Valentine Shadowbox

 

 

I wanted to make me Husband a Valentine Book

 

with a deck of cards- 52 cards, filled with sweet reason why I love him so much-

 

One page a week for the year!
 

 

I found this deck for .20 cents- great!

 

but I was not paying attention....see it?

 

These are Pinochle cards....ok so what....

 

evidently Pinochle is played with 48 cards and not all the numbers

AND double suits ....WHAT?????....so
 

 

oh well, I changed my plan.

 

 

 

Mr. Freshvintage is an avid bike rider....so that is the significance of the

 

Bicycle Playing Cards.

 

I decided to make a shadow box.

 

I removed the cards and set them aside for now. They will not go to waste,

 

I will use them in junk journals or something.

 

I used a utility knife to make a window. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some Valentines

 

 

 

Save and size to fit

 

 

  

 

 

I loved the little Teddy with a bowtie !

 

I printed 2 so I could make the 3D effect.

 

One was cut and left as is. Use tacky glue to attach to the back inside of box.

 

The other print was cut at the fence line and the arm holding flowers,

 

and the arm holding the heart.

 



 

I used scissors to trim my Valentine to fit the box.

 

I found these raffle tickets at Dollar Tree in the party section.

 

They are perforated and blank on the back side,

 

I thought the tickets would make great mini

 

notes or tags.

 

 

I used a gold ink marker along the cut edge.

 



 

 Tucked a ticket tag at top.

 

 

 Added a pinch of moss and some mini silk leaves.

 

 

 

I had a wood bingo piece

 

 and tied some bakers twine around the top

I used these tiny double sided sticky foam dots

 

to attach the 3-D arm pieces.

 

 

I used tacky glue to add the second fence piece.

 





I added a couple cards to the back side.

 

 

 

Tucked them under the twine. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you !

 

I hope you liked this sweet Teddy Bear Valentine.

 

Come visit again-

 

 

xo Lisa S