Last year, Phyllis Macaluso gave us a beautiful Matchbook Valentine’s Day card concept. This year, she’s keeping things simple with an elegant four-step calligraphy Valentine tutorial. For this card, you’ll simply fold, cut, and embellish to make a Valentine that’s classy but quick!
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A couple of months ago, I created a twist-out card tutorial for Christmas (you can see it here). Recently, a TPK reader emailed with a great idea: make a similar tutorial, but for Valentine’s Day! Today, I ran with that, and I love the results. If you’ve got some free time before Valentine’s Day, I highly recommend creating a card like this one!
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When I discovered Phyllis Macaluso’s Instagram page (@fpmmac), I couldn’t stop gawking. Her imaginative flourishes, metallic accents, and abundant botanical illustrations had me mesmerized! You can imagine, then, how excited I was when she agreed to make a Valentine’s Day tutorial for TPK. Today, she’ll show you how to make a matchbook-style Valentine’s Day card with the help of a couple of printable templates!
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When I was a little girl, you had one option for Valentine’s Day gift tags: go to the local grocery store and buy some. At that time, we weren’t in the age of Pinterest — we didn’t even have internet, really — so the DIY spirit hadn’t yet been ignited. I remember getting Beauty and the Beast-themed gift tags one year, and Aladdin cards another year (my brother’s choice, not mine; my mom wanted to economize). Once you got the gift tags, you taped candy to them, wrote your classmates’ names on them, and brought them to school. Everyone brought the same tags and the same candy, but no one cared because … candy!
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This artistic Valentine’s Day card is perfect for sending to anyone that you love! As a bonus, it will help you to build up your lettering and watercolor skills. This tutorial isn’t difficult to create, and it’s endlessly customizable! You can change the words, the colors, and the shape and size of the card to fit your needs.
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In my opinion, the best kind of handmade card is one that surprises you! In today’s tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a card that features a folded heart tied together with string. When the recipient unties the string, the heart folds out to reveal a special message!
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