I have some old galvanized steel sheets that I found at the dump.

I knew that I could find something creative to do with them.

So for today's project, I thought why not something for Valentine's Day?! That's unexpected, right?

Valentine's Day is a frilly holiday full of cards and roses, wine and chocolates... why not some rustic metal hearts?!

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

To make these hearts, you just needed a small piece of metal (depending on how many you want to make.

I've listed some other ideas at the end of this post if you don't have corrugated metal like this.

You'll need a set of tin snips that have a straight cut, left cut, and right cut, and a rasp file. Other types of files will work, but this is what I used. I've provided links to the supplies at the beginning of this post.

Do you remember cutting out paper hearts as a child? You fold the paper in half and cut half of a heart to make a perfectly symmetrical heart. 

Cut one out of paper to use as a pattern. You can also freehand one if you don't want it to be symmetrical.

Use the straight-cut tin snips to cut a small square from the metal that is large enough for the pattern you created. This will make handling easier when you are cutting out the heart.

Use a pencil and trace the heart onto the metal. You can also freehand draw them directly onto the metal if you want them to all be different.

Cut out each heart using a combination of straight, right- and left-angled snips. 

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! 😎 Sorry, dad!

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

I hope you enjoyed this post. Here or some other ideas you may like: