I saw this idea at
The Paper Source a couple of weeks ago and knew that I had to make one for myself. Sure I could have bought the kit, but I knew that it was simple enough for me to make it with my own supplies.
The basic ingredients are a wreath base and a bunch of hearts. 12 large hearts form the base of the wreath, 4 of 3 different colors.
I did buy the wreath base from the Paper Source. But I want to make more than 1 of these, so I also bought a package of 12" cake circles from Michaels. I used the wreath base as a template, and penciled in the inner circle so I could cut it out...
like this.
Then all you do is start gluing your big hearts your wreath base. There are 12 hearts, so just think of a clock and glue one heart per "number" so they're spaced equally. Glue all of the same colored hearts opposite each other.
Keep working around the base. You may have to do a little adjusting in your overlapping so your base doesn't show.
Before you glue on your last heart, wrap an 18"-20" (eyeball it) ribbon around the base and center it between 2 hearts. Glue it in place then glue your last heart on top of it to hide the ribbon.
Voila! In less than 10 minutes, you've got your heart wreath!
Gather a bunch of smaller hearts in 3 different sizes. I have 12 hearts per color here, but I didn't use them all. You can either freehand cut them, or use a printed template as a guide that you printed from your computer, or punch them w/ various heart punches.
I used my
Cuttlebug and a
Tipsy Heart Sizzix die to cut all my hearts. I lurve all my crafting tools.
I used 3D foam tape on all of the hearts. On a few of the hearts, I doubled the foam tape to raise them even higher. That's the bottle of glue I used to glue the hearts and ribbon to the base. My favorite liquid glue.
Then it's just a matter of adhering all the hearts in a random way all around the wreath.
Make your center dangle just by gluing a piece of thin ribbon to the back of a heart. Layer another heart on top of it, just because you can. Then glue it to the back of the wreath, directly on the main ribbon so when it hangs, it's centered below your hanging ribbon.
And your done! A super cute paper wreath finished in 30 minutes or less.
And of course, I'm gonna have to make one with lots of glitter too because doesn't Valentine + hearts = sparkle?
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When I rolled the dough out, it was really soft and sticky, so when I tried to cut it with the cookie cutter, everything stuck together. Then when I tried to transfer it onto the cookie sheet, it all just flopped. A great big mess.
I have no idea what happened to this one. But if you slap a bit of frosting on it and close your eyes, you might not notice how unattractive that cookie really was. 
I had less than 10 of them turn out ok. I added a lot more flour to them so they wouldn't stick as much. 
But I was worried that the added flour would adversely change the taste, so I scrapped the whole cookie cutter notion and just went with round cookies.
After too many hours, my kitchen counter was filled with cookies.
One benefit of working with them for so many hours is that they were the last thing I wanted to eat. Thankfully I have a few people I can give them to and Jimmy is more than willing to eat the ugly ones. Happy Valentines Day honey, you have to eat the ugly cookies because I'm giving away the prettier ones.
