Guest Blogger: Dream Team Member Cindy Tobey
04/09/2010 at 5:00 am | Posted in fonts, guest blogger, How-Tos, product, technique | 16 CommentsTags: bird nest, Cindy Tobey, CK, Creating Keepsakes, Creating Keepsakes magazine, font, fonts, Free Font Friday, free fonts, guest blogger, How-Tos, Paper flower, product, spring, technique
Hello! It’s Cindy Tobey here, a member of the 2010 Creating Keepsakes Dream Team. Don’t you just love spring? I sure do! There are tiny buds forming and starting to bloom, bunnies are hopping from yard to yard, and my favorite, the chatter of birds outside. I’ve stopped by today to share a layout and spring themed accent that I hope you’ll enjoy!
Handmade paper flowers are all the rage right now, and I’ve used the same technique used to make spiral flowers to create a sweet little bird’s nest for my page below.
Climb by Cindy Tobey. Supplies: Patterned paper: American Crafts, Cosmo Cricket, Crate Paper, Hambly, Jenni Bowlin Studio, Jillibean Soup, and My Mind’s Eye; Stickers and paper border srtip: Doodlebug Design; Journal tag: Jillibean Soup; Ribbon: SEI; Felt: Prima; Leaves: Bazzill Basics Paper; Font: Century Gothic; Adhesive: Beacon and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Other: pom poms.
Step 1: Cut a 4″ circle from patterned paper. With a pencil, sketch a spiral onto the back of the circle. Cut along the sketched line.
Step 2: Roll the paper to form a nest shape, securing with adhesive in just two or three spots as you go.
Step 3: Use liquid glue along the bottom edge of the spiral to secure it to the base. Note: The base is the center of the paper circle that you cut into a spiral.
Step 4: When the glue is dry, take the palm of your hand and push down on the nest gently, to slightly flatten it. Work the edges of the nest with your fingers to get the desired shape.
Step 5: Finally, glue pom poms into the bottom of nest.
Tip: Use whatever you have on hand for the bird eggs. Buttons or beads would work great too! You could even add dots with a marker to buttons or beads for speckled eggs!
I hope you’ve enjoyed learning this technique and will give it a try! Thanks for reading, and happy spring!
Cindy
P.S. Don’t forget to download today’s font as part of Free Font Friday! This weeks’ font is CK Weez. Download it today at Creating Keepsakes.
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Aww…this is SO CUTE, Cindy!!!
Comment by Mou— 04/09/2010 #
Darling!!
B-
Comment by Becky Olsen— 04/09/2010 #
Cindy your little nest & tree are amazing! Great page as usual!
Comment by Kim Watson— 04/09/2010 #
I love the layout Cindy!!! Great ideas.
Comment by Jenny Kolenda— 04/09/2010 #
That nest is adorable. And the pompoms for the eggs. I do admire your creativity. Love the LO.
Comment by Gloria Martens— 04/09/2010 #
I just adore this. The nest and eggs are perfect touches!
Comment by Anabelle O'Malley— 04/09/2010 #
That is very cute! Very Creative!
Comment by heather garl— 04/09/2010 #
You are so creative, cindy! Fab idea and awesome layout!!
Comment by Staci Taylor— 04/09/2010 #
Beautiful LO & the nest is such a sweet idea!
Comment by Lynn— 04/09/2010 #
cute, cute, cute!
Comment by charli— 04/09/2010 #
What a creative, neat, and easy way to make a nest!! Unlimited ideas for eggs it seems!! Thanks again!
Comment by Saleena scrapping in AK— 04/09/2010 #
Love the nest. Such a great idea.
Comment by Laina Lamb— 04/09/2010 #
what a cute little bird’s nest!! always love your creativity! XO
danielle
Comment by Danielle— 04/10/2010 #
this layout is so cute cindy! love the idea of using the flower technique to make a nest … and those blue pompom eggs are the perfect touch!
Comment by laura vegas— 04/10/2010 #
very cute nest
Comment by Haidee— 04/10/2010 #
Love the nest. Also love the different patterned greens for the leaves. Very cool.
Comment by Samantha— 04/12/2010 #