Wooden Standing Deer

I’m just popping in quickly today to share these Scandinavian wooden standing deer from Lia Griffith.

This design is one of Lia Griffith’s monthly member designs with a tutorial available for members. While I can’t share the file or her full instructions, I will tell you how I had great success with these using my Silhouette Cameo, Silhouette wood sheets, and Silhouette chipboard. (Lia’s instructions use Cricut machines and materials, but I wanted to use Silhouette products.)

How-To:

1. Cut the deer pieces twice with chipboard. Because Silhouette chipboard is so thin (0.4 mm), it cuts really well but needs the extra thickness for the slots to be a snug fit.
2. My chipboard settings are as follows with my Cameo 4 Autoblade. (Do a trial cut first and adjust as necessary based on your own blade and machine.)
   • Blade 6, Force 25, Speed 4, Passes 2, Line Segment Overcut ON
3. Glue the chipboard pieces together with a small amount of liquid glue and press under a heavy book so they dry flat.
4. Cut the deer pieces next with wood sheets. This product is basically a super-thin veneer that has a strong adhesive. That means the detail cuts beautifully, and there’s no sanding or glue involved. I used the grey wood sheets on these deer, but the package also comes with walnut and maple.
5. My wood paper settings are as follows with my Cameo 4 Autoblade. (Again, do a trial cut on an area you won’t use in order to fine-tune your own settings.)
   • Blade 6, Force 32, Speed 4, Passes 2, Line Segment Overcut ON
6. Carefully peel the wood cutout pieces off their backing. Apply them like stickers to the front and back sides of the corresponding chipboard shapes.

Additional Notes:

1. You need Silhouette Studio Designer Edition or higher to open SVG files like those from Lia Griffith.
2. These two deer used both sheets of grey wood in the package. You can get two full deer from each color when cut at their default size.
3. Any Silhouette cutting machine can cut the Silhouette chipboard and Silhouette wood sheets. Use your favorite blade.

That’s about it! I am thrilled this came together so easily. I’m excited to see what else looks good as wood cutouts now that I know I really like these wood sheets on chipboard!

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