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Valentine’s Day Bundle Pack –

Free Download 12 Cutting
Files

February 14th is the day when lovers express their love for
each by giving gifts of confectionary, flowers or simply
presenting your loved one with a heartfelt greeting card.

In honour of this romantic day, we are giving you 12 cutting

files for your card making, scrapbooking, or art journal
projects – absolutely free.

NOTE:
These files are in the format .fcm so that you can cut them
out using your Brother Scan n Cut.
The shapes can be resized in your Brother Scan n Cut.

We hope you enjoy your free downloads and get as much joy from
using them as we had in putting the bundle together.

You can download these files from our store – Valentines Day
Bundle

There are many myths surrounding the origin of Valentines’

Day. The true origins of this day are obscure but it may be
from the time in ancient Rome when they celebrated the Feast
of Lupercalia which was celebrated at the ides of February, or
February 15. This was a fertility festival dedicated to
Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, and also to commemorate
Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome.

An order of Roman priests, members of the Luperci, would

start the festival by gathering at the sacred cave where
Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were believed
to have been cared for by a she-wolf or Lupa.
These priests would sacrifice a goat, for fertility, and
a dog, for purification.
These strips would be dipped into the sacrificial blood
and the priests would take to the streets, slapping both
women and crop fields with the goat hide.
Roman women welcomed the touch of the hides because it
was believed to make them more fertile in the coming
year.
Also, according to legend, the young women in the city
would place their names in a large urn and the cities’
bachelors would select a name. The couple would pair
off for a year and often these matches would lead to the
 couple being married.

This celebration was eventually deemed un-Christian by the

Catholic church and Pop Gelasius declared February 14th as St
Valentine’s day.