This welcoming wreath makes a great accent to your front door or entryway. Easy to make and only a few supplies needed!

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What you need

wooden birdhouse wreath
wooden heart
acrylic paint in antique white and several contrasting country colors of your choice
crackle medium
black craft pen
material scrap
jute
2 thumbtacks
white craft glue (Tacky glue)
raffia
8 buttons
matte finish sealer spray


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What you do

Basecoat the wooden heart with country blue and the birdhouses with several different country colors. Let dry completely. Apply crackle medium according to directions (to the front of the heart only), a medium coat works well. Apply crackle to the front of the birdhouses, but not the roofs. Allow it to dry for 15-25 minutes, until tacky but not completely dry. Next apply a medium coat of antique white over the crackle, do not excessively brush! One or two strokes is enough. Let dry, crackle will begin to work within minutes. While that dries, paint the wreath backing with light brown. Dry brush a few random streaks of antique white over the light brown.

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