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Do you have pieces of patterned paper left over in the colors pink and red? Then you can make Valentine's day cards with different designs. Scrap paper is perfect for such small projects. Mix and match with letter stickers, die-cuts and embellishments that you like, and send a card to someone you love.

Happy Valentine's day! 😊💖❤️ "How we spend our days, is how we spend our lives", says the quote by Annie Dillard, which I have used on this scrap page. And it's really true. These are my two hearts, which make the world worth living. 😍💖❤️ How do you celebrate the day of love? 😍❤️

These decorative hearts are easy to make and will be a great activity for the whole family. Here, the children can also join in the fun. Select the papers you want to use. I have used these Valentine's papers from Basic Grey. The size of the sheets is 6x6 inches. They fit well with the template I made myself. Make a heart template from cardboard and draw hearts on the back of the papers. You need 4 hearts for each Valentine's heart you will make. You can therefore get one heart from a 12x12 sheet. Cut out all the hearts....

Both Mother's Day and Valentine's Day are approaching, so now love and consideration are on the agenda. Then it is perfect to use red and rose papers. Before I started scrapping, a long, long time ago, we were told that red and pink didn't go together. But they actually fit perfectly together for such occasions and such LOs. When you scrap a page with many pictures and it is difficult to get the pictures to match in terms of colour, it is a tip to change them to black and white and print them. Then you can use whatever colors...

I save any scraps of paper that are big enough to use for something later. Does it sound familiar? Making cards is a great way to use up some scraps, both from cardboard and patterned paper. This card is made in st. 6x6. I made the nine squares a little less than 2 inches in size, as I wanted to have some space between them. They are 1 7/8 inch on each edge. If you are using a cutting board it is easy to find as this is the line before the 2 inch mark. I was out of vellum,...