Valentine's Day is right around the corner and I've been working on a couple of projects to decorate my home!

I have some old corrugated galvanized steel sheets that I found at the dump that I'm using in today's project.

I have two sheets of this corrugated metal, they look like they have been through a fire or something but I like the patina.

See what else I made with them here: Antique Mall Booth Update - Artist's Supplies Addition

I know my dad thought I had finally lost it when I asked him to store them for me for a while!!

For this project, I just needed a small piece of metal.

You'll need a set of tin snips that have a straight cut, left cut, and right cut snip and a rasp file (there are other types of files that will work too, but this is what I used).

Make a pattern from a scrap of paper then use the straight snips to cut a small square large enough for the heart from the metal sheet. This will make it easier to handle when you are cutting out the heart.

Then use a pencil and trace the heart onto the metal.

Cut out each heart using a combination of straight, right- and left-angled snips. I'll be honest... this takes a little bit of effort with this kind of metal. I cut a total of eight hearts but I was pretty much over it at six 😂

The metal will be SHARP so be careful!! In fact, you really should wear gloves but that's not how I roll yo! 😎 Sorry, dad!

You can erase any pencil lines that are left.

These are great to put in a wooden dough bowl or large glass jar just like this!

Here is a large one that I cut out the same way.

If you want to recreate these, but don't have any of this kind of old corrugated metal, here are some ideas to get the same look:

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