A Quick and Easy, DIY, Valentine’s Decoration or Gift.

The “Love Coaster with Easel” is one of the projects that I made at the StyleTechCraft

booth while at Creativation last week.  

Everyone loved how easy it is to make an easel using a clothespin.

Materials Used:              (*affiliate link)

• Mat Board Square Coasters*
• Silhouette Cameo Electronic Die Cutting Machine*
• Heart and Love SVG File from the Silhouette Store
• Red Ultra Metallic Vinyl from StyleTechCraft*
• Black Glossy Craft Vinyl from StyleTechCraft*
• StyleTechCraft Vinyl Tool Kit*
• StyleTechCraft Clear Transfer Tape*
• Silver Leaf Paint Pen*
• Wooden Clothespins*
• Rapid Fuse Adhesive*

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To make the Love Coaster…                               

• • You can use Plain White Square Coasters* or…I made my scalloped coaster using a steel rule die and white chipboard.
  • Cut a heart out of Translucent Red Glittered Vinyl from Tape Technologies using a thin metal die.  Apply the glitter heart to the coaster using a transfer paper made for vinyl.
  • Using my Silhouette Cameo Electronic Die Cutting Machine*, I cut the word “love” out of Black Glittered Translucent Vinyl and applied it directly over my heart using transfer paper.
  • I edged the sides of my coaster in silver, using a Silver Leaf Paint Pen*.

To make the Easel…

• Glue a Wooden Clothespin* on the back of the coaster with Rapid Fuse Adhesive*.
• Pull the clothespin open just enough so that the round metal spring comes slightly out of it’s groove.  (Some clothespins work better than others so you might need a little luck.)
• To keep the clothespin from snapping shut…glue the top ends of the clothespin together.

A couple of guys at the show made theirs into Valentine’s cards.

I told them all they had to do was add a sweet note inside and, they were set.

Maybe I should have told them including  flowers and chocolates is also a good idea.

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