Printed & Stuffed Valentine Hearts

I'm experimenting with you today to see if something I hoped would work did and I'm happy to say it worked! 

I took a chance and printed hearts out on canvas to create adorable heart ornaments with my printer. 💘

The ornaments are adorable for Valentine's Day and can fill a bowl or decorate a gift! 

Take a look...

I began with a package of canvas sheets that I got at a garage sale at one time. Amazon has something similar but you can also buy a pad of canvas sheets at the craft store, you may have to cut them to printer paper size.  

While you're reading through this post please visit the bold blue links for the products I used and links to related Homeroad projects. The READ NOW section will take you to bonus projects too! 

I used PicMonkey, the site I use to edit my photos for Homeroad. They have many different options to create, including a free version. 

I found hearts I liked in the graphics section and created a sheet of them using a blank page. 

Here are the ones I printed:

I made a sheet of smaller hearts and one of a larger heart. 

I'm using an Epson Eco Tank Printer. If you spend a lot of money on ink for your printer you're going to want to switch to this one. During the lock down I was teaching a pod and I was spending a ton of money on ink! Until I bought this printer that is. It comes with a years worth of ink and the compatible replacement ink I use is inexpensive and lasts forever! I print all the time and hardly ever have to fill it up. 

Anyway... Once my hearts were printed I cut them out and put them back to back. Printed sides out. You will want to choose a symmetrical heart like these so the will go back to back. 

I hot glued a string between the layers at the top of the smaller hearts then went around the edges with my glue gun to attach them. If you are making bowl fillers, you can leave off the string. 

I added a gingham ribbon to the top of the larger stuffed heart. 

I left a small opening and added a cotton ball to the inside then closed it up with hot glue. You don't want to use more than a cotton ball size of stuffing, it is just to give it a little bit of poof. 

Lastly, I cut around the edges of the hearts with decorative scissors or pinking shears to give it a cute scalloped look. 

I also printed out tags that I created in Pic Monkey and cut them out as well. I punched a hole in one side of the tag and slid it onto the heart string. 

These are great little accents to a Valentine's Day gift or to hang on a wreath, fill a bowl, or just hang around the house. Maybe even a garland. You may know how much I love to make garlands! 

READ MORE: VALENTINE PROJECTS

So this cute little project took no time and looks adorable. I'm so glad my experiment worked so well and I hope you'll give it a try! 

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