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Victorian
Heart Ornament
Materials
Needed
Fiskars® ShapeCutter™ with
craft mat
Fiskars® ShapeTemplate™ -
Hearts
Fiskars® Micro-Tip® Scissors
Handmade paper
Tassel
Ribbon – 1 ½ yards each,
quartz and ivory
Dried or silk rose petals
14” Length of pink cord
White chenille stem
Glue
Instructions
1.
Using the ShapeCutter with Heart ShapeTemplate, cut;
twelve 4” hearts out of handmade paper. Fold each heart in
half lengthwise.
2.
Lay one folded heart on top of another folded heart
lining up the folds and glue. Pair up remaining hearts and glue.
This will give you six pairs of folded heart halves. Let glue dry.
3.
Repeat the process gluing three groups of four halves.
Let glue dry.
4.
Repeat process once again. This will give you a stack
of twelve folded heart halves. Let glue dry.
5.
Trim any unfolded edges if necessary.
6.
Unfold stacked hearts and lay flat to form a whole
heart with the two unglued heart halves on top.
7.
To attach tassels, glue looped tassel ends onto fold
at pointed end of hearts. To attach hanger, fold the 14” length
of cord in half and glue ends along the fold at the top heart center.
8.
Fold up the two remaining unglued heart halves. Glue
halves together. Let glue dry. Trim if necessary.
9.
Fold quartz ribbon in half and cut. Fold ivory ribbon
in half and cut. Lay a quartz ribbon length on top of an ivory length.
Form ribbons into a triple loop bow and secure bow center with chenille
stem. Trim chenille stem. Repeat with remaining ribbon lengths.
10.
Sandwiching bottom of loop hanger between bows, glue
bow back centers together. Glue a rose petal over each bow front
center.
