Angry Birds Card Tutorial...Red Bird

Who doesn't love Angry Birds?  I saw this card, and with the help of my Cricut and a few basic cartridges, I made my own versions of Red Bird, Yellow Bird, and Large Pig.  (Yes, those are their real names...thank you Google.)   

What you will need: 

1 blank notecard 5x7 

hemp or twine...I used hemp

stamp pad to ink edges

glue gun and glue

gluestick

                                  

Cardstock

green                         white

sky blue                     black

brown                        light orange or peach

red                             tan

Cricut cartridges: George and Basic Shapes

                                Cuttin' Up

                                ZooBalloo

Now that you have all of your materials, get cutting! 

Background

Use your paper cutter to cut out a 4 & 5/8 x 6 & 1/2 piece of sky blue paper

Grass

Cartridge: Zoo Balloo

Shape: Grass on the Lower/Layer Shadow setting (make sure you press that key on the keypad)

Size: 2 inches

Color: green

Amount: 2

If you don't have a cartridge with grass, you can always cut some out freehand.

Slingshot

Cartridge: Cuttin' Up

Shape: capital letter Y on the "shadow" setting

(Almost any uppercase Y would work if you don't have this cartridge.)

Size: 3 & 1/2 inch

Color: brown and I inked the edges with a brown ink pad

Amount: 1

Red Bird

The entire bird was made using the George and Basic Shapes cartridge

Body
Shape: Circle

Size: 3 inches

Color: red

Amount: 1

Belly

Shape: Circle

Size: 3 inches

Color: tan

Amount: 1

Eyes
Shape: Circle

Size: 3/4 inch

Color: white

Amount: 2  

Eyeballs
Shape: Circle

Size: 1/4 inch

Color: black 

Amount: 2

Eyebrows
Shape: Rectangle 4

Size: 3/4 inch

Color: black

Amount: 2

Hair
Shape: Shape 1

Size: 1 inch

Color: red

Amount: 2

More Hair
Shape: Shape 1

Size: 1 & 1/4 inch

Color: red

Amount: 1

Tail Feathers
Shape: Oval 2

Size: 1 & 1/4 inch

Color: black

Amount: 1

More Tail Feathers
Shape: Oval 2

Size: 1 inch

Color: black

Amount: 2

Top of Beak
Shape: Diamond

Size: 1 inch

Color: peach

Amount: 1

Bottom of Beak
Shape: Oval 2

Size: 1 & 1/4 inches

Color: light orange or peach 

Amount: 1

Putting the Card Together

When all of the shapes are cut out, some assembly is required.  :)

Body

Layer the tan circle over the red circle and get an idea of how wide you want the belly to be.

While they are still layered, flip them over and mark the width on the back.

Cut out the tan belly and glue it to the red circle.  Make sure you use it as a template before gluing if you are making more than one Red Bird.

Beak

To make the beak, layer the oval on top of the diamond and trim off the excess paper.

Hair

Put the bigger shape in the center and glue the smaller shapes on either side.

Tail Feathers

Place the bigger feather in the center and the smaller ones on either side, just like the hair.

Putting it all together!
Start from the bottom and work your way up.  I put the belly on first and then add the beak, layer the eyes, one slightly over the other, then add the eyeballs and eyebrows.

Finally, I add the hair and tail feathers. Now you've got yourself one angry bird.

Slingshot

Ink around the edge of the Y to give it a worn look.  Then, using hot glue, glue down the end of your hemp or twine and wrap it around one side of the Y four times.  Cut the hemp and glue the other end in place.  Repeat on the other side of the Y.

Place the bird inside the slingshot and measure around the bird from one side of the slingshot to the other.  Cut at the desired length (give yourself some extra length just in case) and then cut two more pieces the same length. 

Tie the three pieces in a knot and glue them to the back of the Y. On the Cuttin' Up font I glued them to the thinner side of the Y. 

Then put the bird back in the slingshot and pull the twine snugly around the bird. Measure and glue the remaining twine to the underside of the Y.

Glue your sky blue background onto your notecard and get ready to glue. It's almost finished!  Place the bird and the slingshot on the card so you'll know where to glue.

(If the bird's hair sticks up too high, he won't fit in an envelope.)

Trim the bottom of the slingshot and glue the grass over it.  Trim off the extra grass and you're done!

Glue Red Bird in and mission accomplished!

I recommend an Angry Birds assembly line for this project.  Cut out multiples of all the parts and make some extras.  Once you get all of the parts cut out, putting the cards together goes really fast.

Have fun!

Cindy Jane