How to make a Valentine's day Card ( Part 1 )

Giving a handmade Valentine's Day card to your sweetheart is a unique way to express your love and feelings. I find that writing the Valentine's quote in the handmade card is the best method to express all the words that you wanted to say to your special someone, especially if you have a shy personality.

I love to make handmade Valentine's Day cards because I don't spend much money on the materials required as I could find most of the colourful papers, stationary, ribbons and many more unwanted things in my house. Remember not to discard any excess materials that you had used because you might need them in your next project.

If your sweetheart loves cute little hearts, then this handmade card might be your right choice. I cut out several little hearts, paste each one of them at one side so that these hearts looks like little butterflies fluttering.

I used some left-over gift wrappers for the top and bottom of the card which makes them pretty borders and pasted two strips of ribbons to overlap the jagged cuttings.

Honestly, I only spend 20 minutes to create this Valentine card. Beautiful and simple, isn't it? Hope that you will have a great time, enjoy !

• white card - 1piece
• gift wrappers
• colourful papers
• a pair of scissors
• a penknife
• glue
• a pencil
• a ruler
• some colourful markers
• ribbon
• double-sided tape

Step 1

• Use a ruler to measure the white card 6.5" x 9".

• Draw the lines out so that you can easily cut them out with a penknife.

• Fold the white card in to half.

Step 2

• Measure the gift wrapper 5.5" x 9", slightly smaller than the white card.

• Use the penknife to cut it out.

• Apply glue at the back of the gift wrapper.

• Paste on to the front white card.

Step 3.

• Measure the yellow paper slightly smaller than the gift wrapper .

• Apply glue onto the yellow paper.

• Paste it in the middle of the gift wrapper.

Step 4.

• Fold 1 inch wide of strip of pink paper into half.

• This time, take the lower end of the paper, meeting the top paper. Fold into half.

• Fold half again.

• Repeat the same steps for red paper too.

Step 5.

• Use a pencil to draw a 1/2 heart shape on both the pink and red papers.

• Use the scissors to cut out the heart shape.

• Open up the hearts.

• You will get a total of 8 little hearts.

Step 6.

• Fold back the hearts .

• Apply glue on the right side of a red / pink heart.

• Paste it onto the yellow paper. You can paste in a row or any pattern you like.

• Apply glue on the left side of a red / pink heart.

• Leave a finger spacing. Paste it again.

• Repeat the same steps for all 8 hearts.

Step 7.

Use a marker to mark dots alongside the hearts.

Measure 2 strips of ribbons the same length of the card.

Paste 1 ribbon on the edge of the gift wrapper, one on the top and the other at the bottom.

Okay, you have done well. Congratulations !