Valentine greeting cards are normally red in colour to reflect a love theme. It many ways having a set colour for your Valentine greeting card makes it easier as you don’t have to spend half the day wondering what colours to use for your card design.

Begin making this Valentine greeting card by folding two A4 sized sheets of black card for card making in half.

Trim the card so that it is 6 inches high. You can cut the card using a paper trimmer or scalpel and metal edge ruler.

Use double sided tape to attach the two pieces of card together in the middle.

Fold the right side of the card in half outwards, press down firmly so the fold stays in place.

Repeat this by folding the left hand side of your Valentines card the same way.

Select a piece of red patterned scrapbook paper or valentines themed paper  from you card making stock.

Open up the folded card. Cut a square of the patterned scrapbook paper slightly smaller than the inside of the card and secure it in place using double sided tape.

Next, cut two more pieces of the red patterned paper slightly smaller that the two outside edges of the card and use double sided tape to hold it in place.

Then find another piece of patterned scrapbook paper and cut it smaller again and attach it to the front flaps of the card. Here I have used a spotty paper.

Open the card and place a love themed embellishment at the top of the inside of the card.

If you have time you could always make your own embellishments.

Decorate the bottom of the inside of the card with some matching papers.

Then place peel off stickers around the inside border of the card.

Do the same with the outside of the card.

This Valentine greeting card really stands out as the shape is unusual and interesting.