Free Victorian Valentine Cards: Hearts and Flowers
85It's Easy to Make Your Own Victorian Valentine Greeting Cards and E-cards!
The next best thing to giving a Victorian Valentine card is to have made it yourself! A vintage ecard for Valentine's Day is a no-brainer, because all you have to do is pop one of the vintage cards designs below into an e-mail and write your own message. It's a little more work to make your own Valentine cards from one or more of these 20 vintage images, but with the instructions below, you'll find it's pretty easy. Also, links to all the supplies you'll need to produce stunning Valentine cards that feature hearts and flowers are included below, so you won't have to guess what you'll need.
Of course, you can use these vintage cards in other ways too. They're great for scrap-booking and other crafts, for decorating blogs and Web sites, or even for using on recipe cards for Valentine's Day sweet treats.
Victorian Valentine Cards with Hearts and Flowers
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How to Make Your Own Victorian Valentine Cards
1. Choose a thumbnail version of any of the vintage Valentine cards in the right column. When you click on one of the thumbnails, it will appear larger.
2. IMPORTANT: Once you've chosen an image and see it larger, double-click on the larger image, which will make the best version of the art appear. This will give you the highest quality art.
3. If you have a PC, right-click and save the final version of the Victorian valentine card artwork to your hard drive. If you have a Mac, control-click the image until a pop-up menu appears that gives you the option to save it.
4. If you have access to a greeting card template, just follow its instructions. If you don't, simply insert the art you want on your greeting card into a MS Word, Open Office or other type of word processing software, re-size it to fit onto the cover of blank greeting card stock (see below for examples) and then print it on card stock or heavy paper. You'll be cutting this out and pasting it onto the cover of your card, so make sure the art is small enough to fit. To be safe, size the art no more than two-thirds the width of the blank card (and even less if you follow the tip below about putting colored paper underneath the image).
You can then cut the printed version with a paper cutter, pinking shears or a craft knife and ruler. Once you have a neat square or rectangle cut around the image, it can be pasted to the front of blank card stock, similar to the types shown below on this page.
Tips:
* You can cut colored or glitter paper to a shape and size slightly larger than your image and glue it underneath your Valentine card art. This will from a border around your image give your card a more professional appearance.
* Use glitter to highlight some areas of your artwork -- but don't use too much. Light applications in just a few places will give a nice effect without warping the card stock. You can use glitter pens or light brushes of glue topped with loose glitter. See below for samples.
* Don't use liquid or gel glue to paste your vintage Valentine card images to the card stock; that will cause warping. Use some form of dry adhesive instead. There are some samples in the supplies section below.
Supplies for Making Your Own Victorian Valentine Cards
Double-sided Adhesives
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G-S Hypo Cement Standard
Price: $1.70
List Price: $4.95 |
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Scotch® Mounting Tape 110-Long, 3/4-inch x 350 Inches
Price: $10.27
List Price: $17.80 |
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3M Double Coated Urethane Foam Tape 4026 Neutral, 1 Inch x 6 Yards 1/16-inch
Price: $13.84
List Price: $20.99 |
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Scotch Removable Double Sided Tape, 0.75 x 200 Inches (238)
Price: $2.79
List Price: $3.99 |
Greeting Card Blank Stock
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Avery Quarter-Fold Greeting Cards for Inkjet Printers, 4.25 inches x 5.5 inches, White, Matte, Pack of 20 (3266)
Price: $5.50
List Price: $13.99 |
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Avery Personal Creations Textured Heavyweight Note Card and Envelopes, 4-1/4 x 5-1/2, 50 per Box (3379)
Price: $9.98
List Price: $16.99 |
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Avery Dennison 8386 4 X 6 Matte White Postcards for Ink Jet Printers
Price: $14.76
List Price: $22.99 |
Glitter Pens
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BINNEY & SMITH / CRAYOLA Glitter Crayons, Wax, 16 Colors per Box
Price: $1.94
List Price: $2.76 |
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Fiskars Gel Pens 48/Set-Assorted Glitter/Neon/Metallic/Swirl
Price: $12.39
List Price: $18.25 |
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GelWriter Gel Pens w/Stadium Stand - 88 ct.
Price: $29.50
List Price: $39.99 |
Glitter Paper
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Diecuts with a View 12 Inch by 12 Inch Solid Glitter Paper Stack
Price: $11.99
List Price: $19.99 |
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Diecuts with a View All-Occasion 12-by-12-Inch Glitter Scrapbook Paper
Price: $14.86
List Price: $19.99 |
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Pacon Reminiscence Card Stock, 65 lb, Letter, Assorted Colors with Glitter, 50 Sheets (109121)
Price: $4.67
List Price: $5.99 |
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Comments
Thanks, PeacefulWmn9! I hope you enjoy using the graphics. :-)
These are very quaint graphics which hark at Old World romance! Thanks for sharing and now I'm off to choosing which I like the best for Valentine! :D
You're welcome, Cris. Happy Valentine's Day!
Hi!
Today I [psted an entry on my blog with a link to the Valentine posts.
Would you let me know if that's OK?
Thanks,
Nancy Ward
Hi, Nancy. It's wonderful that you posted links to those hubs. Thanks! My only fear is that the particular URL you used won't be effective in a few days because HubPages rearranges their content navigation frequently. So the pages that come up at that URL today might not come up tomorrow. Use this URL instead: http://vintageholidaycrafts.com/free-clip-art/
I'll also leave the URL on your blog. :-)
I love vintage valentines and these are generic enough that I can make cards from them for my sons. Thank you for making these available for everyone to use.
You're welcome, Kaycee. I hope you and your sons have a great Valentine's Day!
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PeacefulWmn9 says:
14 months ago
I love most things vintage. These card graphics are beautiful. I think I'll go the home-made route. The tips are appreciated, too!
Karen