Cardboard Valentine's Day Banner

You may have known this one was coming... it's getting close to time to decorate for Valentine's Day and you would think I'd have about a zillion options at this point but I don't. 

I'm going with simpler decorating, especially for holidays like Valentine's Day. 

Today I'm using cardboard again, everyone has cardboard, especially right after Christmas! 

So grab a box and a little paint and follow along!

Take a look! ...

I began with a box, actually the flaps from a box, didn't even need to cut up a whole box. I love using cardboard for my projects and I've been doing it for years! It's available and it is FREE!

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I cut a heart pattern from a folded piece of construction paper and traced 6 hearts onto the cardboard flaps.

Once they were all cut out, I used a fork to peel off just some of the paper from the cardboard letting parts of the corrugated cardboard show through. 

I was sure to pull off the cardboard in random places so no two were the same. 

Next, I mixed some pink paint. 

I am using Fusion Mineral Paint in Casement white and a tiny bit of Fort York Red. 

I mixed the paint as I went adding just a tiny bit of red to the white for the first heart and more red to the white as I went along. 

When my 6 hearts were all a tiny bit different colors, I let them dry. 

Once the hearts were dry I used a hole puncher to punch holes in the top of each heart for hanging. 

The next step is to antique the hearts giving them a little dimension and a vintage look. I used a soft brush and a combination of a black ink pad and a vintage brown. 

I brushed around the edges of each heart with the brush to antique them and I think they look fabulous! 

I used about 7' of jute to string the hearts, tying knots between each heart to keep them in place. 

That's it! 

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Pretty hearts are good any time of year but I decorate a little bit for Valentine's Day beginning around the middle of January. 

READ MORE: VALENTINE'S DAY PROJECTS

I hope you like this project. The hearts can be used as hanging ornaments or added to gifts as a tag too. 

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