tin-foil tissue hearts

Looking for a quick and easy Valentine’s craft?  I made a couple of these last night, just kind of playing around, to see how they would turn out.

Remember my tin-foil Christmas trees (that were actually inspired by Dilly-Dali Arts’ Xmas Stars)?  Well, they were the inspiration for these hearts.

These are very easy, so I’ll just give you a quick how-to:

You’ll need some cardboard, tin-foil, tissue paper, mod-podge, glue and craft jewels.  I generally try to re-use and re-cycle things we have around the house when we’re crafting, but every once in a while I “splurge” on some specialty items like googly eyes, pipe-cleaners and these awesome jewels.   The dollar store usually has a great selection of these little gems, and you can get a bag of them for a buck or two.

Hello, my pretties!

Ok, back to business:

• Cut out a cardboard heart, and cover it with tin-foil.
• Cover the tin-foil with mod-podge
• Stick small squares of tissue paper into the mod-podge, but leave some foil un-covered.
• Apply another layer of mod-podge (carefully – the tissue paper is delicate).
• Once your mod-podge has dried, get busy with your glue and your jewels.

Ta-da….  I love that something this beautiful can be made with such basic materials!