Friday, January 30, 2009

A Craft You'll Love

Let's make a sweet little decoration
for Sweetheart's day!

First, gather your supplies. You will need:
Scrapbook Paper
Scissors and Glue
Ribbon
Paint

A Glitter Heart
(Package purchased at WM for $1.50, but you could easily make your own)
Artist Canvas (You can find these in any craft store. These were purchased at WM, 3/$2.50 for 8x10 size. They can be also found in 7x9 sizes at the dollar store 2/$1.)Next, mark and drill two holes on one side of all three canvas panels. Then on one canvas, drill two more holes on the opposite side. If you don't own a drill, you could easily make the holes using a hammer and nail to punch through the canvas.Paint the two canvases with two holes. I used spray paint, but any craft paint will do. Or you could cover them with scrapbook paper.Cover the canvas with the four holes with scrapbook paper.
Glue on a large glitter heart.
Cut two large I's and two large U's out of coordinating paper. Stagger the two pieces for a shadow effect and glue them onto the painted canvases.String ribbon through the holes in the canvases to tie all three together.And there you have a sweet, and fairly easy, Valentine's Day decoration!

I love a craft that
you can personalize to your own taste!
You could connect the canvases horizontally to have a bigger area for words, instead of letters. You might choose: Be Mine, Happy Valentine's Day, Hugs & Kisses, to name a few. If you have a passion for scrapbooking, you might want to get more decorative.

If I've inspired you to make this sweet little craft,
I'd love to see yours!

33 comments:

  1. Oh that is cute and easy! :) See this is why i love blogging. The ideas out there are endless!

    I finally finished my door for my TV hutch thanks so much for the inspiration. I got the light bulb moment while looking at all your door projects. I love them!! ;) So Thanks JOY!!

    rachel

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  2. Super cute!! I may have to do something like this for my family. Thanks for the idea.

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  3. SO cute like always!!! These would make such cute little gifts too!

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  4. Very cute! Don't you love Valentine's decorations?

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  5. That's cute! I had those types of canvases and am wondering where they are... must go organize!

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  6. How clever, I LOVE it!
    Smiles,
    Carol

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  7. Those turned out so CUTE!! Thanks again Joy!♥

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  8. I tell Ro at A Hint of Home, this blogging could be the death of me...either the body or the money - I don't which will go first!
    I love that and I want to do it!!! See what I mean???

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  9. Those turned out cute! Valentine crafts are fun!

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  10. That was nice and easy! Maybe next week I'll gather the grand kids and we'll make one for their Mom & Dad. Thanks for the idea. Sally

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  11. Joy, this is adorable! You're almost making me wish I didn't boycott Walmart, too--people keep finding such great stuff there. Luckily we do have a Dollar Tree store not too far away, so I can always find some of this stuff there.

    Love this one!

    ~ Sarah

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  12. They turned out so cute. I love the paper you used. Mimi

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  13. I love a cheap and quick craft!! I have a fun one on my blog too. Happy Valentines Day!

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  14. Love this! Thanks for the inspiration! Now I know what I can do for a special card for the grandkids for Valentines day! Cindy

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  15. If you used a template for the letters, where did it come from?

    I'm going to make your monogram letter plaque soon. : )

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  16. Very Cute. I am finally getting into the Valentine spirit myself!!!

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  17. Cute sweet and easy. Valentines day is such a quicky that I love these kind of crafts to decorate with. Big bang with not a lot of time invested. Thanks for sharing, Pam

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  18. Love the tutorial with pictures! Even this Lazy Mom has the energy for that!
    http://www.lazymoms.com

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  19. Didn't read all the comments, perhaps someone already said this, but you could put the letter and heart going the other direction, make the ribbons a little looser, and hang these vertically on a wall. Love this idea. You're a genius!

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  20. Joy this is adorable. I love easy Valentine decor and this is it. Plus it is way too cute! Thanks.
    Debbie

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  21. How cute! What a great idea! Thanks so much for the tutorial and for thinking it up!

    Jen

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  22. Very cute decorations.....that would have been fun to hang out and create those things with you....next time let's have a little creating party! :)

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  23. What a cute idea. How do you come up with all of your ideas?

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  24. This is soooo cute, thanks for the instructions!

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  25. seriously! Could you be any more creative?! My word!!!!

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  26. Even more goodies for me to make!

    I posted pictures of my version of your monogram plaque, the fork easel, and bent spoon hooks on my blog.

    Can't wait to try this.

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  27. Wow, you are just a wealth of amazingly creative ideas! I love it, I'll be linking.

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  28. WoW You just keep turnin out the cutness girl! Thanks for sharing!~Smiles~Tam!

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  29. I did this. How do I show you? Do I just put it on my blog? Of course I did it for Valentines Day. I was just winding through your blog a g a i n... You have a wonderfully inspiring blog. THANKS

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