Spring Chickadee

I think it’s pretty safe to say that we’re all ready for Spring, 

so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make something fun and “springy”

 with the beautiful Prism Collection by 

BASIC GREY

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  I often use chipboard album pages to create things other-than albums. 

For this project I have taken a 6″X6″ decorative piece of chipboard and transformed it 

into this adorable “Happy Spring” chick wall/door hanging.

First, I traced the shape onto a sheet of the yellow patterned Prism paper and then cut out. 

 The edges were distressed in a walnut ink. Two 1.5″ circles were punched from a 

sheet of pink 6X6 paper and then attached in place of the cheeks.

The beak was made from two 1.5″ squares of orange paper that were glued 

 together and then folded in half at an angle.  Just the bottom portion of the beak

 was glued to the center of the cheeks.  For the wings, I die-cut a roof shape from

 a piece of chipboard and then layered it with a piece of matching yellow paper. 

 The roof was cut in half and inked around the edges.

 Next, all of the pieces were glued to their matching chipboard pieces and assembled. 

 A banner die was used and the chipboard alphas from the collection were used

 to spell out “spring”.

Small holes were punched along the tops of each banner and a piece of white twine

 was stitched through so that the banner pieces could hang in a row.  To the top, two holes

 were also punched and a strand of rustic wire was threaded through to create a hanger.
 

Products:
Prism Collection:
PSM4828 6X6 Paper Pad
PSM4829 Element Stickers
PSM4832 Die Cuts & Transparencies
PSM4833 Chipboard Shapes
BAS4483 Candy Buttons- Coral/Grass
BAS4334 Candy Buttons- Black/White