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How to make an upcycled valentine

Make an Upcycled Valentine

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here are all the goodies. You can buy Petaloo products at any online retailer! Just google em!

here are all the goodies. You can buy Petaloo products at any online retailer! Just google em!

Pick a piece of decorative paper and trace around the heart. Cut out with scissors

Pick a piece of decorative paper and trace around the heart. Cut out with scissors

swirl around a thin bit of elmers glue and stick down the heart

swirl around a thin bit of elmers glue and stick down the heart

I added some of Petaloos Crocheted Trims in cream to the sides but you can also measure and cut more paper for the edges

I added some of Petaloos Crocheted Trims in cream to the sides but you can also measure and cut more paper for the edges

Hot glue it down!

Hot glue it down!

Now hit the bottom "lip" of the heart with another Petaloo Trim

Now hit the bottom "lip" of the heart with another Petaloo Trim

Now for the fun part, decorate as you choose. First I inked the edges with a red Colorbox Cats eye.

Now for the fun part, decorate as you choose. First I inked the edges with a red Colorbox Cats eye.

Now I line up all my decor and get it just right before I glue down anything

Now I line up all my decor and get it just right before I glue down anything

Voila! I used Patloo Botanica flowers to decorate.

Voila! I used Patloo Botanica flowers to decorate.

  • drugstore candy heart box
  • decorative paper
  • Petaloo Trims
  • Petaloo Flowers
  • Elmers Glue
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Petaloo Vintage Dazzlers