Monday 9 February 2015

How to Make an Easy, Crochet Heart Valentines Card.

I made this card for my valentine, and it was lovely and simple to do.

How to Make an Easy, Crochet Heart Valentines Card.  Papercraft Tutorial.  secondhandsusie.blogspot.co.uk

I used the lovely, free crochet heart tutorial from HelouiseV's blog, a 4mm crochet hook and some cream cotton yarn, the kind sold to make dishcloths.

How to Make an Easy, Crochet Heart Valentines Card.  Papercraft Tutorial.  secondhandsusie.blogspot.co.uk

I stuck the crochet heart in the middle of the card, using those double sided, foam sticky pads.

Finally, I used letter stamps to spell out a message underneath the heart.  To get the letters straight(ish!), I find it helpful to stamp the middle letter first (in this case I lined up the V with the point of the heart and stamped that first), then work outwards.  

How to Make an Easy, Crochet Heart Valentines Card.  Papercraft Tutorial.  secondhandsusie.blogspot.co.uk

And that's it!

I'm adding my Valentines card to Aniko's link up 'Make, Thrift and Tell', the theme this month is letters, and there are letters on my card!  Go and check it out, and join in!  I'm also linking up with Flaunt it Friday and Annemaries Haakblog.

Happy Valentines Day!  I hope you have a happy day, whether you're in a couple or not.

9 comments:

  1. These look lovely, what a wonderful card to show appreciation to your loved ones.

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  2. Its lovely, would be grand as a brooch too.

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    1. Thank you Shaheen, I have a flower brooch made from the same yarn and it's quite nice, I like the thick cotton, you can see the stitches really clearly.

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  3. hi Suzie - I'm so sorry to be commenting this very late! i like the simple and clean look of this card very much! whenever i see something crocheted, it makes me wish i could do it too. all i can do is a long chain... thanks for linking up, i realize the Letters theme was really hard to thrift to... hope March will be easier! x

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    1. Susie - sorry about the z...

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    2. No worries about the 'z', everyone does it! (My name is spelled silly!)

      The letters theme was hard! I did find some ceramic letters that spell out LOVE (for free by the bins!), but I need to give them a make over and never got round to it! I'm looking forward to joining in again next month! :) x

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