Create Victorian Valentine’s Cards

Advances in printing gave our ancestors license to go wild with handcrafted cards in the 19th century. You can create your own Victorian-style Valentine’s Day cards with these simple materials:

• cardstock
• paper doilies
• ribbon or lace
• fabric or paper scraps
• Victorian clip art or other ephemera
• scissors or a craft knife
• glue stick or spray adhesive

Download a <a href=”/PDF/victorianclipart.pdf”>printable PDF of Victorian imagery here (right-click to save the file to your desktop). Layer lace and colorful paper or fabric on a flat piece of cardstock. Top it off with a carefully cut out vintage image, and write a cute couplet to finish the card.

To see historical Valentine’s Day cards and learn more, visit www.scrapalbum.com and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentines_Day.