DIY V-owl-entines!

Saturday night I invited my Neighbor over after our babies went to bed; we popped the corks on a couple bottles of wine, fired up the iPod, emptied my Craft Box on the dining room table and created homemade Valentines. I needed to make 12 for Bryleigh’s classmates and teachers!

What I used:

Scrapbooking paper
Scissors
Glue
Card stock
Feathers
Pens
Owl rubber stamp
"You’re a superstar!” rubber stamp
Metallic ink pad
Baby shower confetti

These were simple to make. I took some old thank-you cards that had bright borders on the front and matching bright solid colours on the back, and I cut them half to make two Valentines. Then I used patterned scrapbooking paper to cut out a large circle for the owl body, two small circles for the eyes, and then I cut out various-sized triangles from orange craft paper for the feet and beaks. I glued on small feathers for the tops of their heads and larger ones for the wings to complete the look. I also had some shiny confetti leftover from a baby shower that had pink hearts, footprints, and “It’s a girl!” pieces, so I glued some of the pink hearts as a little added bling.

Finally, I wrote various little sayings in coloured pens:

You’re a hoot
Happy V-owl-entine’s Day
Be my V-owl-entine
Owl be your forever friend
I’ll owlways be your friend

For the ones on the top row, which were for Bryleigh’s teachers, I combined an owl rubber stamp with one that said, “You’re a Superstar!” and used gold and bronze ink pads. I glued a piece of white paper onto some of the patterned scrapbook pages and then added feathers for a little elegance.

(The green tags on all of them are just post-it notes of the recipients’ names.)