A Window to My Heart Valentine's Day Card

Pen a Valentine greeting around the square -- or leave it plain and write special missives inside.

A kissing cousin to the Circle of Love card, this messenger sports a square cut into the front and a dainty heart held taut with gold thread.

• Card stock: tan with white flecks and red
• Emagination 1-inch square punch
• Marvy 7/8-inch-wide heart punch
• Needle
• Westrim gold thread
• Thick white crafts glue

1. Fold an 8-1/2 x 5-1/2-inch tan card-stock rectangle widthwise. Punch a square through the cover, 7/8 inch from the center top edge. 2. Punch a heart from red card stock. Poke small holes into both sides of the heart and both sides of the square. 3. Thread a needle with gold thread. From the back of the square, pull the needle through the left hole then through the left hole in the heart. Remove the needle, pull the thread taut, and tie the ends into a knot on the inside of the card. Repeat for the right side. Glue the knots, allow the glue to dry, and trim the thread ends.

Emagination Crafts 463 Wrightwood Blvd. Elmhurst, IL 60126 800/238-9770 www.emaginationcrafts.com

Marvy/Uchida 3535 Del Amo Blvd. Torrance, CA 90503 310/793-2200 www.uchida.com