DIY Valentine's Day Cards

DIY Valentine's Day Cards

Posted by DecoArt on Jan 11th 2016

This "wise" greeting card will delight your sweetheart on Valentine's Day.

SUPPLIES

  • water container
  • palette or plastic plate
  • tracing paper
  • transfer paper
  • scissors
  • pencil
  • liner brush
  • #8 round brush
  • button
  • cardstock
  • black pen

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Trace the heart pattern onto the aqua or pink cardstock with a pencil and the tracing and transfer papers; cut out with scissors. Use a liner brush to paint dotted line around the right side of the heart in Snow White.
  2. Instruction #1
  3. Trace the wing pattern with a pencil and the tracing and transfer papers onto a lighter color cardstock (light aqua or light pink). Use scissors to cut out.
  4. Instruction #2
  5. Trace the face pattern with a pencil and the tracing and transfer papers onto a lighter color cardstock (light aqua or light pink). Use scissors to cut out. Use a #8 round brush to paint the face in Snow White.
  6. Instruction #3
  7. Use craft glue to adhere the wing and face to the front of the card. Use a liner brush to paint the beak and dotted lines around the wing and face in Cinnamon Drop. Use a #8 round brush and Snow White to paint heart accents on chest.
  8. Instruction #4
  9. Open the card and use a liner brush to paint a dotted line around the perimeter in Snow White. Add a handwritten greeting with a black pen.
  10. Instruction #5
  11. Close the card and use craft glue to adhere the eyes (buttons). (Refer to photo for placement.)
  12. Instruction #6

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