood heart.
• Rub over Vinyl Transfer Tape* and gently remove transfer tape from the vinyl.

• Hot glue faux flowers, glitter heart pick, and ribbon bow to the top of the heart.
• Add ribbon to the top two holes for hanging.
• Hang the Wood Heart on a Door or add it to the center of a Wreath.

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