How to Make a Turtle Dove of Love Valentine Card

Category Valentine's Day

Turtle Dove of Love Valentine Card - finished card with rhinestones randomly glued to the card face around the doves, inside the heart

This pretty Valentine's Day card is adorned with two resin turtle doves. If you enjoy making your own greeting cards or are new to this craft give this one a try. This is a guide about how to make a turtle dove of love Valentine card.

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Turtle Dove of Love Valentine Card

By Benetta [365 Posts, 213 Comments]3 found this helpful

February 10, 2018

This Valentine's Day, make a sweet DIY card to show the love of your life just how much you love him.

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: one card

Supplies:

10 x 5 in white textured cardstock
4.6 x 4.6 in rose pink textured cardstock
A4 sheet cerise pink paper
two 1.2" wide silver resin turtle doves
five 5mm wide cerise pink multifaceted rhinestones
ten 4mm wide rose pink multifaceted rhinestones
quick-drying craft glue (such as Bostik Clear)
4.4 in wide heart-shaped cookie cutter
0.4 in high heart shaped paper punch
pencil

Steps:

Score the 10" x 5" white textured cardstock to create a card sized 5" x 5". With the fold at the top, centre and glue the rose pink textured cardstock to the front of the card.

Turtle Dove of Love Valentine Card - fold the white cardstock to form the card, glue the pink cardstock to the front

Use the cookie cutter and pencil to trace a heart on to the card.

Turtle Dove of Love Valentine Card - use the cookie cutter and pencil to trace a heart shape onto the card

Turtle Dove of Love Valentine Card - heart outline on the pink cardstock

Punch hearts from the cerise pink paper and glue the hearts over the traced heart's pencil line.

Turtle Dove of Love Valentine Card - punch out small dark pink hearts and glue along the heart shape

Turtle Dove of Love Valentine Card - small paper hearts all in place

Glue the two turtle doves to the card.

Turtle Dove of Love Valentine Card - glue the two turtle doves to the card

Glue a punched cerise pink heart just below the turtle doves.

Turtle Dove of Love Valentine Card - glue a small heart below and between the doves

Finish it off by gluing the rhinestones to random places around the turtle doves.