Make Valentines Day Party Invitations

Creative Ideas To Make Valentines Invitations Or Greeting Cards

Making handmade Valentines can be so much fun. It is a holiday full of romance and whimsy. Handmade invitations and greetings cards for Valentines day is a perfect opportunity to let your creative side shine, and have a little fun. I created these party invitations in the true spirit of the holiday with hearts and romance and love. I love any opportunity to pair pink and red together!

I made these invites by pairing a homemade card with some deocrative paper and paper punch hearts. Overall this is a fun and easy project. I hope you have fun making your own valentines invitations and cards!

Supplies used to make valentines invitations:

blank cards or cardstock
decorative paper
heart shaped paper punch
scalloped paper edgers
glue runner or scrapbooking tape
rubber stamps and ink

1. Creating Handmade Cards
To make Valentines invitations: I started by creating my own cards as the base of the invitations. I simply scored and folded an 8 x 8 piece of pink scrapbooking paper directly in half to create a tall folded card. My favorite tool to use in scoring and folding is a bone folder. It does wonders for this type of project. A true must have.

2. Decorative Paper and Scissors (Ahem, paper cutter...)
Next I cut two more rectangles of paper to layer onto the front of the invitation. The first was a plain white piece of cardstock. I cut it down slightly smaller than the front of the card and then used paper edgers to give the paper a scallop edge border. The second piece of paper I cut was some decorative paper with a heart pattern. I cut this paper down to a wee bit smaller size then the white cardstock. I then attached the scallop edges card stock to the front of the card using a permanent adhesive glue runner. I centered it onto the front of the card as best as I could. I repeated this step for the deocrative heart paper as well.

3. Paper Heats
make valentines I used an extra large paper punch to create the hearts to embellish the invite. You could also use a die cut, or simply cut them out by hand. I had a few clear rubber stamp sets lying around and sort of mixed and matched to get the messages stamped onto the hearts. The top heart was stamped with an alphabet set, and I chose the phrase myself. The bottom "you're invited" was from a separate set and the phrase was already in tact. I had "sweethearts" candy in mind when I was creating these hearts.
Lastly, to make the heart stand of the paper a bit I used a red chalk ink to distress the edges a bit. I had a craft paint brush lying around and just sort of brushed the ink right onto the edges of the paper. You can also use 3d glue dots to attach them to the front to make them leap off the page a bit. I used a couple of regular glue dot, myself.

4. The Finishing Touches
To finish the project I layered a lace ribbon with a skinny red satin ribbon and simply tied it in a bow around the outside of the card. I did leave a strip of glue runner adhesive across the card to keep the ribbons in place. This would be completely optional.
You could either hand write, or rubber stamp into the inside of the card for invitation wording or greeting card verses. You could also print onto some vellum or plain ol' white paper and glue it to the inside of the card.

More tips and ideas to make valentines cards and invitations...

* Switch up your papers and get really creative. You can even use wrapping paper, fabric, or vellum.
* Try adding glitter to your heart punch shapes for a little texture and interest.