Valentine Card Ideas

Valentine Card Ideas

Hugs 'n' Kisses!

This site brings you lots of colorful and beautiful Valentine card ideas.

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

There are lots of Valentine card ideas around - but this one is simply gorgeous. It can instantly bring a smile to your face. And there's so much to look at! Lots of elements and textures make this card a pure joy to receive.

Here's how to make it...

Difficulty Level: One of the intermediate Valentine card ideas.

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

You Will Need:

• A plain square card blank
• Sheets 1, 2, 3 and 13 from folder '14-hugnkiss' from the Printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized Card Making Kit here...
• Glue, scissors or craft knife and cutting mat
• Steel edge ruler
• Paper and card (to print on)
• Ribbon
• Foam pads
• A purple brad
• Flowers (paper or silk)
• Dark blue pen
• Light blue felt tip
• 4 blue gems
• Holographic glitter
• Hat pin

1. Print it out! Open up folder '14-hugnkiss' in the Printable Sweetie Pie Bumper-Sized eKit [the what?].
   
   
   
   1. Print out sheets 3 and 13 onto paper.
   2. Print out sheets 1 and 2 onto card.
2. Cut and outline it!
   1. Cut a piece from sheet 3 about 0.5cm smaller than your card blank.
   2. Cut an even smaller piece from sheet 13.
   3. Outline the edges of both with a dark blue pen and a steel edge ruler.
3. Stick it! Attach the small piece from sheet 13 onto sheet 3 at an angle.
4. Knot it! Tie a knot in a piece of ribbon and wrap round you backing, attaching the ribbon at the back.
5. Stick it! Attach to your card blank
6. Cut and outline it! Cut out 3 different sized 'hugs 'n' kisses' motifs from sheet 1. Outline the edges of the rectangles with a dark blue pen and a steel edge ruler.
7. Layer it! Layer up the motifs at an angle using foam pads.
8. Stick it! Attach the layered motifs to your card.
9. Cut and outline it! Cut 3 medium sized hearts from sheet 2.
10. Foam pads! Attach the hearts with foam pads over your ribbon.
11. Position them! Cut more large hearts from sheet 2 and layer them on top of one another to form a circle shape.
12. Brad and flowers! Attach some flowers onto the top of the circle of hearts. Use a brad to attach the embellisment to your card.
13. Pin it! Attach the hat pin to the top of the bow.
14. Draw it! Using a light blue felt tip, hand-draw some stitches around some of the straight-edged elements.
15. Glitter it! Add accents to the hearts with holographic glitter glue (or use a glue pen and sprinkle over holographic glitter).
16. Add gems! Finish by adding a blue gem to each corner.
    

And voila! A stunning and bright Valentine card idea!