How to make a simple Greetings card for Valentine's Day

Raw material required:

1. Hand made paper (Yellow) : Size 22 cm x 17 cm 2. Tinted paper (Violet) : Size 3 cm x 14.5 cm 3. Glossy paper (White) : Size 4 cm x 15.5 cm 4. Flower shapes (Dark pink) : Quantity 4 5. Metallic rings : Quantity 4 6. Paper cutter 7. Glue 8. Metal ruler

All these things required are easily available at stationary shops.

Procedure:

A. Cut a handmade paper (yellow) into 22 cm x 17 size. The handmade papers are available in different colours, shades, and textures. Then fold it at the center so that the size of the folded plane card is 11 cm x 17 cm.

B. Cut a tinted paper (violet) into 3 cm x 14.5 cm and a glossy paper (white) into 4 cm x 15.5 cm. Now you have 2 stripes, which we can paste over the hand made paper.

C. Using glue, first paste the white stripe at a distance of 1 cm from the folded line as shown.

D. Next apply the glue on the blue stripe and paste it over the white stripe area.

E. Now you are ready to paste flower shapes and metallic rings as shown.

F. Please keep enough space at right hand side so that you can paint a message like " Happy Valentine's day" over there.

G. You may select different color shades, different flower designs. By using different combinations you can achieve the desired result easily.

H. Now your own handcrafted greetings card is ready for the Valentine day celebration. So get set and be ready to celebrate Valentines Day with this your own designed greetings card.

About the Author

Miss Sangeeta Dhanmeher is a fine art artist. She has created a rich collection of Handpainted greetings cards and handcrafted greetings cards made out of premium quality handmade paper from India. Please visit to http://www.creativeartofgreetingscards.com to have a look at the gallery of greetings cards.