Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Valentine's Day Tissue Paper Heart
How cute is this heart? I was a huge fan of it when I saw the tissue heart garland on The Sunny Side Up blog. I decided to use this as my inspiration to make one large heart to go over my mantel. This is going to be the centerpiece of my Valentine's Day mantel, which I'll be unveiling in early February.
This project is simple and easy to do, but it is a little slow. The heart took me about 2 1/2 hours to complete, but I was able to do it while catching up on Once Upon a Time. Definitely have something good to watch on TV!
Materials and supplies
- Cardstock
- Pencil
- Elmer's glue
- Scissors
- Tissue paper
How to make this
1. Draw a heart on the cardstock in the size of your choice. I freehanded mine.
2. Cut out the heart.
3. Cut strips of tissue paper. I cut them about 1/2 inches wide.
4. Cut the strips into squares or rectangles. Try to keep them fairly uniform. The larger your squares, the more the tissue paper will stick out.
5. Lay out your heart, tissue paper, and glue. Get comfortable.
6. Take your first strip of tissue paper. Put your pencil eraser in the center of the tissue paper, and wrap the tissue paper around it.
7. Put a dab of glue on the tissue paper, rub off any excess. You need just enough so it will stick to the heart, but not so much that the tissue paper gets too wet or starts to stick to the eraser.
8. Outline the heart with the tissue paper.
9. Continue until you have finished outlining the heart, then start filling it in.
10. Fill in the entire heart. I then added a small loop of ribbon to the back to hang it.
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It's pretty and unique. Nice to meet you, Missy. I would like to invite to join my Valentine's Give-away. I hope to see you there. I found you btw at GGP blog hop. here's the link to the give away.
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Hi that such a wicked idea!! I should do something like that for my hubby.
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what a neat idea! this would be great for the kiddos too in pre-k class. looks great! my blog: http://myeloquentrambles.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteReally pretty!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I remember doing this when I was a kid!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun idea for kiddos to help with! Thanks for sharing at Shine on Fridays!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! I may help my grandchildren make smaller ones for Valentines
ReplyDeleteDay. Thanks for joining the Open House party.
xx, Sherry
This is amazing!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove your heart wreath! So cute. Just pinned from Pinterest Tuesday! Love your blog, too! Your newest follower. I have a linky party I would love for you to share at. :)
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This is super adorable - I love it!
ReplyDeleteVERY cute! I love it and think it's a really cool decoration.
ReplyDeletethis was m'favorite craft in grade school! thanks for bringing back a sweet memory!
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smiles to you, lovely blogger.
michele
That look cool! I'm in search of a craft to do with my class for valentines day but I don't think the 5 years olds would have the patience for this one!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! Thanks for sharing the tutorial and for joining us at Transformed Tuesday. I'm a new follower. Hugs, Peggy
ReplyDeleteLooks like ruffles!
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