Make Valentines Day Cards

To make Valentines Day Cards is a great creative project and an even better craft project for your kids! This tutorial includes a printable embellishment for the front of your cards.

Materials needed to make valentines card shown on this page:

* Pink card stock 12" by 12"
* rubber stamps
* heart shaped paper punch
* ink pad
* red or dark pink paper
* glue runner and craft glue

These cards are actually pretty easy to make. The scrolls for the front of the card were made using clear stamps. If you are planning on using rubber stamps in card making then clear stamps are definitely the way to go. When using clear stamps you need to buy the clear block to go with them. You then peel the stamp from the plastic it comes affixed onto, and stick it to the block. This allows you to better see xeactly where you plan to stamp. No more screw ups!

To make valentines day cards like these, first print out the "Love" embellishment template I have provided. Within this template is the "Love" embellishment but in many different styles so you can pick which you like best or even make them all. There is even a "Happy Valentine's Day" embellishment as well.

Once you have printed out the template, trim the embellsihment out from the paper. Trim it so that you can still see the black box around the outside of the lettering.
Next get out your 12" by 12" card stock. You can find card stock like this at most arts and crafts stores sold in multi color packs or even by the sheet. Some are sold with metallic or pearl finsh and different textures if you want to step it up a bit. Cut the cardstock in half leaving you with two pieces of 12" by 6" paper. Fold the cardstock in half. You will have two cards, when folded, measuring 6" by 6". If the fold is tending to come out a bit puckered or wrinkled simply run the edge of a ruler or other flat edge over it. It will smooth the wrinkles right out of it.

Apply some strips of glue to the back of the "Love" embellishment paper. Affix it to the front of the card centering it exactly to the middle of the card.

You will then use your rubber stamps to apply some scrolling decoration to the outside borders of the card. The stamps I used were Autumn Leaves clear stamps "Swirls" by Rhonna Farrer. Don't forget to get a clear block to go with them, and a good ink pad too. I cannot express how important it is that the ink you use is not real cheap crappy ink.

To top off the scrolling swirly pattern I added a few heart paper punch shapes. I used a nice fuschia metallic pink card stock to punch my hearts from. I used a fine tipped scrapbooking glue to apply a bit of craft glue to the back of the bearts and attach them to the card.

More tips and ideas to make Valentines day cards...

* Try using cardstock with some texture, like metallics, embossed, or pearlescent.
* There are many, many clear stamps available in stores and online. Try using a different scrolling pattern, or a different design all together.

See also...
Print free quarter fold Valentines Cards and/or invitations
Valentine's Day printable postcards
Valentine's Day party invitations