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Faux Mosaic Birdhouse
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Make this fun birdhouse for your home with the Faux Mosaic Kit!

Created by Jen Starr

Materials List -
Faux Mosaic™ Kit
Inkssentials™ Cut n’ Dry™ Foam
Inkssentials™ Heatit™ Craft Tool
Adirondack® Acrylic Paint Dabbers - Pool and Willow
Perfect Brushes
• Wooden Birdhouse, A.C. Moore, acmoore.com
• Patterned Paper, “Jen Starr for Zsiage”, Starry Night and Frosted Daisies, Zsiage, zsiage.com

 

Instructions  

(1) Paint all portions on the birdhouse that will NOT have grout with the Pool Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber (indented areas of roof, perch, and edges).

(2) Paint the Faux Mosaic Grout around the body of the birdhouse as well as the tops of the “shingles” on the roof.  Let dry completely.

(3) Cut out several daisies from the Zsiage Frosted Daisies Paper.  Swipe the Pool Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber around the edges to make each flower stand out.

(4) Cut or punch out several circles from the Zsiage Starry Night paper.

(5) When the grout has dried, apply a small amount of Pool and Willow paint next to each other on a square of Cut n’ Dry Foam and dab it on the grout to add some color variations.  On the roof of the birdhouse, more Willow paint was used for a lighter effect.

(6) Paint the Faux Mosaic Glue on the back of each circle and place next to each other around the hole in the center of the birdhouse; glue over the top of each circle as you would with decoupage.

(7) Paint the Glue on the back of each flower and adhere in a random pattern around the center of the birdhouse, followed by Glue on the top and let dry. 

(8) Finally, apply the Glaze to each piece of paper on the birdhouse. Note: the round shape of the birdhouse is a challenge.  To avoid the glaze dripping, apply the glaze in sections and rotate as each section dries to apply more.

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