I bought this Plaid pallet plaque from Walmart for just a few dollars.

I painted the entire pallet with Folk Art Wood Tint in the color Walnut. I let it soak in for a couple of minutes, then wiped off the excess. I let that dry completely.

I used Folk Art tree stencil from the Woodland pack. I used Apple Barrel White Paint and my stencil brush to paint onto the pallet. To do this you put a little paint on your stencil brush and then tap it to get most of the paint back off. This will prevent smudging. Next, you tap the brush up and down over the stencil and onto the plaque to leave the paint on the plaque.

I carefully took off the stencil and let it dry completely.

I then added my buck stencil from the same pack.  I used Apple Barrel Warm Buff paint to stencil on the buck.

Once it was dry, it was ready to be displayed.