Stan and I usually don’t get too carried away with Valentine’s Day. This year, we’re just happy we have an apartment! But, I thought it would be cute if we made each other Valentines and Stan had the idea of layering hearts. Here’s our diy:
What You’ll Need:
- pieces of different colored {and patterned} papers
- a few sheets of card stock {heavy-weight papers}
- scissors
- glue stick
- tape
- pencil
- razor {or an x-acto knife, if you have one!}
- cardboard
As you can see from the images above, when Stan said “layers,” we had two different visions of layers. His were inverted and mine were built on top of the card stock. Mine is probably the easier way, but his is, admittedly, way cooler. To do my layers, all you have to do is keep cutting smaller and smaller hearts out of your different papers, then stack them on top of one another and use the glue stick to stick each layer together and then onto the card stock. Stan’s is a bit more involved.
Creating “Inverted” Layers:
1. Place your card stock {which you’ll fold into your finished card} on the cardboard and cut a heart {or 2 or 3 or more} into it with your razor or x-acto knife. Please be careful! Don’t cut your fingers!
2. Tape a piece of colorful/patterned paper inside of your card, covering the heart{s}, so that when you flip it over, it looks like the right-most image above.
3. Cut a heart into the paper you just covered your holey heart with {in Stan’s case, the red paper} and cover this new heart hole with a different sheet of colored paper.
4. Repeat #3 until you have as many layers as you’d like, although I recommend not doing more than 4-5 because after this many layers it gets hard to do step #5 {Stan also added another heart in step #4}:
5. Use a glue stick to paste another sheet of card stock on the inside of your card so that it covers up your layers. It also adds a nice layer to the card itself. Stan recommends putting your card underneath a pile of books so that the glue adheres better.
Hope everyone has a nice Valentine’s Day!
P.S. There are still plenty of my Sweet Heart Valentine cupcake soaps {below} left in the Cupcake Soap Shoppe! If you order by Friday at 7am {EST}, The United States Postal Service guarantees delivery by Monday {Valentine’s Day}. I won’t be making a trip to the post office later in the day, so orders must be placed by 7am.
