Wow…everyone is making heart layouts! This “heart beat” started in February (no surprise there) but the creativity just keeps coming! And the good news is that they are really SIMPLE. Did you ever play with tangrams? You can make LOTS of shapes with triangles and squares (as we have seen in my previous posts). Add circles and you get an amazing array of options! Today…let’s make HEARTS!
Take a look at some of the wonderful things you can do with this hearts layouts!
Materials: All you need is one 12 x 12 sheet of card stock and one 12 x 12 sheet of double-sided paper. If you would like to make the two-page layout above, have two sheets of card stock ready. For the first time you make this layout, it is best to have a print that is NOT one directional (e.g., no stripes, arrows or columns all in the same direction). A paper cutter and circle cutter is really helpful for this page but you could certainly do it with a ruler, scissors, and a can or jar.
Pam Giganti created a WONDERFUL video showing how to make one of the large heart layouts. Watch and learn! Pam makes it really easy!
I wanted to use the heart as a cover page for the part of my album describing a Disney visit in the fall. But the space in the middle didn’t fit well with the 5 x 7 picture that I had printed for the page. SO…I made a page using larger circles (nearly 6 inches) and trimmed the picture to be the point of the heart. I still have a little adjustment to do but what do you think? This layout is really adaptable!
I also wanted to make the little heart border that Pam describes in the video. What could be more perfect than my pages for the Disney princess parade! I happened to have a great purchased embellishment of the castle complete with a tiny Tinkerbell. I think the heart borders worked well…even though I clearly am not a great freehand heart-cutter. Good thing I’m not a cardiac surgeon!
Have you made some heart layouts? Share them below or on my Facebook page!
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