Love Lyric Photo Mat

Every year a friend of my buddy Noelle's, makes a Love Mix CD for Valentines Day. This year she wanted the cover art for the CD to be of a cutie-pie, baby couple. Never passing up the opportunity to dress up our kids in costumes, Noelle and I headed straight for the cupid wings and pantaloons!

Well, every good (and in this case, hilariously cute) picture needs a good framing situation and for this one it only seemed appropriate to surround our little angels with love-inspired lyrics.

Use this idea as a romantic gift for your sweetie; include your favorite couples shot of yourselves and lyrics from all of "your" songs. It's the best kind of gift: lots of thought, for little cash.

Materials

Blank, Photo Mat

Lyrics Print Out

Aleene's Tacky Glue Stick

Collage Pauge Sparkle

Sponge Brush

Scissors

How-To

• Scour the internet for the lyrics to your favorite love (or anti-love, if that's how you roll) songs.

• Using your favorite word processing program on your computer, type snippets of lyrics from different songs, in different fonts and sizes. Print out.

• Cut lyrics out into strips. If you're going for the "love letter" look, you might also want to rip at the edges or crinkle some of the strips.

• Lay lyrics out on the photo mat; use glue stick to affix.

• Paint a layer or two of Collage Pauge Sparkle, for a razzle-y dazzle-y finish. Let dry.

• Place mat in a recycled frame, along with a sweetheart picture.

Craft.Rock.LOVE,

Vickie

Twitter: @vickiehowell