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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.
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