I made this adorable (at least I think so) Happy Spring decoration for my kitchen door. I used an 8x8 piece of chipboard and covered it with Dear Lizzy for American Crafts patterned paper. I love the little chick on there with all the eggs and thought it was a perfect fit for my project. I used my ATG to adhere it on although I did think of using Mod Podge but I am too impatient to wait for it to dry :-).
I cut a thin strip of green cardstock and used a pair of micro tip scissors to cut blades of grass. I used my corner rounder on the bottom corners and adhere the strip along the bottom edge. Finally, I ran my fingers along the edge to give the grass some lift.
I used the Create A Critter cartridge and cut out the chick, egg and tulips. I cut everything from Bazzill Basics cardstock except for my egg which is white cardstock from Xerox. I lightly inked the edges of the egg with Close to Cocoa ink from Stampin' Up! to help it stand out a little against the background. For the chick's tummy I used some yellow tinsel trim by Webster's Pages. I covered the surface in adhesive and then pressed the tinsel down with my finger.
I adhered down the chick, top of the egg and larger tulip using my ATG. I used Zots dots behind the bottom of the egg and small tulip to lift them off the background. Finally, I used Puffy Thickers to add "Happy Spring" across the top and a piece of yellow raffia as a hanger.
Here is a little tip that I have for hiding your hooks. Since we rent our home and the houses built here in Germany usually have concrete walls I use 3M Command Hooks all over our home for just about everything. I love that I can remove them quickly and easily without damaging the walls. However, I find the hook and strip of adhesive rather ugly to look at so I try to cover it up as best as I can. In this case, I used a cute blue flower that I printed off and used a bit of tape (hot glue works too) to stick the flower onto the hook. If you look back in the first photo you will see that the flower covers the hook and looks like it is part of my design!
If you leave me a comment I will enter you in a drawing for some German chocolate and gummi bears. Winners will be selected Monday morning and posted here.
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