How To Make A Simple Valentine

Yesterday I was at the store buying a few groceries and I saw a few people complaining about the cost of Valentine's Day cards. You can always buy a package of Valentine's Day cards to save money, but quite a few people want to buy a special card for their significant other. Most of the nice individual cards can be a little pricey unless you stick to the ninety-nine cent cards. Not to sound like a penny pincher, but do you really have a dollar or three dollars to spend on a card right now? With a package of card stock you can make a cute and simple Valentine card with supplies from around your house, or you can even buy new markers, colored pencils, pencils, pens, or whatever type of supplies needed for making your card. Of course there is also the option of designing a card on the computer and priting it out, but for this hub I decided to make a simple Valentine's card that cost me absolutely nothing, except for the supplies I already had sitting around my house. So here are a few ideas on how to make a simple Valentine's Day card that will save you money this holiday season.  Here are the suggested supplies for this project:

• A blank card.
• A drawing pencil.
• Water colored pencils.
• Your imagination.

For this project you can either buy a package of blank cards or cut a piece of card stock down to size and fold it in half. I already had a package of blank cards and decided to use one for this Valentine's Day project.

For this step I decided to draw a heart on the blank car.  You can trace a heart shaped cookie cutter if you do not want to the draw the heart free hand.

For this step I decided to color in the heart shape with a pink colored pencil. Markers are also fun for using on card making projects.

Using water colored pencils make blending very easy. Be careful not to apply too much pressure to water colored pencils because I notice these break more easily.

Use the blending stump to further even out the shading inside the heart. Some people even like to take water and a paintbrush to actually "paint" their picture. However, card stock is not the best medium for painting, so it is good to use paper that is especially designed for water painting.

To make this card more interesting and fun I decided to add a small accent heart. For the background I used a purplish colored pencil. Have fun experimenting with the different techniques when creating simple Valentine's Day cards.