My little girls name is Rose Manawa (which means Heart in Maori) and when I saw the Heidi Swapp marquee heart light come out before Christmas, I decided I would get one for her new bedroom. I'm not much of an OTP scrapper, ok, I'm not one at all, but this year I really want to mix things up and do some different projects. I'm all about the challenge - not always a good thing!
The Paper Teapot has the new Kaisercraft range called True Love which is aimed at Valentines day but has lots of lovely florals so can be used for lots of things, including a marquee heart light for a little girl.
Three pieces of paper were used for this light: My Baby, My Darling and My Sweetheart. Firstly I used the template to cut out the heart shape using the My Darling floral paper. I wasn't looking forward to cutting out the holes as I don't have a hole punch but I found that my Tim Holtz retractable knife worked really well (and I hate using craft knives). My first thoughts when starting this project, was that I didn't really know how much was going to be too much, so I wasn't entirely sure if I would use the floral paper for the insert but I love it!
Next I cut strips of paper from the other two pieces, one lot was 1 inch wide and the other was 2 inch wide. I wasn't sure how these would work around the edges so used double sided tape rather than glue to prevent wrinkling. Halfway through doing this, I realised there was the inside to do as well, guess I could have left it white but it looks cuter all covered.
When I purchased the heart, I also got the pink globes and I am as yet undecided if they are a bit much, but Rose is only 3 and she is girly so I reckon they are fabulous for now. I wanted to test it on a wall (because it's a heart right...no flat bottom to stand it up on!) but we are camping out at my sisters at the moment and I couldn't find a hook anywhere. So here it is, being held up to the wall for testing purposes...no lights as I need to get batteries.
The verdict: "Is it for me? I wuv it" with a cuddle. Gotta love the littlies.
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