Julie: Chipboard heart wall art

Hello there.

For the next 6 weeks over on my own blog I'm running Going Postal: a postal-themed blog series and so ... it was only natural that my design team project for today featured something a little bit post-inspired too! And here's what I made ...

How to create a similar simple-but-striking piece of wall art:

1. Take one of the bare chipboard hearts from the pack of 24 from Collections Elements;
2. Run a glue stick over the heart;
3. Cover it with a selection of postage stamps, in the same colour;
4. Turn the heart over and carefully trim away any excess from around the edge;
5. Mount the finished postal-heart on to cream cardstock using 3D foam pads;
6. Spell out a greeting with alphabet stickers beneath the heart [or leave blank if you want the heart to speak for itself!];
7. Add a pre-cut card mount [eg. Wilkinson's stores sell very affordable card mounts] to add a professional finishing touch and then ...
8. Frame it and put it on the wall ... or, if you can bear to ... send it to someone you love!

Here's a close-up:

If you don't have any vintage-style stamps or if, like me, you just have a soft-spot for creating with postage-themed items then you might find yourself swooning over these two new additions to the 3DJean shop this month - both of which are part of a larger Art Chix re-stock ...

 

Here's the Art Chix  'Faux Postage' sheet: in 'Peace, Tranquility, Harmony':

 And there's a festive version of the 'Faux Postage' with this 'Christmas 'sheet:

If you've already bought these sheets ... and you'd like to take part in my Going Postal series, then simply blog your projects made from these [or indeed any] postal themed supplies.

 

Then drop by my blog for details on how to link up your post so you can share your project with lots of fellow postal-fans! 

 

Wishing you a month of Happy Mail!

 

Julie :-)