Valentine Shadow Box

Well, the New Year is off to a good start and it will soon be Valentine’s Day!

 Do you celebrate and/or decorate for Valentine’s Day?

 I don’t really go “all out” for it, but I do like to create Valentine projects. 

Hey there! 

Today I'm sharing a Valentine Shadow Box project for CutCardStock.

Creating a Base

A 12 x 12 inch piece of Cougar White Card Stock will serve as the base. 

I also am using DCS Discount Card Stock: Pastel Pink Card Stock, DCS Discount Card Stock: Pearlized Textured Fruit Punch Pink, DCS Discount Card Stock: Amaranth Pink and Basis Burgundy Card Stock.

Draw a heart shape in the center of the 12 x 12 inch piece of Cougar White Card Stock. You can freehand the heart or use a template. I am using a chipboard heart which I am tracing. The heart shape is a guideline for the overall design.

Heart Pieces 

Cut various sizes of hearts out of the pink and burgundy card stocks. I cut mine with dies in four sizes. You can hand cut, use dies or cut files for them.

Score each heart down the center vertically.

Creating the Design

Start adding the hearts to the base inside the center of the heart tracing with your preferred adhesive. I am using a low temp glue gun and running the glue down the fold on the backside of the hearts.

Continue adding hearts by layering and varying the sizes and directions to best fit within the base heart shape. There is really no rhyme or reason to this. Just go with what you feel works.

Fill in the entire heart. Adding the smallest of the hearts randomly completes the design.

Finishing

All that’s left is to add the project to a shadow box.

Thanks for taking a look at my Valentine Shadow Box project. I am so happy with it and even though I call it a Valentine project, it is a great home decor project to display year round.

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