Candy Hearts are the perfect embellishments for Valentine’s Day scrapbook pages. Rebecca Ludens at About.com does not, however, recommend getting out your GlueDots and affixing the little candies right to your pages. Instead, Rebecca makes them out of cardstock.
To begin, select colors of cardstock that go with the page you are making or are true to conversation heart real-life colors. I chose pastel shades of blue, yellow, orange, purple, pink, and white. Print conversation heart phrases leaving plenty of space around each one as shown here. You can make up your own words or use these suggestions: AMORE, ROMEO, ANGEL, IN THE MOOD, MUCH ADO, HUGS, KISSES, LOVE, GIRL, TIME OUT, YOU ROCK, LET’S DO LUNCH, CUPID, AS IF, LOVE ME TENDER, YOU GO GIRL, I GOT U BABE, EMAIL ME, COOL DUDE, 3 WISHES, EVER AFTER, DREAM, CHARM ME, LOVE U, CLASS ACT, PEN PAL, LOOK GOOD, DIVA, WHAT’S UP, URA QT, SMILE, UR A STAR.
Punch out heart shapes using a paper punch around the printed text. To be able to line up your punch perfectly, simply turn it upside down and press it down on a table to punch. This way you can see exactly where it will punch through the paper as shown here. Punch out hearts from a variety of colors and with lots of fun phrases.
Add small pieces of foam dimensional tape or PopUp GlueDots to the back of each heart. This extra lift off of your scrapbook page will make the hearts look like the have the dimension of a real conversation candy heart.
Add your completed candy hearts to a Valentine’s Day scrapbook page layout such as the one shown here. You could also use the hearts to embellish Valentine’s Day cards, or even as closures on the outside of card envelopes.