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Northwoods Shelf Project
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Materials Needed

Accu-Cut® Materials Needed:
Accu-Cut® MARK IV™ Roller Die Cutting Machine
Accu-Cut® Dies:
Moose #1A - Large #M1311L
Tree #1A - Small #T1292S
Tree #1A - Large #T1292L
Bear #3 - Small #B1384S
Bear #3 - Large #B1384L

Materials for Optional Basket:
2 - Lara's Crafts Wood Fish #U11108
1 - Lara's Crafts Wood Sign #L20003
Small Basket
8" piece of 1/4" dowel
Floral Foam
DecoArt® Americana™ Acrylic Paints:
Buttermilk
Forest Green
Shading Flesh
DecoArt® Weathered Wood™
Ivy Greenery
Lo-Temp Glue Gun and Glue

Other Materials Needed for Shelf:
Rustic Relics Multi-Media Shelf #6606 from Lara's Crafts
1/4 yd. each of four coordinating green print fabrics
1/8 yd. of three different brown fabrics
HeatnBond® Iron-On Fusible Adhesive
DecoArt® Americana™ Acrylic Paint:
Salem Blue
Titanium White
Raw Sienna
Hauser Medium Green
1" flat paintbrush
ZIG® .05 Black Millennium™ Pen
ZIG® Chisel Tip Black Woodcraft™ Marker
Light Oak Water Based Wood Stain
Small Sponge
Cotton Cloth
White paper
Household Iron
Project Instructions
Shelf Instructions:
  1. Remove birch insert from shelf.   Following the manufacturer's instructions for use, apply stain to the shelf.   Let stain dry thoroughly.  Paint sky area of the birch insert Salem Blue and the ground area Raw Sienna.  Sponge titanium White clouds on the sky.  Drybrush Hauser Medium Green on the ground area.
  2. Iron HeatnBond to the wrong side of the fabrics.  Using the Accu-Cut small and large Tree #1A dies, cut a variety of Green fabric trees.
  3. Using the small and large Bear #3 dies, cut one bear each from two different Brown fabrics.  Use the Moose #1A die to cut a moose from the remaining Brown fabric.  Dot the eyes of the bears and the moose with the Black Millenium pen.
  4. Peel the protective paper backing from the fabric shapes.  Using the photo as a guide, arrange the shapes on the birch insert.  Overlap and stagger the shapes to create dimension.  Place White paper over the shapes, then iron them in place with a medium hot iron.  Replace the birch insert in the shelf.

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Basket Instructions:
  1. Paint both fish Buttermilk.   Float the upper part of the fish with Forest Green and the lower part with Shading Flesh.  When fish are dry, dot the eyes and draw scales with the Black Millenium pen.
  2. Paint the sign Forest Green, let dry.  Paint Weathered Wood on the sign, let dry.  Paint a coat of Buttermilk over the Weathered Wood.  Let dry.
  3. After the sign is completely dry, write the saying with the Black Woodcraft Marker.
  4. Glue the fish to the basket front.   Tie a jute bow and glue it to the basket rim between the fish.  Glue a piece of floral foam in the basket.  Arrange ivy greenery in the foam.  Glue the sign to the dowel then insert the bottom of the dowel into the foam.