Heart for Valentine's Day

Very soon is Valentine's Day, popularly known as Saint Valentine, and we are already preparing gifts. On this day it is not at all necessary to run headlong to the store and look for some present, just think a little and make a souvenir for the holiday with your own hands. Today's master class will suit us very well for this.

So, what kind of materials do we need:
• Two foam hearts;
• Napkins for decoupage with images of Teddy bears;
• White acrylic paint;
• Coffee beans, approximately 20-30 grams;
• PVA glue;
• Acrylic varnish for decoupage;
• Glue “Titanium” or “Dragon”;
• Brushes for decoupage and acrylic paint;
• Two bamboo sticks;
• Gold acrylic paint;
• Two bowls and a plate;
• Red ribbons, half beads, glue ladybugs, red shiny hearts;
• Plastic bag;
• Ordinary kitchen sponge;
• A pair of ear glue sticks.



We cover the table with a bag, pour white paint into one bowl, then take a sponge, dip it in the paint and paint the hearts on one side.We give it time to dry, about 40-50 minutes, and then apply a second layer and also let it dry.




In a second bowl, dilute water and PVA glue in equal proportions and mix thoroughly. Prepared an adhesive mixture. Now we take a napkin for decoupage and carefully tear off the two bears that we will need for the hearts. On one side we will decorate the hearts using the technique decoupage, and on the other hand we will paste the hearts with coffee beans.




Now we separately remove the topmost layer from each drawing.




The drawings are ready, the surface of the hearts is completely dry, let's start decorating. Place one bear on the heart and use the glue mixture to glue the design onto the heart. We start gluing the drawing from the middle.




Also, glue the second bear onto the second heart. The drawings are glued, let the surface dry. Then we take acrylic varnish for decoupage and apply a layer on the hearts, let them dry again.




Now pour the coffee beans into a plate, insert a bamboo stick into each heart from below, take the “Dragon” glue and glue one bean along the edge of each heart and also the back side of the heart. We leave the hearts to dry, preferably overnight, of course.




After the hearts have completely dried, the beans have stuck tightly, take acrylic varnish and a brush and completely cover the entire heart with varnish, both where the pattern is and on top of the coffee beans. Cover with 2-3 layers of varnish to make the surface shiny. Let's prepare now decor. We tie small bows from red organza ribbons. We paint the bamboo stick gold with acrylic paint. We take red shiny hearts, ladybugs, half beads.




Using a glue gun, we glue an organza bow at the bottom of the heart, in the center we glue a shiny heart, and on top we tie a small red bow from a narrow satin ribbon and glue it with a gun, and in the center we glue a ladybug and a half-bead. All hearts are ready. Thanks everyone and happy creating.