February 7, 2012

Quilled Valentine's Day cards

Quilled Valentine's Day card

These days I am busy (like many other artisans out there) making greeting cards and gifts for Valentine's Day, and would like to share with my readers two simple Valentine cards, in case anybody is still looking for ideas.

For the first card I used heavyweight card stock, wrapping paper with a nice pattern, a ribbon, and quilling strips of just two colors — red and pink — for the heart. In terms of quilling the heart was made using the beehive technique called so by the inventor, Susan (there's also a video tutorial). I mounted the quilled heart on a double-sided adhesive foam to create a three-dimensional look. The ribbon was used to tie a nice bow, the instructions can be found here. Size of this card is about 5 3/4" x 4" (10.5 x 15 cm).

Simple Valentine's Day card with quilling

For the second card I used card stock too, a heart paper punch and red quilling strips. Size of this one is about 4" x 4 1/4" (10 x 10.5 cm). Valentine's Day cards like these are easy-to-make (yet probably too traditional :), and they can be a wonderful gift for your loved one.

Some other Valentine's Day ideas in my older posts:

17 comments:

k@rin said...

very beautiful

Szalonaisa said...

Wow!! What else to say :) Wonderful cards!!

Artes de Nágela said...

Inna,
Nice work love the heart and the double loop!
Hugs!

ecstaticoverpaper.blogspot.com said...

Lovely! Always love your quills.

lauriolaude said...

J'adore, je vais te piquer l'idée au plus vite.
Merci pour toutes ces merveilles.
Des bisous

Antonella said...

What beautiful cards - thanks for the ideas! Hugs, antonella :-)

Fairy Cardmaker, Lisa said...

Lovely! They are sure to make someone smile.

Unknown said...

love this cards..nice color combo..

SUSAN said...

I love this card, so beautiful in pink color...

hugs,
Susan

aureliaeugenia said...

Great creation as always !!!!
hugs,aureliaeugenia

Nati said...

beautiful card!!
Nati from Brazil

Baukje said...

all your work is fantastic!
Greetings Baukje

Neelima said...

lovely cards..

Rachelle said...

Lovely! What a unique way to make a heart. Last year I made a heart with many other smaller hearts inside.

Soraya said...

The quilling looks just wonderful! awesome cards.

Unknown said...

lovelyyyy.....nice work

Inna D. said...

Thanks everyone very much!