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Valentine Fabric Card

February 11, 2020 by Clara Nartey Leave a Comment

A Double Valentine – For You and Someone You Love

There’s enough stress in life.  Planning for Valentine’s day doesn’t have to add another layer of stress. That’s where the Valentine Fabric Card comes in.

How do you like the idea of having a double valentine gift in one shot? When I say “double valentine”, I mean a valentine you give that gives back to you.

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to get that for yourself with the Valentine Fabric Card.

Previously, I introduced the idea of creating fabric cards to actualize your ideas to you. The size of fabric cards make them easy for you to experiment, try out ideas and be playful.  All of these are important for developing creatively.

Today, I want to show how to create another fabric card.  This one is for Valentine’s day. From a few simple supplies you already have around your home, you can add some creativity to your life, reduce stress, and make the recipient of your card feel truly special.

This is a project you can do by yourself, with your children or grandchildren, with a group of kids at camp, or kids in a classroom, with seniors in their senior centers or their retirement communities. It’s a simple, fun and inexpensive project for all ages.

Here we go:

Valentine Fabric Card | Fabric Collage | Textile Art | Fabric Flowers
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Valentine Fabric Card Supplies

  • All-purpose Glue
  • Marbled fabric (Or other pretty fabric)
  • A pair of scissors
  • Ribbon
  • Cut-out fabric flowers (Or other embellishments)
  • Plain greeting card (Or cardstock folded in two)
  • Plain envelope
Valentine fabric Card | Fabric Collage

Here’s a little note about the supplies above.

The first note is about the fabric.

Valentine Fabric Card | Fabric Collage | Textile Art | Fabric Flowers
Star of the show – Marbled Fabric

The fabric is the star of this project. Marbled fabrics  have really beautiful patterns and work very well in this project. ( Want to learn how to marble fabrics? Learn how to marble fabrics here).  Having said that you can use any beautiful fabric for this project.

The second is the cut-out fabric flowers

Valentine Fabric Card | Fabric Collage | Textile Art | Fabric Flowers

I drew the flowers and colored them with fabric markers then cut them out.  You can do the same, or alternatively, use a fabric that already has flowers in it and cut out a few flowers for this project. I used three flowers in total.

Okay, now let’s get to it.

Creating The Valentine Fabric Card

Valentine Fabric Card | Fabric Collage

Cut out about half of the front cover of the greeting card as shown above.

Valentine Fabric Card | Fabric Collage
Draw and cut out a half heart shape from the discarded (not so discarded) front cover you just cut off

Hold on to this half heart, we’re going to use it as a template to cut out a couple of heart shapes.

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Trace around the template to draw the half heart shape on the front card cover
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Then cut out the half heart shape leaving a half-heart hole on the front cover
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Fold your marbled fabric in half and using your half heart template, cut out two fabric hearts and one card stock heart. Each of them about a quarter of an inch bigger than the template
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Here are the 3 cut out hearts – 1 from paper and two from the marbled fabric
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Apply beads of glue to the edge of the heart hole on the front cover. Then press down one of the fabric hearts to cover the hole, right-side up.
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Here’s what it will look like when you’ve adhered the fabric heart. The left side will be attached to the card and the right side will be hanging loose
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Next to the paper heart, apply some glue
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Flip the fabric card by opening up the card. Then glue the paper heart to the reverse side of the fabric card to make it sturdy
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Then adhere the second fabric heart on top of the paper heart to make it look nice. So effectively, you’ll have a sandwich of hearts – fabric, paper, fabric

Both the outer front cover and inside front cover are looking nice now. We’ve got ourselves a reversible fabric heart.

Next, open up the card and cut a piece of ribbon and attach it to the right hand side so it’s not blank

That’s it.  We’re done with the card. You can add text to it in your own handwriting, or use a stencil or stamps.

Creating The Valentine Fabric Envelope

The envelope is usually an afterthought. When you’re choosing a card to send to a loved one, the last thing you look at is the envelope. Right? You want to go straight to the card and look at the cover and see the words inside. However, although, the envelope is the last thing you think about when you’re sending a card, it’s the first thing the receiver notices even before they see the card and read the words. 

So, I do like to spend time on the crafting a beautiful envelope just as I do with the greeting card itself.

So, here’s how we’re going to transform this plain envelope.

Pick a number of cut-out fabric flowers and glue them together. I used three here. Your choice will depend on the size of your flowers.
Valentine Fabric Card | Fabric Collage | Textile Art | Fabric Flowers
Glue your bouquet of flowers to the envelope flap/closure. Make sure you don’t glue the envelop shut.
Valentine Fabric Card | Fabric Collage | Textile Art | Fabric Flowers
Next draw lines for the stems of the flowers
Valentine Fabric Card | Fabric Collage | Textile Art | Fabric Flowers
Draw some more organic lines to create more stems for your bouquet of flowers

Now when the recipient receives your card, they’ll not have to wait to open the envelope before they know how special they are. They can tell right from the bat. And that’s a really good feeling.

Every time I make a fabric card for someone the reaction is the same. They find it so thoughtful and they cherish the card like a piece of artwork or heirloom. I’ve never seen one tossed into the trash. People appreciate the effort and the thought that goes into making them a card by hand.

So, there you have it.

Valentine Fabric Card | Fabric Collage | Textile Art | Fabric Flowers
Valentine Fabric Card | Fabric Collage | Textile Art | Fabric Flowers
Valentine Fabric Card

Did you enjoy this tutorial? What variation of this will you create as you explore your own creativity? Who do you plan on doing this project with?

Love yourself and supercharge your own creativity by making a valentine fabric card. Then, express your love for someone by giving them the card you make. It’s a win-win.

And don’t forget to take it further by making it a triple win-win-win. Share this project with someone who will enjoy doing it with their own loved ones. Spread the love.

Happy Valentine’s.

Clara's Signature

Love you.

PS: Post your projects on social media and tag me, so that I can see your lovely work.

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