Springtime aDoorable
Designed and Decorated by Jean Kievlan

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 Materials Needed

Wood pieces from Lara's Crafts
(1) LAH200 - aDoorable with Arch
(1) L20002 - Fence 4-1/4" x 5-1/4"
(2) U11055 - Split Flowerpot 1-9/16"
(1) U11088 - Bird, Dove 1" x 1-1/4"
(3) U10006 - Beads 20mm
Pallet: Deco Art / Americana
Blue Chiffon
Ice Blue
Sapphire
Titanium White
Buttermilk
Terra Cotta
True Red
Hauser Medium Green
Spice Pink
Cadmium Yellow
Raspberry
Silver Sage Green
Other Supplies:
Loew-Cornell® Comfort Handle™Paintbrush,
3/4" Wash-#3550
Loew-Cornell® Bush Tub II
Spanish Moss
9 Mini Pink Silk Flowers
9 Mini Green Silk Ivy Leaves
Dried German Statice
Black Fine Tip Marker
Pink Powder Blush
3" x 4" Piece of Warm & Natural Batting
Tacky Glue
3 Toothpicks
Lo-Temp Glue Gun and Glue
Heavy Duty Scissors
INSTRUCTIONS:
For best results, please read all instructions before beginning project.  Refer to photo for color and design placement.
aDoorable - Blue Chiffon. Refer to photo for placement, then wash three cloud areas with Titanium White. Add Titanium White shading to the edges and inside areas of the cloud to create "puffs. "Shade around the edges of the aDoorable and the clouds with Sapphire. Paint the bottom 1 1/4" of the aDoorable Hauser Medium Green.
Fence - Using heavy-duty scissors, cut the fence to fit across the aDoorable. Paint the fence Titanium White. Shade the edges and grain lines with Ice Blue.
Flowerpots - Terra Cotta.
Bird - Paint the chest Spice Pink. Shade the bottom edge with True Red. Paint the remainder of the bird Sapphire. Highlight the bird's wing, tail feathers and top of head with Titanium White. Paint the beak Cadmium Yellow. Dot the eye with Titanium White.
Beads (Bunny Heads) -Buttermilk. Glue a toothpick inside each bead hole. Dot the bunnies' noses with Raspberry. Draw the eyes, eyebrows and mouth line on each bunny head with the Black marker, then rub the cheeks with Pink powder blush.

ASSEMBLY:
1.   Using Tacky glue, glue the fence across the bottom of the aDoorable. Turn a pot upside down, then glue it over the top right picket of the fence. Glue the remaining pot at the bottom left of the fence.
2.   Cut ears for each bunny from batting. Rub the center of the ears with Pink powder blush. Apply a drop of glue in the bead hole, then push the center of the ears into the hole. Hint: Use a toothpick or the point of scissors to push the center of the ears into the hole.
3.   Glue Spanish moss into the pot. Glue sprigs of German statice and the bunny heads in the moss.
4.   Glue moss at the top of the upside down flowerpot and at the bottom right corner of the aDoorable. Glue the bird at the top of the flowerpot.
5. Refer to photo for placement, then glue a flower and two leaves to the moss near the bird. Glue a couple of flowers and leaves to the moss at the bottom of the aDoorable. Glue the remaining leaves and flowers with the bunny heads in the pot.