Here’s a super quick idea for a Valentine Card that doesn’t need any special card making or papercraft equipment at all.

Every year I try to share a Valentine card idea, and this year I’ve been inspired by some beautiful rock and pebble painting that I saw online. It was one of those pins that went nowhere on Pinterest, I’ve had a bit of a search around but I can’t find the source. Cute though eh?

To make a card like this all you need is:

• A blank card and envelope

• A small scrap of patterned paper - this can be scrapbook paper, wrapping paper, or even a pretty image from an old magazine or junk mail

• Colouring pens - again, nothing fancy, just the kids colouring pens is fine, I had a few colours, including one that is metallic green and one gold pen

• Paper glue - I use Pritt stick glue but any glue for paper is perfect

Start by cutting a heart shape from your patterned paper. You can do this freehand or make a template from a piece of scrap paper than you folded in half to cut a nice even heart shape.

Glue the patterned heart to the centre of the card blank.

Now just draw dots!

Start with a line of dots all around the heart. If you do one centre top and bottom first it’s easier to keep them even.

Add a second line of dots, alternating the colours.

Add spikes of dots radiating out, evenly spaced.

If you can, make the dots along the spikes start bigger and get a little smaller as they radiate out.

Choose a different colour and add more spikes in between the ones you have already done.

Fill in gaps with more dots, add dots on top of dots with a white pen or outline dots with a black fineliner pen. Whatever takes your fancy really. I added a line of small black dots on the pattern paper heart and gave some of the biggest dots a little swirl. Experient, see what you like the look of.

Ta dah! See I told you it was simple!

You could add a sentiment if you wanted to, either below or maybe as a banner across the heart.

This next card was done in almost the exact same way, but on a square piece of scrap card, without the black fine liner outlines and swirls.

The dark dots are actually a gold pen but it just doesn’t show up so well in the photo.

Get dotting and make an easy Valentine card today!

I’ll be sharing this card making tutorial at these link ups