Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Heart Specimen Art

I love me some specimen art!
  
Find my other specimen art HERE and HERE

I always change out this pretty little white frame with my holiday specimen art of choice.  It makes a quick touch of holiday decor.  All you need is paper or material, some of those foam adhesive dots, and a punch or cutting tool.  
I wanted to stay with my Valentine color scheme of reds and browns(burlap).  Here is what I did...

I made my background using a piece of burlap.  
Using my computer I typed the Bible verse I Corinthians 13 over and over to kind of create a book page, if you will.  I printed it out on white cardstock and used my cricut to make 24 little hearts.  I attached them to the burlap using the 3D adhesive foam dots.  The slightly bigger heart in the middle was cut from a red glitter paper.  
{Love.  Love.  Love}

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31 comments:

  1. MarissaJanuary 11, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    wow, your blog is getting me in the Valentine spirit with all of your cute work :)

    Happy Tuesday!

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  2. .January 11, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    Great version of specimen art!!! I love the lone red heart in the center. :)

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  3. Katie @ EyeSpyDIYJanuary 11, 2011 at 8:49 AM

    This is so cute. Love the one red heart!

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    So very cute! Great work!

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  5. CassieJanuary 11, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    I also love the specimen art!!! LOVE the hearts!!!
    =)

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  6. Prairie ScrapsJanuary 11, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    What a great project! I was going to do this over the Christmas holiday and never got around to it, now I need to get this done!

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  7. The Autocrat: HaleyJanuary 11, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Way cute!!

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  8. Michelle @ Dream Home DIYJanuary 11, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Oh I really, really love this. What a simple project, with a ton of punch :0)

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  9. AmandaJanuary 12, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    This was featured today over at Today's Top 20! Hooray!

    Amanda
    www.todaystoptwenty.blogspot.com

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  10. kristen wrightJanuary 12, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    love it!!!! how did u adhere your burlap to the back? When i went to put mine it it just bubbled really badly! Thanks!!! :)

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  11. UnknownJanuary 12, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    Saw your work on the Sew Much Ado link party and just had to say that this project looks super-cute! Love it!

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  12. kristen wrightJanuary 12, 2011 at 10:57 PM

    hi!!!! So I started it today, but will prob finish this weekend!!! and i'm doing the framed heart soon as well. your stuff is so cute!!! Hope you don't mind me adding the link to my blog! ~Kristen

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  13. Melissa N.January 13, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    Jenny love this idea. A new follower here!

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  14. JessicaJanuary 13, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    Aah! I love this! I NEEEED some punch shapes to do things like this :)

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  15. Sheri@childmade.comJanuary 14, 2011 at 1:09 AM

    Very pretty! I love the newsprint. Thanks for sharing ... I've posted a link!

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  16. BethJanuary 14, 2011 at 6:46 AM

    I've got you bookmarked....this is so pretty!

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  17. Nicole @ Wohler's WorldJanuary 14, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    This is so adorable! I love the idea of specimen art, thanks for sharing! Visiting from Tatertots & Jello

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  18. Michelle {Daydream Believers}January 15, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    So cute! :)

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  19. JackieJanuary 15, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    Love it, love it, love it!

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  20. AllisonJanuary 16, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    I love this! So easy and super cute!

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  21. UnknownJanuary 16, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    Hello! It's my first time over here to your blog and I love it! This is such a cute project. I hadn't heard of "specimen art" until this post. I think it's adorable. I have wanted to do something burlap for my house, it's seems so "in" right now. This looks like one I might be able to pull off! :)


    ps I'm your newest follower!

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  22. CrystalJanuary 16, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    this is super cute - i really like the burlap background and what a great idea to print the scripture on the paper and then punch it! AWESOME!

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  23. jenclairJanuary 17, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    Love this idea!

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  24. AngieJanuary 17, 2011 at 10:45 PM

    Love love love this! Did it myself, and you can see it on my blog, Modern Day Supermommy. http://moderndaysupermommy.blogspot.com/2011/01/heart-art.html

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  25. kate blueJanuary 18, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    I did the smae project @ christmas..burlap is super cheap and it comes in 5 colors at my JoAnn's! Can you belive they were charging $20 for something like this in stores?? Love your selection for paper too...may do these as teacher gifts :)

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  26. JenniferJanuary 18, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    LOVE this!! I had to "steal" the book heart idea....with an elsie flannigan twist....thanks for the inspiration! great ideas!!!

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  27. Jenn MJanuary 19, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    This is so nice and simple; looks great!
    Jenn

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  28. Jenna, SAS InteriorsJanuary 21, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    LOVE this project! I just featured it in a Vday post with a link back to your site. Come over, take a look, and grab my 'featured on' button. http://www.sasinteriors.net/2011/01/red-white-and-pink-valentines-decor.html

    ~Jenna, SAS Interiors
    www.sasinteriors.net

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  29. patti westJanuary 22, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    Saw your project @Paper Issues and had to come by to tell you how much I {love} it!! The burlap background is a brilliant idea and adds so much texture! Love the word printed hearts with the red one popping in center. Fab design!! :)

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  30. UnknownJanuary 23, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    Love this! It is scuh a great idea! Thanks for sharing with the Pink Hippo Party!

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  31. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    This is awesome!

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