DIY Valentine's Day Hearts

With Valentine's Day just around the corner we are going to show you how to make some beautiful hearts. These can be a lovely handmade gift for that someone special in your life. These are really easy and can be done in under an hour!

Air Dry Clay / Fimo

Heart Cutter

Rolling Pin

Drawing Pin

Foil

Oven

For Decoration you will need;

Lace Elements

Letter Stamps

Acrylic Paint

Paint Brush

Red Twine or Ribbon

Begin by rolling out the clay so the surface area is big enough to cut out the heart

Place the heart cutter in the middle of the clay and cut out the heart 

Place your pin at the top and wiggle around to make a hole big enough to push ribbon through

Use your found elements to create texture on your heart and use the letter stamps to spell out love, Valentine etc...

  Place on some foil and bake as per the instructions on your air-clay packet

If you want to paint your hearts we like to use acrylic paint and build up the colour, it gives a lovely water colour effect

Finish your hearts off with twine and ribbon, so it's ready to hang...

We hope you liked our tutorial, we find that these are really easy to make and can be

 a stunning handmade gift!

Valentine's Day

We all know the feeling of when you come to write in a card you've just bought and your mind goes blank, you knew what you were going to say and then in a blink of an eye it's gone. With Valentine's Day just around the corner we know you will all be sending a card to a certain loved one, a secret Valentine or that someone special in your life. We are here to help you with your creative writing needs!

Henries Award-winning Artisan Valentine's Day

In this guide Paper Rose and The Art Group are going to show you a few simple and easy tips to getting that Valentine's message just right. Whether your newly loved up, married, or have a secret admirer this guide will help you write the perfect Valentine's Day message. You've been out to the shop, bought the card now lets get writing...

Jenni Murphy Valentine's Day The Art Group

First off choose the right pen, we know we all love to write in a lovely Biro, it's quick easy and we always have one around. However this is Valentine's Day, the day of love, once a year you send a card to a loved one, lets make it special! Choose a pen that screams "I've thought hard about this" a pen that showcases your handwriting at its finest. A personal favourite here at Paper Rose and The Art Group are the Pilot V5 - Hi-Tecpoint, it's smooth easy to write with, and my personal favourite allows a left handed person to have gorgeous handwriting with out smudging!

Pilot V5 Hi-Tecpoint

Now you have "the pen" time for right message, wether this is your first Valentine's Day card to each other or you are a Veteran card sender there are so many ways to say "you're special" and "I love you" lets have a look at Paper Rose and The Art Groups top 10...

• "Happy Valentine's Day, Sweetheart."

• "I love you with all my heart, now and forever, Happy Valentine's Day."

• "With all my love on Valentine's Day and always."

• "My heart is filled with love for you."

• "I love you more than words can say, have a wonderful Valentine's Day."

• "You're so special to me in every way, With all my love on Valentine's Day."

• "My heart belongs to you always and forever."

• "In you my heart has found true happiness, with love always and forever."

• "Loving you more each and every day, My heart belongs to you, always and forever."

• "You're the only one for me, The one I'll love always and forever, Happy Valentine's Day."

Photographic Valentine's Day The Art Group

We hope you've found some inspiration in this blog post to help you write a wonderful Valentine's Day card.  

This blogpost was written by Paper Rose designer Sarah Tanser and features extracts and recommendations from the Paper Rose and The Art Group Studio team.