Bird punch robin ( 2 step bird punch )

So to start you need two birds one red and one brown.. robin's are naturally a little bit more rust coloured than red but red shows up well in the photo's so make sure you have one full punch of the bird in brown and one bird body in red.

i wanted the branch to look a bit more wintery so i trimmed the leaves so they looked like twigs,

using a post it note to hold your red bird slide the red card back into the bird punch, i did mine the right way up so the top of the head is up as above,  I like my robins to have big red tummies!

I used a sponge dauber with white craft ink around the edges of the birds tummy and adhere to the bird,

The wing gets added as above you may also like to use a dauber with some chocolate ink around the wing edges too,

 

and don't forget his eye.. i used the paper piercer to make an eye..

so thats how i made my robin... really simple. have fun with your punches!

Abi

Sneaky peak 2 step bird punch flower

You will need: the two step bird punch ( available in the new uk mini from april 1st) red and green card stock, post it notes and a two way glue pen

First punch out one hole punch from the green card stock and one from the red,

next using the green bird attach the piece to a post it note so it's easier for you to feed the card back into the punch,

feed the tail of the bird into the part of the punch which usually makes the wing so as to round off the end,

you will need these three pieces that you have punched,  the red wing the green tail and the branch,

next layer the green tail onto the red wing then add this to the branch, you've just created a rose bud!

Thanks for stopping by!  If you use my tutorial make sure you link back to me and leave a comment so I can check it out!

Abi

Punch pals tutorials

I've been asked a few times for tutorials for a few of the punch card toppers that i have made so here is the first of the pdf instructions for them including the bears and dinosaur.

Click here for the pdf