Valentine Card Ideas

Homemade Greeting Card Idea

Love & Kisses

There are lots of homemade greeting card ideas on this site.

This subtle and modern card design is really versatile. You can send this to a loved-one for many different occasions -from 'get well soon' to 'thank you' and many other occasions in between!

What's great about this homemade greeting card idea is that it uses fairly subdued colors. It's not overly feminine or masculine - so it's great for sending to both males and females alike.

And the great news is that every piece of decorated paper on this card is from the printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized eKit. So if you like this card, and if you have a few basic card supplies, you can download the printable 'Sweetie Pie' Valentine card making kit and get started within minutes!

Here's how to make a homemade greeting card idea like this one...

Difficulty Level: An intermediate homemade greeting card idea.

To make this card you will need the printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized eKit, which can be found here...

You Will Need:

• White square card blank
• 1 piece of cream embossed card stock the same size as the card blank
• Sheets 1, 2 and 12 from the '19-lovekiss' folder from the Printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized Card Making Kit here...
• Sheet 9 from the '13-hisexy' folder from the Printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized Card Making Kit here...
• Sheet 4 from the '6-lovex3' folder from the Printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized Card Making Kit here...
• 3 sheets of photocopying paper
• 2 sheets of white card stock for printing onto
• Cutting mat, scissors, craft knife, ruler
• Thin piece of lilac ribbon
• Blue and black fine liner pens
• Double-sided tape or glue runner and craft glue
• Foam pads
• 4 candy dots or lilac buttons

1. Print it out! Open up the '19-lovekiss' folder in the Printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized eKit [the what?].
   
   
   
   1. Print out sheet 1 onto white card stock.
   2. Print out sheets 2 and 12 onto paper.

   Open up the '06-lovex3' folder and print sheet 4 onto paper.

   Open up the '13-hi-sexy' folder print sheet 9 onto white card stock.

2. Cover it!Cover the white square card blank with the cream embossed card stock, trimming to fit.
3. Draw it! Draw faux stitching round the edge of the cream card stock with the black fine liner pen.
4. Cut it!
   
   
   1. Cut a piece of lilac paper from sheet 4 from the '06-lovex3' folder so that it will cover the left hand side of the card
   2. Cut a piece of the heart paper from sheet 12 from the '19-lovekiss' folder, making sure it is slightly smaller than the lilac paper.
5. Stick it! Stick the heart paper to the lilac paper with double-sided tape, there should be a small lilac border showing.
6. Add ribbon! Add the thin lilac ribbon vertically to the left hand side of the heart paper, securing at the back.
7. Stick it! Stick the heart panel to the left hand side of the card using double-sided tape.
8. Cut it!
   
   
   1. Cut a small square of blue card from sheet 9 from the '13-hi-sexy' folder.
   2. Cut a slightly smaller square of lilac paper from sheet 4 from the '13-hi-sexy' folder.
9. Attach it! Stick the small lilac square to the blue card square with double-sided tape, again there should be a small border showing.
10. Draw it!
    
    
    1. Draw faux stitching with the black fine liner pen round the edge of the heart paper.
    2. Draw faux stitching with the black fine liner pen round the edge of both lilac and blue squares.
11. Cut it!
    
    
    1. Cut out 4 cream hearts from sheet 2.
    2. Cut out four small lilac hearts from sheet 12.
    3. Cut out a 'Love & Kisses' sentiment from sheet 1.
12. Arrange it!
    
    
    1. Arrange the 4 cream hearts in a flower shape as shown, stick to the lilac square with a touch of craft glue.
    2. Arrange the 4 little lilac hearts in a flower shape and stick on top of the cream hearts as shown.
13. Draw it! Draw faux stitching round the edges of the petals using the blue fine liner pen.
    
14. Stick it!
    
    
    1. Stick the decorated square to the centre of the card at an angle using foam pads to raise it slightly.
    2. Stick the 'Love & Kisses' sentiment below the square as shown using foam pads.
15. Attach it!
    
    
    1. Attach 3 candy dots or buttons to the top right hand of the card as shown.
    2. Attach 1 candy dot or button to the centre of the small lilac hearts.

And there you go! There are loads of gorgeous homemade greeting card ideas on this site but we think this one is great because it's so versatile! Its subdued colors mean that it's suitable to send to male and females alike.