Create A 'I Love You To Pieces' Valentines Card

The Joy of Love on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is a special day dedicated to celebrating love and relationships. It's a time to show appreciation for the people we care about and to express our feelings to them. One of the most heartfelt ways to do this is by giving a homemade handcrafted card.

Homemade handcrafted cards are a unique way to show your loved ones how much they mean to you. The time and effort you put into making a card from scratch can make it even more meaningful than a store-bought one.

What I have created is just an idea, that you can simplify or change up.

How to Make a large sized Homemade Handcrafted Card

 You'll need some supplies:

A4 Heavy white card

Two designs of patterned cardstock that are complimentary colours

A heart template printed on white paper.

Red ink pen - medium nib

Black ink pen -fine nib

Coloured washi tape

Glue stick or tape

Scissors

Letter stickers or stamps

To Make:

1. Copy the heart template to your computer and print it onto white paper.

2. Cut the heart template out.

3. Fold the white card in half to make a card, and reinforce the spine using washing tape.

Add some black ink pen detail.

4. Outline the heart on the front of the card as shown.

Tidy up the wiggly lines.

 

5. Add dots and scribble details if you want or leave plain.

6. Cut pieces of patterned card into bits and randomly glue them around the heart shapes.

7. Use letter stickers or ink stamps as I have done, and write

'I Love You' above the hearts, and 'To Pieces' (or 'To Bits') below the hearts.

The heart template I printed is this one:

Remember, the most important thing about Valentine's Day is not the gifts or grand gestures, but the genuine love and appreciation we share with others.

 Let's make this Valentine's Day memorable by crafting a homemade handcrafted card filled with love.

Idea:

You could even copy and print one of the heart design pictures on this post and put it on a card for a simplified personalised card.

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Three Easy Tasty Appetisers To Make

 It was an invite to a drinks and nibbles evening with a brief of bring a plate.

But what to make?

So I decided on these three appetisers to present on one large platter.

Caramel Bacon Mini Sausages

Goat Cheese Tulips

and

Cranberry Cheese Mini Crackers.

All tasty morsels, with the bonus of being simple and quick to make and bake.  

                                       

 Caramel Bacon Mini Sausages

You will need: 

12  Small size breakfast sausages

6 Streaky Bacon Rashers

3 heaped tablespoons of Brown sugar

1 teaspoon Paprika

Toothpicks for serving

To  Make:

Pierce the sausages with a knife.

Cut the streaky bacon rashers in half and wind a piece of bacon around each sausage.

Use extra bacon rashers if needed.

Place them in a baking parchment paper lined baking pan. 

Sprinkle brown sugar over the tops.

Sprinkle with paprika.

Cook for 20 minutes in a 180 Celcius (356 F) preheated oven.

Remove from the oven. 

Turn each sausage over and place under a grill to brown.

Cool.

Cut each sausage in half.

Place a toothpick into each cut piece.

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Goat Cheese Tulips

You will need:

Feta cheese

Mini oval Tomatoes and baby Gherkin pickles.

(One tomato and one gherkin make one tulip).

Toothpicks

To  Make:

Cut small cubes of feta cheese.

Cut each tomato in a cross.

Cut the mini Gerkin in half lengthwise but not to the base.

Push a toothpick up through the base of the gherkin leaving a small piece of toothpick out for handling.

Then slide the tomato from the base, onto the toothpick, holding the gherkin at the base of its cut  so the gherkin splays like leaves.

Pop a piece of feta inside the tomato.

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Cranberry Cheese Mini Crackers

You will need:

Mini-size round crackers

Blueberry or blackcurrant Chutney

 Harvatti or Gouda cheese

Cranberry Jelly

Chives  

To  Make:

Arrange the crackers on a board.

Spread each with a little chutney.

Place a cut square of cheese on top.

On top of the cheese spoon a dollop of cranberry jelly.

Decorate the tops of each cracker with chives.

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To Serve The Three Appetisers:

Arrange the appetisers in groups on a large platter.

Decorate the plate with flowers or herb leaves if you want added colour.

Cover the Platter with Plastic film to transport it to your party.

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And as that funny saying goes 'Easy peasy lemon squeezy'  job done!

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Easy DIY Christmas Decor Idea

 Easy Christmas decor.

That is what I love!

When the festive season is so busy, the decorations in a vase idea is very simple to whip up!

It takes about 15 minutes to put it all together.

All you need is a large tall plain glass vase.

(The one I used was 35cm tall - that's about 13 and a half inches for those who use imperial measurements).

Some Christmas decorations of your choice.

(I used ocean colours, but you can choose whatever colours you like).

Some white aquarium sand, or if you don't have that some Epsom salt crystals.

Some shells.

A small branch from a tree.

And some coloured fine twine.

I used a combination of gold and white, and silver and white twisted twine for a festive feel to my creation.

To Make:

Wash and dry the vase.

Cut the branch to fit to sit over the top of the vase.

Pour an inch or two of sand or salts into the bottom of the vase. 

Add some shells (or a focal ornament).

Remove the hangers from the decorations you are using.

Restring them with the strings at different lengths.

(Use the vase height and branch as a guide).

Slip the decorations over the branch.

Place the branch over the top of the vase so the decorations hang inside it.

Place in your home decor Christmas display.

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