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Vintage House Wreath

Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza

   


2491 - FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Belle Blush, 2 oz.
2862 - FolkArt ® Texture Paint - Sparkle, 4 oz.
902 - FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Taffy, 2 oz.
954 - FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Fresh Foliage, 2 oz.
CS11201 - Mod Podge ® Gloss, 8 oz.


Small wood birdhouse
Tissue paper: cream; peach and light green
Scissors Decorative paper
Foam paint brush
Toothpick
Small glittered plastic snowflakes
Rhinestones and ribbon gems
Hot glue
Silver tinsel
2 square Styrofoam wreaths
Small ornaments
Velvet flower


1. Paint the birdhouse. (for this project I am using the back of the house as the front) paint the roof taffy, the base fresh foliage and the house belle blush.


2. Cut the tissue paper into small random shaped squares. Apply the squares to the house with Mod Podge. Add the cream to the roof, the peach to the house and the green to the base. Topcoat with a layer of Mod Podge. Add additional layers of tissue if needed. Allow for dry time between layers.

3. Cut the decorative paper into a rounded door shape. Mod Podge to the front of the house.

4. Using a toothpick, add sparkle Texture Paint to the roof and base of the house. Poke the ends of the snowflakes into the Texture paint. Allow to dry.

5. Hot glue a rhinestone for a door handle and a ribbon embellishment to the top of the house.

6. Hot glue the two wreaths together. Glue and wrap the tinsel around the wreath base. Hot glue small ornaments into the tinsel and a flower into the corner. Attach the house to the center of the wreath with Hot glue.

 
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