Power Of Love

Hi Guys!  

Valentines Day is right around the corner, and with all the expensive gifts and dinners, I thought I would post about a wonderful alternative, and heartfelt valentine DIY!

It's cheap and affordable for your wallet so you can actually put your money towards a special treat for yourself or your loved ones!

Alrighty So here are the supplies you'll need:

♥ Cardstock Paper: You can find all kinds of these papers in many styles at Micheals!

♥ Frosted Paper:  Also can be found in the paper isle at Micheals!

♥ Ribbon: 1/3 Inch size is Best for this size Valentine, but you can go larger to fit your Valentine!

♥ Hole Punch: for this project I used a heart shaped hole punch, but you can use a regular one or make your own

♥ Paper Punch: For this i used a heart shaped one, but you can print a heart template and cut you preference!

♥ Envelopes: For obvious reasons ( >u0 )Y

Next, using your paper punch, or heart template, cut out or trace and cut your desired design from your chosen cardstock!

For this project, I chose a cute pin stripe in pink!

Look how cute it's already starting to look! ^^

Make sure if you have a specific patterned paper, that you cut along the way you want the pattern to be displayed on your card, or it can wind up looking funny!

(I actually as you can see in the previous picture cut the first heart horizontal instead of vertical sooo00 lmao'''')

Great!

Now that you've gotten your cardstock cut, now you need to cut your frosted paper!

For this project i chose a light rosy color to compliment the look of my cardstock, but you can choose any of the several other designs and colors available in store!

Once you have all of your desired cards cut out, it's time to pull out that hole punch!

For mine I had a heart shaped holepunch so that's what I will be using, but you can use a regular hole punch, or even cut out your own shapes using an  exacto knife or scissors carefully!

♥And wah la!♥

♥HEARTS!♥

To help make sure they are lined up properly I would recommend you try to layer the two papers and cut them together, but you don't have to do this!

Next,  place the frosted paper ontop of your cardstock paper and line them up!

At this time you'll want to pull out your ribbon, and cut up some strips!

I personally like to cut them a tad bit longer since I like to fiddle with the bow a bit until i get it perfect, and if you cut the ribbon too short, this will be pretty difficult!

Once you've cut your strips, it's time to lace the ribbon through each side of the holes!

This will secure the two papers together, as well as looking super cute!

Next tie the ribbon ONCE into a knot.

This secures the ribbon and will help to keep the bow secure and also even and not lopsided!

Once you've done that you can go ahead and tie your bow!

For best results, you'll want to use a bowtie technique for this but you can tie a regular shoelace bow, you just will have to fiddle with the bow a bit to get it to sit straight!

And you're done!

This is a very cheap, easy, alternative valentine that any one can love!

Also it leaves flexibility for you to customize it to any kind of possibility or design you'd want!

You can then write a note on the cardstock, frosted paper, or, if you prefer to print something, you can run the cardstock or frosted paper through your printer first before cutting out your cards!

For the sake of time (and the fact i do not own a printer lol) I left mine blank for now!

Finally you can package them up into a little envelope and hand them out to your loved ones!

All together this project costs under 5$ (excluding the paper punches)

All craft supplies can be purchased or found online and instores for your local Micheals craftstore!

Thanks for reading and hope you all have a lovely time!