All You Need Is Love

I haven't really decorated much for Valentine's Day in the past but I thought I would do a few projects this year. On my last trip to the local scrapbook store, I came along some great Valentine's lines. My favorite one was the "Be Mine" collection from Echo Park {I think this is now my favorite paper line and I picked up some great "boy themed" paper from them too!}

Last year, I picked up some wooden LOVE letters from the dollar store {one of those things that I buy with no real idea in mind of what I am going to do with them!}  So with the letters and the paper in hand, I came up with this.

The frame is an old Ikea frame that started of like this

I painted the frame black and distressed the edges a bit.

For the letters, I had some old chipboard from Autumn Leaves {which I have also had for years!}.  I painted the negative space letters black and covered the other letters with paper.  I then inked the edges of the paper letters with black ink.

I added a few ribbons and some embellishments from the paper pack {I actually just cut the Be Mine out from the packaging itself so I still have the actual sticker for another project}  Finally, I used double sided tape to attach the wooden letters to the outside of the frame.

And here is the final project.

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!


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