I love America.......
and I love these helvetica letter cutters......
so it made sense to combine them together. :)
There are several ways to get a wood grain effect.
I've done the wet-on-wet technique and then added lines with food color markers in the past.
This time I painted on the wood grain effects.
Outline and flood with brown 10-second glaze.
Dry overnight.
Combine food color gels (gold, brown, white) to get varying shades of brown.
Paint on wood grain marks on the letters.
make some clay buttons in red, white (or beige), and blue colors.
Instructions on making clay molds is here.
Gently press the buttons onto the letter cookies in a random pattern.
If desired, add stitch marks between button holes.
Happy Birthday America 2014 Cookie Collection