Hi there,
Just in case you have left it too late to buy a card or you fancy making your own, I thought I'd link to a few previous posts of mine in which I have shared simple ways to make cards:
6 easy peasy Valentines cards you can make yourselfThis Dot to dot post card was one of the 6 ideas I suggested in the post above. This one, as you can see, is ridiculously easy to make.
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| Dot to Dot |
Envelope heartsAs part of a Heart swap back in 2012, I made a box of heart cards for Tracy, my partner and this is a design I have made numerous times for engagement cards which uses recycled envelope inards in contrasting patterns. It could work well for Valentines too!
The card below was the card I made for Tracy to accompany the gift, but I don't see why this couldn't work as a simple Valentines card. I used the heart stickers I had used as masks to paint her a heart mug, as they were still sticky, rather than chucking them away.
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| Just add stickers... |
Citrus heartsThese card are not Valentines cards as such but since they contain hearts, they could be a nice non-soppy idea for someone in your life!
Ribbon hearts idea
If you click the link in the caption, you can see how I made this card by utilising those annoying ribbons in clothing that are for hangers but stick out of jumpers and dresses annoyingly.
Buttons: Buttons can act like Mosaic pieces and I love a good mosaic! All the below were a case of arranging and sticking with PVA glue or sticky tape! If you save those buttons from clothing but never seem to use them, now is your time!
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| The wedding card that could be a Valentines. |
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| Rainbow buttons |
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| Yet another button card... The background blue is from a Tissue box! |
Office Essentials holepunch cardI had sooo much traffic to this Valentines idea post a few years ago, I think it was because it said the phrase, Office Essentials in it! Anyway, this one is another very non-soppy idea and rather like the buttons is a form of mosaic but with hole-punched pieces from some paper that was going into the recycling.
Origami hearts: If you look for a You tube tutorial, this is where I got this idea from for Origami hearts. These ones were made out of old envelopes! I am TERRIBLE at Origami but I found these super easy and I even managed to get one of the girls in the office to make one for her boyfriend by showing her how.
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| Origami hearts |
Scrap card mosaic:
Most of the card in this mosaic for my husband came from tissue boxes, junk mail or other packaging except for the holographic one- have a look and see what packaging can be used!
And finally, here is yet another mosaic card idea,but this was the first Valentines my now-husband made for me back in 2010, so it's not just me who likes to give the crafty idea a go!!!! If I can find any of his other ones, I will post them..
Do you have any Valentines cards ideas? Do share if so and let me know if you use any of these!
Much love,
Kezzie xx
Linking up with
Creative Mondays at Claire Justine's! So long since I last linked up!
some great ideas, all really imaginative! xxx
ReplyDeleteOh Kezzie these are all so cute! I love the origami hearts ones (of course) and the buttons hearts and the 'a slice of my heart' ones are so creative. Love these! Very cute. - Tasha
ReplyDeleteI feel inspired to have a go. I have lots of card making stuff but never seem to have the inspiration! Now I do!
ReplyDeleteYour cards are very creative. Unfortunately, I seldom send cards anymore. I used to send cards but find that the price of the card and the postage is so outrageously expensive that I'd rather put the money on the gift instead. A hand written note is what I like to do as I'm not too artsy.
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Julia
These are all so cute! I love button mosaics :-)
ReplyDeleteThe book is all packaged up ready to send to you - I just need an address ;-)
These are all so lovely Kezzie :) Love all your love cards. Thanks for joining us at Creative Mondays
ReplyDeleteI love all your Valentine's day illustration. They are all so lovely! That first postcard with dots is so cute- and I imagine that it easy to make. I also really like all those cards with buttons. They're so unique and they give this 3D feeling to the cards.
ReplyDeleteThe origami card is so beautiful. I've never tried making a card like this one. The ones with the ribbons are also lovely. You really made a tons of great cards.
What I love the most about them is how you use recycled things to make them. It is really true that if we try- we can utilize so many things you already have at our disposal- all it takes is a creative mind. For example, that heart you made from a tissue box. It looks so pretty.
All really cute, but I lobe the pastel buttons the best ❤
ReplyDeleteI tend to make Andy cards via Moonpig, using photos xxx
Brilliant ideas there, I particularly like the ribbon one, good use of those annoying bits of ribbon!
