Valentines Day card – Love in India

So after Valentine’s Day Card Workshop 1 – You Make My Heart Alive, today is your second class in our V-Day cards series.
Today’s card is inspired by one of my favourite songs – You Are Stuck in My Heart by C21. Here’s what it looks like:

Do you want a special original card like that for your special someone this 14th Feb? If yes, read on.

Things you’ll need:

1. Medium sized post-its/heart-shaped post-its if available.

2. Scissors.

3. A pencil.

4. Ruler

5. Coloured pens (Optional, for decoration)

Valentine’s Day card 2 step 1

You need to create 2 heart shapes such that one fits inside the other. You can either start from 2 heart shaped post-its…

…or broad post-its from which you can create the heart shapes on your own.

Valentine’s Day card 2 step 2

Fold the post-it in half so that the two edges coincide perfectly. Press well.

Valentine’s Day card 2 step 3

Carefully draw a half-heart on any one side of this folded piece of paper.

Cut along the drawn lines to create a perfect, symmetrical heart shape.

Now the important part.

Valentines Day Card 2 step 4

Fold the heart in half and make two marks on its spine at a specific distance from each other. I’ve chosen 3.5 cm here.

Valentines Day Card 2 step 5

Fold the heart and cut out a very thin slit on its spine.

Valentines Day Card 2 step 6

Choose another heart-shaped post-it (or make it following the first few steps).

Valentines Day Card 2 step 7

Measure out the same distance (3.5 cm) from the top of the spine of the second heart.

Valentines Day Card 2 step 8

Your objective is to cut out a smaller heart from this second heart, with spine measuring exactly the same as what you measured out on the spine of the first heart (so that the two fit together perfectly).

Valentines Day Card 2 step 9

Now the tricky part. Slide the smaller heart through the slit on the spine of the bigger one. Be careful not to tear any of them!

Valentines Day Card 2 step 10

Here, you have your “You are Stuck in My Heart”. Now try around variations like actually attaching the sticky sides of the post-its, to give a more “stuck” effect :) …

…Or pour out your heart with messages…

You know your special someone will never forget it. :)

Valentine’s Day is just about a week away and I know you’re looking for some truly novel, truly great ideas to wow your special someone this 14th Feb.

Roses and chocolate are ok, but I’m sure you’d want to give your special someone something more this 14th Feb – something that will truly touch their heart. When it comes to gifting, no amount of money can replace the time, effort and thoughts you put into it. To help you create the most romantic surprise for him/her this Valentine’s Day, I’m starting today with a series of workshops for making entirely original and creative Valentines Day Cards.

The best thing about these is they all take less than 10 minutes to make, and you don’t need to be a pro (if you know anything about me, you know that I’m not a pro). What’s more – they can be made from absolutely everyday stationary and I promise that the tools needed will never go beyond a pair of scissors, glue and maybe an occasional ruler (I don’t have any other tools than these myself).

So let’s get started with the first.

Today’s card is called “You make my heart alive”, and here’s what it looks like:

Things you’ll need:

1. White paper, a bit hard – you can get blank card material paper at any stationery shop.

2. Post-its. The 2.5 cm by 7.5 cm strips variety.

3. Scissors.

4. Glue

5. A pencil.

6. Coloured pens (Optional, for decoration)

Valentine’s Day card 1 step 1: Choose your favourite set of coloured post-its.

Valentine’s Day card 1 step 2: Take one post-it of each colour and hold them aligned.

Valentine’s Day card 1 step 3: Fold them twice on to each other to make two equidistant creases.

Valentine’s Day card 1 step 4: Fold the folds on to each other so that each little square(ish) plane of paper coincides.

Valentine’s Day card 1 step 5: Cut them up carefully to have 9 equal-sized square pieces of coloured paper.

Valentine’s Day card 1 step 6: You’ll eventually cut these 9 squares into 9 heart-shapes of different colours. Draw a symmetrical heart-shape carefully with a pencil on one of them.

Valentine’s Day card 1 step 7: Align all the pieces, with the one with the heart on top.

Valentine’s Day card 1 step 8: Fold the entire set in half, from the middle.

Valentine’s Day card 1 step 9: Cut them up carefully in the shape of the heart you drew. You need to be careful to cut 9X2=18 layers of hard post-it into symmetrical pieces.

Valentine’s Day card 1 step 10: Here. You have 9 (almost) identical colourful hearts.Now stick them on in a random fashion to a piece of white art paper to create the perfect romantic hand-made card for your Valentine this 14th Feb. :)

Here’s just an example. Don’t forget to go crazy with the message!

Want more card options? Try Valentine’s Day Card 2 – You Are Stuck in My Heart.

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Valentine’s Day Card Workshop 2 – You Are Stuck in My Heart