3 Handmade Valentine Cards: How To Make Valentine Cards With Cute XOXO Designs

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Following are DIY instructions to make 3 easy Valentine love cards — all made with supplies I had on hand, and you probably do too!

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Each white card base is from a pack of blank cards in 3 different sizes.

All of the letters and hearts are 1″ cut on my Cricut Expression using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge; Roly Poly setting.

 

How To Make Valentine Love Card #1

The card size is 5.25″ x 7.25″.

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The X’s and O’s are cut from white and red glitter paper from the Christmas and Winter Glitter Cardstock Matstock by DCWV.

Both the front and the inside have a white cardstock panel — cut .25″ smaller on each side — on which the letters are placed. The panel provides a more sturdy surface for the letters and the card in general. Having it white helps create the look I wanted of all white-on-white, with only the glitter showing on the white letters. And the red glitter letters stand out completely.

As you can see on the card, the letters are placed in X-O-X-O order in 6 straight rows across the card — each row having 7 letters in it.

I like that the last letter of row 1 is an X, meaning the first letter of row 2 will be an O. This allows for a more visually interesting card. (It also becomes impossible to not see the word “ox” — but you’ll just have to let that go.)

There are 20 sets of white “XO”.

The red “XO” can be placed anywhere on the card. I chose the lowest right section of the card I could get without using the actual bottom row.

Lining up the letters so they are straight both across the rows and up and down the vertical columns is a bit tricky. Normally, I would use a pencil to lightly draw a grid to follow. But I didn’t want to do that on this card. Partly because even gentle eraser lines might be visible on a white card. And also because once the letters are attached it will be harder to maneuver the eraser around the letters.

Instead, I used the grid lines of my cutting mat (that I also use as a working mat) to provide some guidance.

To carefully align and place the letters I used craft tweezers (my favorite: Making Memories tweezers) and a Zig chisel tip glue pen. While the glue is blue, you can make tiny adjustments to the letters before it dries clear.

Once all the letters were placed, I secured the white panel to the front of the card using 1/8″ thick foam double-sided tape. It adds some depth to the card while enhancing the all-white vision.

The inside of the card has the white panel, on which I placed one line of hearts and letters. I used Row 5 for my inside sentiment, to mimic the white and red placement of color. This panel is not placed with foam tape, just the regular Tombow tape runner.

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How To Make Valentine Love Card #2

The card size is 4.5″ x 5.75″.

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For this card, I used a hot pink piece of colored burlap from DCWV. I cut it to 4.25″ x 5.5″ and pulled out threads to fray all the edges to about .25″.

Then I adhered the burlap directly to the front of the card.

Right in the center, I added a white glitter X and O.

For the inside of the card, I used a piece of the scrap burlap cut from the front. I cut it to 1.25″ and frayed the edges. Finally, I added a white glitter heart, and that’s it!

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How To Make Valentine Love Card #3

The card size is a 2.25″ x 3.25″ panel card.

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This tiny card would be perfect to go along with a floral arrangement, or as a gift card.

Keeping it simple, I placed one X, O and a heart.

Easy peasy!

 

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