ReplyDeleteSo many great ideas here Kezzie, I love the buttons (I love me a button or two!)
ReplyDeleteLovely.. especially the vintage style of the button designs. Jx
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas, Kezzie! Jon & I always make each other cards. I did one with a vintage map of India and some buttons once. Better get my thinking cap on! x
ReplyDeleteThese are all lovely, Kezzie, I really admire your creativity. My favourites are the ones using buttons. I did a similar thing with a birthday card for my sewing-mad stepdaughter a couple of years ago. xxx
ReplyDeleteOh cute! They're all great ideas! I really love the buttons cards. I didn't do Valentine's Day cards this year, but I will keep this in mind for next year. :)
ReplyDeleteI always love your ideas and talent! I loved the buttons' cards, with hearts, the origami hearts and all the cards you make are beautiful, but my favorite ones were the citrus hearts, soooo cool, so beautiful! I would like to copy them! Hugs, dear Kezzie, hope you have a very lovely day!
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I love these ideas! Definitely stealing the button idea in future.
ReplyDeleteSo many creative ideas, I', sure these will be very useful to lots of crafters out there.
ReplyDeleteLisa x
Lots of great ideas, I like the button cards and also the mosaic cards. The citrus coloured cards are so bright and cheerful:)
ReplyDeleteYou're such a creative creature aren't you Kezzie? I must admit this is the first year my husband and I decided not to do Valentine's cards. Not in a bah-humbug kind of way, it's just not high on our list of priorities currently. We're learning to be spendthrifts so that we can have a big holiday next year.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I love all of your ideas, but if I had to plump for one that I'd make it would be a button one. I love buttons and would really enjoy making something pretty like these.
Wishing you a fab weekend x
Anna
6 easy-peasy Valentines cards you can make yourself
Last year, I did a few posts (here and here) about some easy Valentines cards you could make yourself for your loved one. This year, I decided to think up a few designs you could do yourself with not really any specialist craft equipment. I hope these inspire you to give the card-making thing a go!
1. The simple Dot-to-dot interactive card
The first one is the simplest of all. All you need is a piece of white card, a ruler, pencil and a red gel pen. How about a Dot to dot postcard (or card) for your loved one. I simply drew myself a few grid-lines to ensure it was even and not wonky and then drew the design in pencil which I went over in red gel pen. Nice to have an interactive card
2. The origami heart card
I should begin this with a disclaimer that I am egregious at origami so if I can do this, you can! How to Orange shows you how to make the heart which is really easy, just size it up to the size you want, making sure you cut a rectangle with the width half of the length. This entire card was recycled- old music, red packaging from a Christmas card and a photo-card envelope. Choose a colour and paper of your choice.
3. The scribble hearts
Also entirely made out of scrap of the same sources, this was purely an experiement. On a fragment of black card, I put a heart stencil (made from punching for the cards below) and scribbled over it with a gold Sharpie. Did this three times. Edged it with a ruler and then mounted onto scrap card. Use double-sided tape for a neat finish.
4. The textured hearts
Again, you just need some scrap card (black) and some textured card. The brown corrugated cardboard came from the wrapping of a Bacon-roll I had one morning from the BP petrol station- the plastic wrapper is surrounded by this perfectly good card. The red COULD come from the old Costa coffee exteriors (I used to use these a lot) but I just used some I had. Used the Sharpie again to doodle Love all over the black, mounted it, drew red spots with the gel pen and wrapped a piece of Bakers twine from a Christmas present and finito! I used 3d pads to give the hearts some height.
5. The DIY polka dot heart card
I used a scalloped heart punch to punch these hearts but you could just cut them free-hand. I then coloured each one with polka dots in different gel pens.Mounted them on 3d sticky pads (can be got from Poundland) and stuck at jaunty angles.
5. The Pink Elephant picture inspired Doodle heart card
The last design was inspired by the inspiration picture for the Pink Elephant Craft Challenge this week
To design a card inspired by the picture. In the same way as the former card, I punched 9 hearts and had fun doodling them with different patterns in red.
Did as shown and finally added my handwriting to finish the card.
CBC might get one of these next week or I might make another one. After all, these could all be used for wedding/engagement general girly greetings cards.
Did these help you in any way? I'd love to know if you decided to make your own cards at all?